The Qur'an · Pickthall Translation

37. As-Saffat

Pickthall translation · 182 verses

Surah As-Saffat (37) of the Holy Qur'an, in the respected public domain Pickthall translation. It opens: “By those who set the ranks in battle order” — the complete text of all 182 verses is below, free to read online, no account needed.

1By those who set the ranks in battle order

2And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof

3And those who read (the Word) for a reminder

4Lo! thy Lord is surely One

5Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings

6Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets

7With security from every froward devil

8They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side

9Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment

10Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame

11Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay

12Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock

13And heed not when they are reminded

14And seek to scoff when they behold a portent

15And they say: Lo! this is mere magic

16When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)

17And our forefathers

18Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low

19There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold

20And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment

21This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny

22(And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship

23Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell

24And stop them, for they must be questioned

25What aileth you that ye help not one another

26Nay, but this day they make full submission

27And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning

28They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth)

29They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers

30We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk

31Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom)

32Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray

33Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom

34Lo! thus deal We with the guilty

35For when it was said unto them, There is no Allah save Allah, they were scornful

36And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet

37Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him)

38Lo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom

39Ye are requited naught save what ye did

40Save single-minded slaves of Allah

41For them there is a known provision

42Fruits. And they will be honoured

43In the Gardens of delight

44On couches facing one another

45A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them

46White, delicious to the drinkers

47Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby

48And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes

49(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich)

50And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning

51A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade

52Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)

53Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book

54He saith: Will ye look

55Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell

56He saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin

57And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom)

58Are we then not to die

59Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished

60Lo! this is the supreme triumph

61For the like of this, then, let the workers work

62Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum

63Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers

64Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell

65Its crop is as it were the heads of devils

66And lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith

67And afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water

68And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell

69They indeed found their fathers astray

70But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps

71And verily most of the men of old went astray before them

72And verily We sent among them warners

73Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned

74Save single-minded slaves of Allah

75And Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer

76And We saved him and his household from the great distress

77And made his seed the survivors

78And left for him among the later folk (the salutation)

79Peace be unto Noah among the peoples

80Lo! thus do We reward the good

81Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves

82Then We did drown the others

83And lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham

84When he came unto his Lord with a whole heart

85When he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship

86Is it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that ye desire

87What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds

88And he glanced a glance at the stars

89Then said: Lo! I feel sick

90And they turned their backs and went away from him

91Then turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat

92What aileth you that ye speak not

93Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand

94And (his people) came toward him, hastening

95He said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve

96When Allah hath created you and what ye make

97They said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire

98And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost

99And he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me

100My Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous

101So We gave him tidings of a gentle son

102And when (his son) was old enough to walk with him, (Abraham) said: O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice thee. So look, what thinkest thou? He said: O my father! Do that which thou art commanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast

103Then, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him down upon his face

104We called unto him: O Abraham

105Thou hast already fulfilled the vision. Lo! thus do We reward the good

106Lo! that verily was a clear test

107Then We ransomed him with a tremendous victim

108And We left for him among the later folk (the salutation)

109Peace be unto Abraham

110Thus do We reward the good

111Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves

112And we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet of the righteous

113And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their seed are some who do good, and some who plainly wrong themselves

114And We verily gave grace unto Moses and Aaron

115And saved them and their people from the great distress

116And helped them so that they became the victors

117And We gave them the clear Scripture

118And showed them the right path

119And We left for them among the later folk (the salutation)

120Peace be unto Moses and Aaron

121Lo! thus do We reward the good

122Lo! they are two of Our believing slaves

123And lo! Elias was of those sent (to warn)

124When he said unto his folk: Will ye not ward off (evil)

125Will ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators

126Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers

127But they denied him, so they surely will be haled forth (to the doom)

128Save single-minded slaves of Allah

129And we left for him among the later folk (the salutation)

130Peace be unto Elias

131Lo! thus do We reward the good

132Lo! he is one of our believing slaves

133And lo! Lot verily was of those sent (to warn)

134When We saved him and his household, every one

135Save an old woman among those who stayed behind

136Then We destroyed the others

137And lo! ye verily pass by (the ruin of) them in the morning

138And at night-time; have ye then no sense

139And lo! Jonah verily was of those sent (to warn)

140When he fled unto the laden ship

141And then drew lots and was of those rejected

142And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy

143And had he not been one of those who glorify (Allah)

144He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised

145Then We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick

146And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him

147And We sent him to a hundred thousand (folk) or more

148And they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for a while

149Now ask them (O Muhammad): Hath thy Lord daughters whereas they have sons

150Or created We the angels females while they were present

151Lo! it is of their falsehood that they say

152Allah hath begotten. Allah! verily they tell a lie

153(And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons

154What aileth you? How judge ye

155Will ye not then reflect

156Or have ye a clear warrant

157Then produce your writ, if ye are truthful

158And they imagine kinship between him and the jinn, whereas the jinn know well that they will be brought before (Him)

159Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto Him)

160Save single-minded slaves of Allah

161Lo! verily, ye and that which ye worship

162Ye cannot excite (anyone) against Him

163Save him who is to burn in hell

164There is not one of us but hath his known position

165Lo! we, even we are they who set the ranks

166Lo! we, even we are they who hymn His praise

167And indeed they used to say

168If we had but a reminder from the men of old

169We would be single-minded slaves of Allah

170Yet (now that it is come) they disbelieve therein; but they will come to know

171And verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn)

172That they verily would be helped

173And that Our host, they verily would be the victors

174So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) awhile

175And watch, for they will (soon) see

176Would they hasten on Our doom

177But when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morn for those who have been warned

178Withdraw from them awhile

179And watch, for they will (soon) see

180Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute (unto Him)

181And peace be unto those sent (to warn)

182And praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds

182 verses · Pickthall translation (public domain)

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