وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفّاً

By those who set the ranks in battle order

فَالتَّالِيَاتِ ذِكْراً

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

رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِ

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

وَحِفْظاً مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَّارِدٍ

With security from every froward devil.

دُحُوراً وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ

Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَا إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍ

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.

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ

And heed not when they are reminded,

وَقَالُوا إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

And they say: lo! this is mere magic;

أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ

And our forefathers?

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold

هَذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ الَّذِي كُنتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

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

مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ فَاهْدُوهُمْ إِلَى صِرَاطِ الْجَحِيمِ

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

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

What aileth you that ye help not one another?

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءلُونَ

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

قَالُوا بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ

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

فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا لَذَائِقُونَ

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

فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

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

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

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

بَلْ جَاء بِالْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

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

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Ye are requited naught save what ye did

أُوْلَئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

For them there is a known provision,

فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ

In the Gardens of delight,

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِن مَّعِينٍ

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

لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ

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

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

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

قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينٌ

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

أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَاباً وَعِظَاماً أَئِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

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

فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَآهُ فِي سَوَاء الْجَحِيمِ

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

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ

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

إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْأُولَى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

Saving our former death, and are we not to he punished?