بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّۭا
Wassaaaffaati saffaa
By those who range themselves in ranks,
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًۭا
Fazzaajiraati zajraa
And so are strong in repelling (evil),
فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا
Fattaaliyaati Zikra
And thus proclaim the Message (of Allah)!
إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌۭ
Inna Illaahakum la Waahid
Verily, verily, your Allah is one!-
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ
Rabbus samaawaati wal ardi wa maa bainahumaa wa Rabbul mashaariq
Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all between them, and Lord of every point at the rising of the sun!
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ
Innaa zaiyannas samaaa 'ad dunyaa bizeenatinil kawaakib
We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) the stars,-
وَحِفْظًۭا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ مَّارِدٍۢ
Wa hifzam min kulli Shaitaanim maarid
(For beauty) and for guard against all obstinate rebellious evil spirits,
لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍۢ
Laa yassamma 'oona ilal mala il a'alaa wa yuqzafoona min kulli jaanib
(So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted Assembly but be cast away from every side,
دُحُورًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ وَاصِبٌ
Duhooranw wa lahum 'azaabunw waasib
Repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty,
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ ثَاقِبٌۭ
Illaa man khatifal khatfata fa atba'ahoo shihaabun saaqib
Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are pursued by a flaming fire, of piercing brightness.
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍۢ لَّازِبٍۭ
Fastaftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnaa; innaa khalaqnaahum min teenil laazib
Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or the (other) beings We have created? Them have We created out of a sticky clay!
بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ
Bal'ajibta wa yaskharoon
Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ
Wa izaa zukkiroo laa yazkuroon
And, when they are admonished, pay no heed,-
وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ
Wa izaa ra aw Aayatinw yastaskhiroon
And, when they see a Sign, turn it to mockery,
وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ
Wa qaalooo in haazaa illaa sihrum mubeen
And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
'A-izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaabanw wa 'izaaman 'ainnaa lamab'oosoon
"What! when we die, and become dust and bones, shall we (then) be raised up (again)
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
Awa aabaa'unal awwaloon
"And also our fathers of old?"
قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ
Qul na'am wa antum daakhiroon
Say thou: "Yea, and ye shall then be humiliated (on account of your evil)."
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
Fa innamaa hiya zajra tunw waahidatun fa izaa hum yanzuroon
Then it will be a single (compelling) cry; and behold, they will begin to see!
وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Qa qaaloo yaa wailanaa haazaa Yawmud-Deen
They will say, "Ah! Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgment!"
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Haazaa Yawmul Faslil lazee kuntum bihee tukaziboon
(A voice will say,) "This is the Day of Sorting Out, whose truth ye (once) denied!"
۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ
Uhshurul lazeena zalamoo wa azwaajahum wa maa kaanoo ya'budoon
"Bring ye up", it shall be said, "The wrong-doers and their wives, and the things they worshipped-
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Min doonil laahi fahdoohum ilaa siraatil Jaheem
"Besides Allah, and lead them to the Way to the (Fierce) Fire!
وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ
Wa qifoohum innahum mas'ooloon
"But stop them, for they must be asked:
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
Maa lakum laa tanaasaroon
"'What is the matter with you that ye help not each other?'"
بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ
Bal humul Yawma mustaslimoon
Nay, but that day they shall submit (to Judgment);
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Wa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatasaaa'aloon
And they will turn to one another, and question one another.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Qaalooo innakum kuntum taatoonanaa 'anil yameen
They will say: "It was ye who used to come to us from the right hand (of power and authority)!"
قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
Qaaloo bal lam takoonoo mu'mineen
They will reply: "Nay, ye yourselves had no Faith!
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًۭا طَٰغِينَ
Wa maa kaana lanaa 'alaikum min sultaanim bal kuntum qawman taagheen
"Nor had we any authority over you. Nay, it was ye who were a people in obstinate rebellion!
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