Surah Saffat is one of those chapters of the Quran that many Muslims have heard recited but few have actually sat down to understand. That gap between hearing and understanding is a real problem. Most people know the sound of this surah from Friday prayers, yet they cannot explain what it actually teaches.
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What Is Surah Saffat About?
So, what is Surah Saffat about, exactly? It is the 37th chapter of the Quran, placed in the 23rd Juz. It has 182 verses and was revealed in Makkah, during a period when belief in one God was being fiercely challenged by the disbelievers of Quraish.
سورة الصافات Surah Saffat (Chapter 37)
The Chapter of Those Who Set the Ranks
Total Verses: 182
Revelation: Makki (Meccan)
Position: 37th Chapter
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| Verse | Arabic Text | Transliteration | English Translation |
| 1 | وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا | Wa-as-saffati saffan | By those who set the ranks firmly |
| 2 | فَالزَّاجِرَاتِ زَجْرًا | Fa-az-zajirati zajra | And by those who drive away with reproof |
| 3 | فَالتَّالِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا | Fa-at-taliyati dhikra | And by those who recite the Reminder |
| 4 | إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌ | Inna ilahakum lawaahid | Indeed, your God is One |
| 5 | رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِ | Rabbu as-samawati wa-al-ardi wa-ma baynahuma wa-rabbu al-mashariq | Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and Lord of the places of sunrise |
| 6 | إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَوَاكِبِ | Inna zayyana as-samaa ad-dunya bi-ziinat al-kawakib | Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars |
| 7 | وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَّارِدٍ | Wa-hifzan min kulli shaytan marid | And as a protection against every rebellious devil |
| 8 | لَا يَسِمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ | La yasmaun ila al-malai al-aala wa-yuqdhafun min kulli janib | They do not listen to the exalted assembly, and they are struck from every side |
| 9 | دِيًا لَّهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ | Dia lahum wa-lahum adhab wasib | Driven off, and for them is a constant punishment |
| 10 | إِلَّا مَن خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ | Illa man khatifu al-khutfah fa-atba-hu shihab thaqib | Except one who snatches a fragment, but he is followed by a piercing flame |
| 11 | فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّن خَلَقْنَا | Fa-staftihim ahum ashaddu khalqa am man khalaqna | So ask them: are they a harder creation or those whom We have created? |
| 12 | إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍ | Inna khalaqnahum min tin lazib | Indeed, We created them from sticky clay |
| 13 | بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ | Bal ajibta wa-yaskharun | But you wondered while they scoff |
| 14 | وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ | Wa-idha dhukkirru la yadhkurun | And when they are reminded, they do not remember |
| 15 | وَإِذَا رَأَوْا آيَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ | Wa-idha rau ayah yastaskhirun | And when they see a sign, they mock |
| 16 | وَقَالُوا إِن هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ | Wa-qalu in hadha illa sihr mubin | And they said: this is nothing but obvious magic |
| 17 | أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ | A-idha mitna wa-kunna turab wa-izaman a-inna lamabuthun | When we die and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised? |
| 18 | وَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ | Wa-abau-na al-awwalun | And our forefathers? |
| 19 | قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَاخِرُونَ | Qul naw wa-antum dakhirun | Say: yes, and you will be humiliated |
| 20 | فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ | Fa-inna-ma hiya zajrah wahidah fa-idha hum yandhuru | It will only be a single blast, and behold they will see |
| 21 | وَقَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ | Wa-qalu ya waylana hadha yawm ad-din | And they will say: O woe to us! This is the Day of Judgment |
| 22 | هَٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ | Hadha yawm al-fasl alladdhi kuntum bihi tukadhdhib | This is the Day of Decision, which you used to deny |
| 23 | احْشُرُوا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَأَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ | Ushru alladhina zalaamu wa-azwajahum wa-ma kanu ya’budun | Gather those who did wrong and their companions and what they used to worship |
| 24 | مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ فَاهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطِ الْجَحِيمِ | Min dun illah fa-haduhum ila sirat al-jahim | Besides Allah, and guide them to the path of hellfire |
| 25 | وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُم مَّسْئُولُونَ | Wa-qifu-hum innahum mas-ulun | And stop them, for they will be questioned |
| 26 | مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَتَنَاصَرُونَ | Ma lakum la tatnasarun | What is wrong with you that you do not help one another? |
| 27 | بَلْ هُمُ الْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ | Bal hum al-yawm mustasli-mun | Rather, they will surrender on that day |
| 28 | وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ | Wa-aqbala ba’dhuhum ala ba’dh yatasaulun | And they will turn to one another, questioning |
| 29 | قَالُوا إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَن الْيَمِينِ | Qalu innakum kuntum ta-tunana an al-yamin | They will say: indeed, you used to come to us from the right |
| 30 | قَالُوا بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ | Qalu bal lam takunu mu-minin | They will say: rather, you were not believers |
| 31 | وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَاغِينَ | Wa-ma kana lana alaykum min sultan bal kuntum qawm taghun | And we had no power over you, but you were a transgressive people |
| 32 | فَقَدْ حَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا لَذَائِقُونَ | Fa-qad haqq alayna qawl rabbina inna ladhaqun | So the word of our Lord has been fulfilled upon us, indeed we shall taste |
| 33 | فَأَغْوَيْنَاكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ فَعَصَيْتُمْ | Fa-aghwayna-kum bi-al-haq fa-asaytum | We led you astray indeed we were ourselves astray |
| 34 | فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ | Fa-innahum yawma-idhin fi al-adhab mushtarikun | So indeed, on that day they will share in the punishment together |
| 35 | إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ | Inna kadhalik nafl bi-al-mujrimu | Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals |
| 36 | إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ | Innahum kanu idha qila lahum la ilah illa illah yastakbiru | Indeed, when it was said to them: there is no god except Allah, they were arrogant |
| 37 | وَقَالُوا أَإِنَّا لَتَاركُوا آلِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍ | Wa-qalu a-inna latarku alihatin li-shair majnun | And they said: shall we abandon our gods for a mad poet? |
| 38 | بَلْ جَاءَ بِالْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ | Bal jaa bi-al-haq wa-saddaqa al-mursalun | Rather, he came with the truth and he confirmed the messengers |
| 39 | إِنَّكُمْ لَذَائِقُو الْعَذَابِ الْأَلِيمِ | Innakum ladhaqu al-adhab al-alim | You shall certainly taste the painful punishment |
| 40 | وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ | Wa-ma tujzawun illa ma kuntum ta’malun | And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do |
| 41 | إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ | Illa ibad illah al-mukhlasin | Except for the sincere servants of Allah |
| 42 | أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ | Ulai-k lahum rizq malum | Those will have a known provision |
| 43 | فَوَاكِهُ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ | Fawakihu wa-hum mukramun | Fruits, and they will be honored |
| 44 | فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ | Fi jannat an-naim | In gardens of bliss |
| 45 | عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ | Ala surur mutaqabilu | Upon couches facing one another |
| 46 | يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ | Yutaf alayhim bi-kasin min mayin | There will be brought to them a cup from a pure spring |
| 47 | بَيْضَاءَ لَذَّةٌ لِّلشَّارِبِينَ | Bayda laddah li-ash-sharibun | White, delicious to those who drink |
| 48 | لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ | La fiha ghawl wa-la hum anha yunzafun | No intoxication therein, nor shall they be exhausted |
| 49 | وَعِندَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ | Wa-indahum qasirat at-tarf atrub | And with them will be modest women, companions of equal age |
| 50 | هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ | Hadha ma tuadun li-yawm al-hisab | This is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning |
| 51 | إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُ مِن نَّفَادٍ | Inna hadha larizquna ma lahu min nifad | Indeed, this is Our provision, it will never end |
| 52 | هَٰذَا وَإِنَّ لِلطَّاغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَآبٍ | Hadha wa-inna li-at-taghun lasharr maab | This, and indeed for the transgressors the worst of returns |
| 53 | جَهَنَّمَ يَصِلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ | Jahannam yasalunaha fa-bi-s al-mihad | Hell – they shall enter it, and what an evil place |
| 54 | هَٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ | Hadha fa-lyadhiquh hamim wa-ghassaq | This, so let them taste it – boiling water and pus |
| 55 | وَآخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِ أَزْوَاجٌ | Wa-akhar min shaklih azwaj | And other torments of similar kind |
| 56 | هَٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ | Hadha fawj muqtahim maak la marhaba bihim | This is a troop bursting in with you. No welcome for them |
| 57 | إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ | Innahum salu an-nar | Indeed, they will be burned in the Fire |
| 58 | قَالُوا بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمْ لَنَا | Qalu bal antum la marhaba bikum antum qaddamtum lana | They will say: rather it is you, no welcome for you. You brought this upon us |
| 59 | فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ | Fa-bi-s al-qarar | So evil is this resting place |
| 60 | قَالُوا رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِي النَّارِ | Qalu rabbana man qaddama lana hadha fa-zidhu adhaba dif-an fi an-nar | They will say: Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us, increase them double punishment in the Fire |
| 61 | وَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ الْأَشْرَارِ | Wa-qalu ma lana la nara rijal kunna naduhum min al-ashraar | And they will say: why do we not see men whom we used to count among the evil |
| 62 | أَتَّخَذْنَاهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْأَبْصَارُ | Attakhdhnahum sikhri-yan am zaghhat anhum al-absar | Did we take them as mockery, or have our eyes turned away from them? |
| 63 | إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ | Inna dhalika lahaqq takhassum ahl an-nar | Indeed, that is true – the dispute of the people of the Fire |
| 64 | قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا مُنذِرٌ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ | Qul inna-ma ana mundhir wa-ma min ilah illa illah al-wahid al-qahhar | Say: I am only a warner, and there is no god except Allah, the One, the Irresistible |
| 65 | رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ | Rabbu as-samawati wa-al-ardi wa-ma baynahuma al-aziz al-ghaffar | Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Forgiving |
| 66 | قُلْ إِنَّهُ نَبَأٌ عَظِيمٌ | Qul innahu naba azim | Say: it is great news |
| 67 | أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ | Antum anhu mu’ridhun | From which you are turning away |
| 68 | مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ | Ma kana li min ilm bi-al-malai al-ala idh yakhti-sum | I have no knowledge of the exalted assembly when they disputed |
| 69 | إِن يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ | In yuha ilayya illa anna-ma ana nadhir mubin | It is revealed to me only that I am a clear warner |
| 70 | إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ | Idh qala rabbuka li-al-malaikat inni khaliq bashar min tin | When your Lord said to the angels: I am going to create a human from clay |
| 71 | فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ | Fa-idha sawwaytuh wa-nafakht fih min ruhi fa-qu lahu sajidun | So when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My spirit, then fall down in prostration to him |
| 72 | فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ | Fa-sajada al-malaikat kulluhum ajmain | So the angels all prostrated together |
| 73 | إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ | Illa iblis astakbar wa-kana min al-kafirun | Except Iblis, he was arrogant and was among the disbelievers |
| 74 | قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ | Qala ya iblis ma mana-ak an tasjud li-ma khalaqt bi-yadayya | He said: O Iblis, what prevented you from prostrating to what I have created with My hands? |
| 75 | أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ | Astakbart am kunta min al-alin | Did you become arrogant or were you of the high? |
| 76 | قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ | Qala ana khayrun minhu khalaqtani min nar wa-khalaqtahu min tin | He said: I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay |
| 77 | قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ | Qala fa-khruj minha fa-innaka rajim | He said: then get out of it, for you are expelled |
| 78 | وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ | Wa-inna alayk la-natni ila yawm ad-din | And indeed, My curse shall be upon you until the Day of Judgment |
| 79 | قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ | Qala rabbi fa-andhirni ila yawm yub’athun | He said: My Lord, then give me respite until the Day they are raised |
| 80 | قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ | Qala fa-innaka min al-mundhirun | He said: you are among those given respite |
| 81 | إِلَىٰ يَومِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ | Ila yawm al-waqt al-malum | Until the Day of the known time |
| 82 | قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ | Qala fa-bi-izzatik la-aghwiyanna-hum ajmain | He said: by Your might, I shall mislead them all |
| 83 | إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ | Illa ibadak minhum al-mukhlasin | Except your sincere servants among them |
| 84 | قَالَ فَالْحَقُّ وَالْحَقَّ أَقُولُ | Qala fa-al-haqq wa-al-haqq aqul | He said: the truth and the truth I speak |
| 85 | لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ | La-amlanna jahannam mink wa-mimman tabi-ak minhum ajmain | I shall fill Hell with you and all those who follow you |
| 86 | قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ | Qul ma as-alukum alayh min ajr wa-ma ana min al-mutakallafun | Say: I do not ask you for any reward for it, nor am I of those who pretend |
| 87 | إِن هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ | In huwa illa dhikr li-al-alamun | It is but a reminder for the worlds |
| 88 | وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ | Wa-lata-lamunna nabahu ba’d hin | And you will surely know its news after a time |
| 89 | وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰ أَن ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ | Wa-idh nada rabbuk musa an i-ti al-qawm ad-dhalimu | And when your Lord called to Moses: go to the wrongdoing people |
| 90 | قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ | Qawm fir-awn ala yattaqun | The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear? |
| 91 | قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ | Qala rabbi inni akhafu an yukadhdhib | He said: My Lord, indeed I fear they will deny me |
| 92 | وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَارُونَ | Wa-yadhiqu sadri wa-la yantaliq lisani fa-arsil ila harun | And my chest is tight and my tongue does not speak fluently, so send for Aaron |
| 93 | وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ | Wa-lahum alayya dhanb fa-akhafu an yaqtulun | And they have a grudge against me so I fear they will kill me |
| 94 | قَالَ كَلَّا فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا إِنَّا مَعَكُمَا مُسْتَمِعُونَ | Qala kalla fa-idhaba bi-ayatina inna maakuma mustami-un | He said: no, so go both of you with Our signs, indeed We are with you listening |
| 95 | فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ | Fa-atiay fir-awn fa-qula inna rasul rabb al-alamun | So go to Pharaoh and say: indeed, we are messengers of the Lord of the worlds |
| 96 | أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ | An arsil maana bani isra-il | Send with us the Children of Israel |
| 97 | قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِن سِنِيكَ سِنِينَ | Qala alam nurabbik fina walid wa-labitha fina min sinnik sunin | He said: did we not raise you among us as a child and you stayed with us for years of your life |
| 98 | وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ | Wa-fa-alta fa-ltak allati fa-alta wa-anta min al-kafirun | And you did your deed which you did, and you were ungrateful |
| 99 | قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ | Qala fa-althuha idhan wa-ana min ad-dhalliun | He said: I did it then while I was of those astray |
| 100 | فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ | Fa-farartu minkum lamma khiftukum fa-wahaba li rabbi hukm wa-ja-alani min al-mursalin | So I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord gave me judgment and made me of the messengers |
| 101 | وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُّنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَن عَبَّدتَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ | Wa-tilk nima tumunuha alayya an abbadt bani isra-il | And this is a favor you remind me of – that you have enslaved the Children of Israel |
| 102 | قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ | Qala fir-awn wa-ma rabb al-alamun | Pharaoh said: and what is the Lord of the worlds? |
| 103 | قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ | Qala rabb as-samawati wa-al-ardi wa-ma baynahuma in kuntum muqinin | He said: the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them if you are certain |
| 104 | قَالَ لِمَن حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ | Qala li-man hawlahu ala tasta-mun | He said to those around him: do you not hear? |
| 105 | قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ | Qala rabbukum wa-rabb abaaikum al-awwalin | He said: your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers |
| 106 | قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ | Qala inna rasulakum alladdhi ursila ilaykum lamajnun | He said: indeed, the messenger sent to you is mad |
| 107 | قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ | Qala rabb al-mashriq wa-al-maghrib wa-ma baynahuma in kuntum ta-qilun | He said: Lord of the east and the west and what is between them, if you understand |
| 108 | قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ | Qala la-in ittakhddta ilahan ghayri la-aja-lannaka min al-masjunun | He said: if you take a god other than me, I will certainly make you of the imprisoned |
| 109 | أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُّبِينٍ | Aw law ji-tak bi-shay-in mubin | Even if I bring you something clear? |
| 110 | قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ | Qala fa-ati bihi in kunta min as-sadiqun | He said: bring it then if you are truthful |
| 111 | فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ | Fa-alqa asahu fa-idha hiya thu-ban mubin | So he threw his staff and behold it was a serpent manifest |
| 112 | وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ | Wa-naza-a yadahu fa-idha hiya bayda li-an-nadhirun | And he drew his hand, and behold it was white to the onlookers |
| 113 | قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ هَٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ | Qala li-al-malai hawlahu hadha lasahir alim | He said to the assembly around him: this is indeed a skilled sorcerer |
| 114 | يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ | Yurid an yukhrijaka min ardhikum bi-sihrih fa-madha ta-murun | He wants to drive you out from your land by his sorcery. What do you advise? |
| 115 | قَالُوا أَرْجِ هِ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ | Qalu arjih wa-akhaahu wa-ib-ath fi al-madain hashirin | They said: delay him and his brother and send in the cities gatherers |
| 116 | يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَاحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ | Ya-tuk bi-kulli sahir alim | They will bring you every skilled sorcerer |
| 117 | وَجَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوا إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ | Wa-jaa as-sahart fir-awn qalu inna lana la-ajran in kunna nahnu al-ghalibun | And the sorcerers came to Pharaoh saying: indeed, we will have a reward if we are the victors |
| 118 | قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ | Qala naw wa-innakum la-min al-muqarrbin | He said: yes, and you will be among the close ones to me |
| 119 | قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِمَّا أَن تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ | Qalu ya musa imma an tulqi wa-imma an nakun nahnu al-mulqun | They said: O Moses, either you throw or we will be the ones who throw |
| 120 | قَالَ أَلْقُوا فَلَمَّا أَلْقَوْا سَحَرُوا أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَاءُوا بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ | Qala alqu fa-lamma alqu saharu a-yun an-nas wa-starhab-hum wa-jau bi-sihr azim | He said: throw, so when they threw they bewitched the eyes of the people and terrified them and came with great sorcery |
| 121 | وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ | Wa-awhayna ila musa an alq asak fa-idha hiya talqafu ma ya-fkun | And We inspired Moses saying: throw your staff, so behold it swallows what they fabricate |
| 122 | فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ | Fa-waqa-a al-haqq wa-batal ma kanu ya-malun | So the truth was established and what they were doing was invalidated |
| 123 | فَغَلَبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانقَلَبُوا صَاغِرُونَ | Fa-ghalbu hunalika wa-inqalbu saghirun | So they were defeated there and turned back humiliated |
| 124 | وَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ | Wa-ulqiya as-sahart sajidun | And the sorcerers fell down in prostration |
| 125 | قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ | Qalu amanna bi-rabb al-alamun | They said: we believe in the Lord of the worlds |
| 126 | رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ | Rabb musa wa-harun | The Lord of Moses and Aaron |
| 127 | قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ آمَنتُم بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ | Qala fir-awn amantum bihi qabla an adhin lakum | Pharaoh said: you believed in him before I gave you permission? |
| 128 | إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَّكَرْتُموهُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا مِنْهَا أَهْلَهَا | Inna hadha lamakr makartumuhu fi al-madinah li-tukhrijua minha ahlaha | Indeed, this is a conspiracy you plotted in the city to drive its people out |
| 129 | فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ | Fa-sawfa ta-lamun | But you will soon come to know |
| 130 | لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّن خِلَافٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ | La-uqatti-anna aydiakum wa-arjulakum min khilaf thumma la-usallibanna-kum ajmain | I will certainly cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, then I will crucify you all |
| 131 | قَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ | Qalu inna ila rabbina munqalibun | They said: indeed, to our Lord we are returning |
| 132 | وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّا إِلَّا أَنْ آمَنَّا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَاءَتْنَا | Wa-ma tanqim minna illa an amanna bi-ayat rabbina lamma ja-atna | And you do not take vengeance on us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us |
| 133 | رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ | Rabbana afrigh alayna sabr wa-tawaffana muslimin | Our Lord, pour upon us patience and let us die as Muslims |
| 134 | وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَىٰ وَقَوْمَهُ لِيُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَآلِهَتَكَ | Wa-qala al-malau min qawm fir-awn atadharu musa wa-qawmahu li-yufsidu fi al-ardh wa-yatharaka wa-alihatka | And the nobles of Pharaoh’s people said: will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods? |
| 135 | قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْيِي نِسَاءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَاهِرُونَ | Qala sanuqattilu abna-ahum wa-nastahyi nisa-ahum wa-inna fawqahum qahirun | He said: we will kill their sons and keep their women alive, and indeed we are supreme over them |
| 136 | قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ اسْتَعِينُوا بِاللَّهِ وَاصْبِرُوا إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ | Qala musa li-qawmihi ista-inu bi-illah wa-sbir inna al-ardh li-llah yurthuha man yasha min ibadih | Moses said to his people: seek help from Allah and be patient, indeed the earth belongs to Allah and He inherits it to whom He wills of His servants |
| 137 | قَالُوا أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِن بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا | Qalu udina min qabli an ta-tinana wa-min ba-d ma ji-tna | They said: we have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us |
| 138 | قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ | Qala asa rabbukum an yuhlik aduwwakum wa-yastakhlifakum fi al-ardh fa-yandhur kayf ta-malun | He said: perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you vicegerents in the land, then He will see how you act |
| 139 | وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِالسِّنِينِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّن الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ | Wa-laqad akhdhna al fir-awn bi-as-sinun wa-nqas min ath-thimarat la-allahum yadhdhakkarun | And indeed, We seized the family of Pharaoh with years of drought and deficit of fruits that they might remember |
| 140 | فَإِذَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا لَنَا هَٰذِهِ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطِيرُوا بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُ | Fa-idha ja-athum al-hasanah qalu lana hadhih wa-in tusibhum sayi-ah yatiru bi-musa wa-man ma-ahu | But when good came to them they said: this is ours, and when evil befell them they blamed Moses and those with him |
| 141 | أَلَا إِنَّ طَيْرَهُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ | Ala inna tayrahum inda illah wa-lakin aktharhum la ya-lamun | Behold, their omens are with Allah, but most of them do not know |
| 142 | وَقَالُوا مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِ مِنْ آيَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ | Wa-qalu mahma ta-tina bihi min ayah li-tasharana biha fa-ma nahnu laka bi-muminin | And they said: whatever sign you bring us to bewitch us therewith, we will not believe you |
| 143 | فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الطُّوفَانَ وَالْجَرَادَ وَالْقُمَّلَ وَالضَّفَادِعَ وَالدَّمَ آيَاتٍ مُّفَصَّلَةً | Fa-arsalna alayhim at-tufan wa-al-jarad wa-al-qummah wa-ad-dhifadi wa-ad-damah ayat mufa-salah | So We sent upon them the flood and the locusts and the lice and the frogs and the blood – signs distinct |
| 144 | فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ | Fa-stakbaru wa-kanu qawm mujrimu | But they were arrogant and were a sinful people |
| 145 | فَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّجْزُ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ ادْعِ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ | Fa-lamma waqa-a alayhim ar-rijz qalu ya musa id-i lana rabbaka bi-ma ahid indak | So when the punishment fell upon them they said: O Moses, call upon your Lord for us according to what He has covenanted with you |
| 146 | لَئِن كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا الرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ | La-in kashafta anna ar-rijz lanuminna laka wa-lnursillanna maak bani isra-il | If you remove the punishment from us we will believe in you and send the Children of Israel with you |
| 147 | فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ هُم بَالِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكِثُونَ | Fa-lamma kashafna anhum ar-rijz ila ajal hum baligun idha hum yankithun | But when We removed the punishment from them until a term they would reach, behold they broke their promise |
| 148 | فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِلُونَ | Fa-ntaqamna minhum fa-aghraqnahum fi al-yamm bi-annahum kadhbhu bi-ayatina wa-kanu anha ghafilu | So We took revenge on them and drowned them in the sea because they rejected Our signs and were heedless of them |
| 149 | وَأَوْرَثْنَا الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَارِقَ الْأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا الَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا | Wa-awrathna al-qawm alladhina kanu yusta-dafun mashariq al-ardh wa-maghariba-ha allati baraka fiha | And We made the people who were oppressed inheritors of the east and west of the land which We had blessed |
| 150 | وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ الْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا | Wa-tammat kalimatu rabbika al-husna ala bani isra-il bi-ma sabaru | And the good promise of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of their patience |
| 151 | وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْرِشُونَ | Wa-dammarma kana yasna-u fir-awn wa-qawmuhu wa-ma kanu ya-rishin | And We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people had built and what they had constructed |
| 152 | وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ | Wa-jawazna bi-bani isra-il al-bahr fa-atu ala qawm ya-kufun ala asnam lahum | And We parted the sea for the Children of Israel, and they came to a people who were devoted to their idols |
| 153 | قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ اجْعَل لَّنَا إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ | Qalu ya musa ij-al lana ilahan kama lahum alihatun | They said: O Moses, make for us a god as they have gods |
| 154 | قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ | Qala innakum qawm tajhalun | He said: indeed, you are an ignorant people |
| 155 | إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ | Inna haula-i mutatabbir ma hum fihi wa-batin ma kanu ya-malun | Indeed, those are destroyed in what they are in and void is what they were doing |
| 156 | قَالَ أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ | Qala aghayra illah abghikum ilahan wa-huwa fadhalakum ala al-alamun | He said: shall I seek for you a god other than Allah while He has favored you over all peoples? |
| 157 | وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَاكُم مِّنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ | Wa-idh anjaynaakum min al fir-awn yaswmun-kum su al-adhab yuqattilun abnaa-kum wa-yastahyun nisa-kum | And when We saved you from the family of Pharaoh who were inflicting upon you severe punishment, killing your sons and keeping your women alive |
| 158 | وَفِي ذَٰلِكُم بَلَاءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ | Wa-fi dhaliakum bala min rabbikum azim | And in that was a trial from your Lord, great |
| 159 | وَوَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَاثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ مِيقَاتُ رَبِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً | Wa-waa-adna musa thalathun layla wa-atammnahaha bi-ashr fa-tamm miqat rabbih arb-un layla | And We promised Moses thirty nights and completed them with ten; so the term of his Lord was completed as forty nights |
| 160 | وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَخِيهِ هَارُونَ اخْلُفْنِي فِي قَوْمِي وَأَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ | Wa-qala musa li-akhih harun akhluf ni fi qawmi wa-aslih wa-la tattabi sabul al-mufsidun | And Moses said to his brother Aaron: succeed me in my people and make things right and do not follow the way of the corrupters |
| 161 | وَلَمَّا جَاءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِي أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ | Wa-lamma ja-a musa li-miqatina wa-kallamahu rabbuh qala rabbi arni andhur ilayk | And when Moses came at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said: My Lord, show me that I may look upon You |
| 162 | قَالَ لَن تَرَانِي وَلَٰكِنِ انظُرْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ اسْتَقَامَ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِ | Qala lan tarani wa-lakin indhur ila al-jabal fa-ini istaqama makanahu fa-sawfa tara-ni | He said: you will not see Me, but look at the mountain. If it stays in place, then you will see Me |
| 163 | فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًا | Fa-lamma tajalla rabbuh li-al-jabal ja-alahu dakkan wa-kharra musa sa-iqa | So when his Lord manifested His presence to the mountain, He made it dust, and Moses fell down struck |
| 164 | فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ | Fa-lamma afaq qala subhanaka tubt ilayk wa-ana awwal al-muminu | So when he recovered he said: glory be to You, I turn to You in repentance and I am the first of the believers |
| 165 | قَالَ يَا مُوسَىٰ إِنِّي اخْتَرْتُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِرِسَالَاتِي وَبِكَلَامِي فَخُذْ مَا آتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ | Qala ya musa inni ikhtartuka ala an-nas bi-risalati wa-bi-kalami fa-khudh ma ataytuka wa-kun min ash-shakirun | He said: O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My word. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful |
| 166 | وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُ فِي الْأَلْوَاحِ مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْعِظَةً وَتَفْصِيلًا لِّكُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَخُذْهَا بِقُوَّةٍ | Wa-katabna lahu fi al-alwah min kulli shay-in maw-izah wa-tafsul li-kulli shay-in fa-khudha bi-quwwah | And We wrote for him on the tablets from all things an admonition and explanation for all things. So take them with firmness |
| 167 | وَأْمُرْ قَوْمَكَ يَأْخُذُونَ بِأَحْسَنِهَا سَأُرِيكُمْ دَارَ الْفَاسِقِينَ | Wa-mr qawmak ya-khdhun bi-ahsanha sa-urikum dar al-fasiqun | And command your people to take the best of it. I will show you the home of the wicked |
| 168 | سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ آيَاتِيَ الَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ | Sa-asrif an ayati alladhina yatakabbaru fi al-ardh bi-ghayri haq | I will turn away from My signs those who behave arrogantly in the earth without right |
| 169 | وَإِن يَرَوْا كُلَّ آيَةٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَا وَإِن يَرَوْا سَبِيلَ الرُّشْدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا | Wa-in yarau kull ayah la yuminu biha wa-in yarau sabil ar-rushd la ittakhiduhu sabila | And if they see every sign they will not believe in it, and if they see the path of guidance, they will not take it as a path |
| 170 | وَإِن يَرَوْا سَبِيلَ الضَّلَالَةِ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا | Wa-in yarau sabil ad-dhalala yattakhiduhu sabila | And if they see the path of misguidance they will take it as a path |
| 171 | ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِلُونَ | Dhalika bi-annahum kadhbhu bi-ayatina wa-kanu anha ghafilu | That is because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them |
| 172 | وَالَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَلِقَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ أُولَٰئِكَ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ | Wa-alladhina kadhbhu bi-ayatina wa-liqai al-akhirah ulai-k fi al-adhab muhdharu | And those who deny Our signs and the meeting of the Hereafter – those are in the punishment present |
| 173 | وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا | Wa-sabbih bi-hamdi rabbika wa-istghfirh innahu kana tawwab | And glorify your Lord with His praise and seek His forgiveness. Indeed, He is ever accepting repentance |
| 174 | قُلْ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَىٰ | Qul al-hamdu li-llah wa-salam ala ibadih alladhina istafa | Say: praise is for Allah and peace be upon His servants whom He has chosen |
| 175 | آللَّهُ خَيْرٌ أَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ | A-llahu khayrun amma yushrikun | Is Allah better or what they associate with Him? |
| 176 | بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ | Bal aktharhum la ya-lamun | Rather, most of them do not know |
| 177 | إِن هَٰذَا إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَقُرْآنٌ مُّبِينٌ | In hadha illa dhikr wa-quran mubin | This is but a reminder and a clear Quran |
| 178 | لِيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيًّا وَيَحِقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ | Li-yundhir man kana hayyan wa-yahiqq al-qawl ala al-kafirun | To warn whoever is alive and that the word may be established against the disbelievers |
| 179 | أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُمْ مِمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَا أَنْعَامًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَالِكُونَ | Aw-alam yarau anna khalaqna lahum mimma amilat ayidina an-am fa-hum laha maliku | Have they not seen that We created for them livestock from the work of Our hands, so they own them? |
| 180 | وَذَلَّلْنَاهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ | Wa-dhallalnahaha lahum fa-minha rakubuhum wa-minha ya-kulun | And We have tamed them for them, so of them some are for riding and some they eat |
| 181 | وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ وَمَشَارِبُ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ | Wa-lahum fiha manafi wa-masharib afa-la yashkuru | And they have benefits in them and drinks. Will they not be grateful? |
| 182 | وَاتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ | Wa-ittakhadhu min dun illah alihatun la-allahum yunsarun | And they have taken other than Allah as gods, perhaps they would receive help |
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The Insight: Why This Surah Was Revealed
Here is the insight that solves the confusion. The Makkan disbelievers mocked the idea of life after death. They laughed at the thought of angels being God’s daughters, a common pagan belief at the time. Surah Al Saffat directly answers both errors with logic and narrative.
Importance of Surah Saffat
Understanding why this surah matters helps put its lessons into daily life. Scholars and regular readers alike point to a few consistent reasons why Surah Saffat holds a special place among the Makkan chapters of the Quran.
- It strongly defends the concept of Tawheed, the oneness of Allah, against every form of shirk.
- It confirms the Day of Judgment with vivid, memorable descriptions of both paradise and punishment.
- It honors patience through the story of Ibrahim and Ismail, a story many Muslims recall every Eid al-Adha.
- It reminds readers that every prophet faced rejection, so struggling with faith today is not new.
Benefits of Reading Surah Saffat
Many reciters and teachers describe practical benefits tied to regular recitation and reflection on this chapter. These benefits are not magic formulas but come from genuinely absorbing the meanings and applying them.
- It strengthens conviction in Tawheed, especially for anyone facing doubts about God’s oneness.
- It builds patience by revisiting the story of Ibrahim and Ismail, a model of trust under pressure.
- It offers hope through Yunus’s story, showing that sincere repentance is always accepted.
- It sharpens awareness of the afterlife, encouraging better daily choices and accountability.
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Qur’an References from Surah As-Saffat
Reading the actual verses always beats a summary. Below are two verses from this chapter, with short meanings and direct links so you can explore the full context yourself.
Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 1 Transliteration: Was-saaffaati saffa Meaning: “By those [angels] lined up in rows.” Read on Quran.com
Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 143-144 Transliteration: Falawlaa annahu kaana minal musabbiheen, Lalabitha fee batnihi ilaa yawmi yub’athoon Meaning: “Had he not been one who glorified Allah, he would have stayed in its belly until the Day of Resurrection.” Read on Quran.com
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Hadith References
The Quran and Hadith work together. Here are two authentic narrations connected to the themes of prophethood, patience, and monotheism found throughout Surah Saffat.
Sahih al-Bukhari A narration describing how Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) spoke about the reward of patience during hardship, echoing the spirit of Ibrahim’s trial. Sahih al-Bukhari on Sunnah.com
Sahih Muslim A hadith explaining the virtue of sincere repentance, connecting directly to the story of Yunus (AS) and his return to God. Sahih Muslim on Sunnah.com
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A Quick Overview Table
| Detail | Information |
| Surah Name | Surah As-Saffat |
| Number | 37th Surah |
| Total Verses | 182 |
| Place of Revelation | Makkah |
| Juz | 23 |
| Main Themes | Tawheed, Resurrection, Prophet Stories |
Recommended Fiqh Reading
For readers who want a deeper, classical grounding alongside Quranic study, two Hanafi fiqh titles worth locating in libraries or trusted archives are:
- Al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
- Radd al-Muhtar by Ibn Abidin
These are foundational Hanafi texts, commonly referenced by students of Islamic law for centuries.
Where Else to Learn and Ask Questions
If you still have questions after reading, community discussion helps. The Islamic Teachings Forum is a good place to ask specific questions and read scholarly responses from other learners.
For verified religious rulings, IslamQA offers a searchable database answered by qualified scholars. Between community discussion and scholarly verification, most common doubts get resolved quickly.
Historical and academic background on the Quran’s compilation and structure is also available through the Wikipedia entry on the Quran and the Britannica overview of Islamic scripture, both useful for broader context.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Surah Saffat about in simple words?
It defends the oneness of God and the reality of resurrection, using stories of earlier prophets like Ibrahim, Ismail, and Yunus to prove these truths.
How many verses does Surah As-Saffat have?
Surah As-Saffat contains 182 verses. It is the 37th chapter of the Quran and belongs to the Makkan period of revelation.
Why is Surah Al Saffat important for daily life?
It teaches patience, trust in God during hardship, and the value of sincere repentance, all lessons directly applicable to everyday struggles and decisions.
Is Surah Saffat Makkan or Madinan?
It is a Makkan surah, revealed before the migration to Madinah, during a period focused heavily on correcting beliefs about God and the afterlife.
Where can I read Surah As-Saffat in English?
You can read a reliable surah as saffat in English translation on Quran.com, which offers verse-by-verse Arabic text alongside clear English meanings.
Final Thoughts
Surah Saffat is not just a chapter to recite quickly and move past. It carries answers to real doubts, real stories of struggle, and real comfort for anyone questioning their faith. Read it slowly, reflect often, and let its lessons settle in.
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