Al-Quran/Surah 37

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Those drawn up in Ranks · 182 Ayahs · Meccan

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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37:1

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا

By the aligners aligning.
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37:2

فَالزَّاجِرَاتِ زَجْرًا

And the drivers driving.
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37:3

فَالتَّالِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا

And the reciters of the Reminder.
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37:4

إِنَّ إِلَهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌ

Your God is indeed One.
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37:5

رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِ

Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them; and Lord of the Easts.
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37:6

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَوَاكِبِ

We have adorned the lower heaven with the beauty of the planets.
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37:7

وَحِفْظًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَارِدٍ

And guarded it against every defiant devil.
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37:8

لَا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَى وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

They cannot eavesdrop on the Supernal Elite, for they get bombarded from every side.
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37:9

دُحُورًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ

Repelled—they will have a lingering torment.
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37:10

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

Except for him who snatches a fragment—he gets pursued by a piercing projectile.
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37:11

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمْ مَنْ خَلَقْنَا إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُمْ مِنْ طِينٍ لَازِبٍ

Inquire of them, “Are they more difficult to create, or the others We created?” We created them from sticky clay.
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37:12

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

But you wonder, and they ridicule.
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37:13

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ

And when reminded, they pay no attention.
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37:14

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا آيَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ

And when they see a sign, they ridicule.
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37:15

وَقَالُوا إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ

And they say, “This is nothing but plain magic.
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37:16

أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

When we have died and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?
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37:17

أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ

And our ancestors of old?”
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37:18

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنْتُمْ دَاخِرُونَ

Say, “Yes indeed, and you will be totally subdued.”
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37:19

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ

It will be a single nudge, and they will be staring.
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37:20

وَقَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا هَذَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ

They will say, “Woe to us. This is the Day of Judgment.”
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37:21

هَذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

“This is the Day of Separation which you used to deny.
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37:22

احْشُرُوا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَأَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ

Gather those who did wrong, and their mates, and what they used to worship.
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37:23

مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَاهْدُوهُمْ إِلَى صِرَاطِ الْجَحِيمِ

Besides God, and lead them to the way to Hell.
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37:24

وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ

And stop them. They are to be questioned.”
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37:25

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

What is the matter with you? Why do you not help one another?
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37:26

بَلْ هُمُ الْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ

In fact, on that Day, they will be submissive.
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37:27

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

They will come to one another, questioning one another.
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37:28

قَالُوا إِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ الْيَمِينِ

They will say, “You used to come at us from the right.”
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37:29

قَالُوا بَلْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ

They will say, “You yourselves were not believers.
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37:30

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا طَاغِينَ

We had no authority over you. You yourselves were rebellious people.