As-Saffat

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وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفّٗا ١

By those [angels] lined up in rows

فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجۡرٗا ٢

And those who drive [the clouds]

فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ٣

And those who recite the message,¹

إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمۡ لَوَٰحِدٞ ٤

Indeed, your God is One,

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رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ ٥

Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and Lord of the sunrises.¹

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إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ ٦

Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars

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وَحِفۡظٗا مِّن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ مَّارِدٖ ٧

And as protection against every rebellious devil

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لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَيُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٖ ٨

[So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,¹

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دُحُورٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ وَاصِبٌ ٩

Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,

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إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ ثَاقِبٞ ١٠

Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].

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فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٖ لَّازِبِۭ ١١

Then inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created them [i.e., men] from sticky clay.

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بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَيَسۡخَرُونَ ١٢

But you wonder, while they mock,

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وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ لَا يَذۡكُرُونَ ١٣

And when they are reminded, they remember not.

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وَإِذَا رَأَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ ١٤

And when they see a sign, they ridicule.

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وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٌ ١٥

And say, "This is not but obvious magic.

أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ١٦

When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ١٧

And our forefathers [as well]?"

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قُلۡ نَعَمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ ١٨

Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."

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فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ فَإِذَا هُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ ١٩

It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.

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وَقَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ٢٠

They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."

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هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٢١

[They will be told], "This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny."

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۞ ٱحۡشُرُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزۡوَٰجَهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ ٢٢

[The angels will be ordered], "Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds,¹ and what they used to worship

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مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهۡدُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٢٣

Other than Allāh, and guide them to the path of Hellfire

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وَقِفُوهُمۡۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسۡـُٔولُونَ ٢٤

And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."

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مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ ٢٥

[They will be asked], "What is [wrong] with you? Why do you not help each other?"

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بَلۡ هُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مُسۡتَسۡلِمُونَ ٢٦

But they, that Day, are in surrender.

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وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٢٧

And they will approach one another asking [i.e., blaming] each other.

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قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَأۡتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٢٨

They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."¹

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قَالُواْ بَل لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢٩

They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,

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وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا طَٰغِينَ ٣٠

And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.