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As-Saffat · Those who set the Ranks

182 ayahs Makki Pages 446–452 Juz 23

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah

Ayahs 1 – 40

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ﴿٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor them there is a known provision,

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فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFruits. And they will be honoured

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فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٤٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn the Gardens of delight,

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عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ﴿٤٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn couches facing one another;

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يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ ﴿٤٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them,

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بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhite, delicious to the drinkers,

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لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby.

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وَعِندَهُمْ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ ﴿٤٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes,

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كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ ﴿٤٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich).

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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.

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قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ ﴿٥١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade

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يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ ﴿٥٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)?

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أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallCan we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book?

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قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe saith: Will ye look?

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فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٥٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell.

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قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ ﴿٥٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin,

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وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ ﴿٥٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom).

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أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ ﴿٥٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAre we then not to die

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إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ﴿٥٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSaving our former death, and are we not to be punished?

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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ﴿٦٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! this is the supreme triumph.

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لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَـٰمِلُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor the like of this, then, let the workers work.

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أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ﴿٦٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?

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إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٦٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers.

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إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٦٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell.

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طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ ﴿٦٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIts crop is as it were the heads of devils

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فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ﴿٦٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith.

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ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ ﴿٦٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water

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ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٦٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell.

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إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ ﴿٦٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey indeed found their fathers astray,

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فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps.

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وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٧١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd verily most of the men of old went astray before them,

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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ﴿٧٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd verily We sent among them warners.

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فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen see the nature of the consequence for those warned,

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إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿٧٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave single-minded slaves of Allah.

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وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer.

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وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٧٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We saved him and his household from the great distress,

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وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ ﴿٧٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd made his seed the survivors,

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وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٧٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd left for him among the later folk (the salutation):

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سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٧٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallPeace be unto Noah among the peoples!

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إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٨٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! thus do We reward the good.

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Mishary Rashid AlafasyMurattal · As-Saffat

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).