As-Sâffât

وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا ١

By those who set the ranks in battle order

فَالزَّاجِرَاتِ زَجْرًا ٢

And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof

فَالتَّالِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا ٣

And those who read (the Word) for a reminder,

إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌ ٤

Lo! thy Lord is surely One;

رَّبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِ ٥

Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun’s risings.

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَوَاكِبِ ٦

Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;

وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَّارِدٍ ٧

With security from every froward devil.

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ ٨

They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,

دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ ٩

Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ ١٠

Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَا ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍ ١١

Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created ? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ ١٢

Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ ١٣

And heed not when they are reminded,

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا آيَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ ١٤

And seek to scoff when they behold a portent.

وَقَالُوا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ١٥

And they say: Lo! this is mere magic;

أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ١٦

When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again) ?

أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ ١٧

And our forefathers ?

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَاخِرُونَ ١٨

Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ١٩

There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,

وَقَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ ٢٠

And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment.