Surah Aş-Şāffāt (Those who set the Ranks) in English

1. فلما أسلما وتله للجبين

   103

   So when they had both surrendered [to Allah’s will], and he had laid him down on his forehead,

   fa-lammā ʾaslamā wa-tallahū li-l-jabīni

2. وناديناه أن يا إبراهيم

   104

   We called out to him, ‘O Abraham!

   wa-nādaynāhu ʾan yā-ʾibrāhīmu

3. قد صدقت الرؤيا إنا كذلك نجزي المحسنين

   105

   You have indeed fulfilled your vision! Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous!

   qad ṣaddaqta r-ruʾyā ʾinnā ka-dhālika najzī l-muḥsinīna

4. إن هذا لهو البلاء المبين

   106

   This was indeed a manifest test.’

   ʾinna hādhā la-huwa l-balāʾu l-mubīnu

5. وفديناه بذبح عظيم

   107

   Then We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,

   wa-fadaynāhu bi-dhibḥin ʿaẓīmin

6. وتركنا عليه في الآخرين

   108

   and left for him a good name in posterity:

   wa-taraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ʾākhirīna

7. سلام على إبراهيم

   109

   ‘Peace be to Abraham!’

   salāmun ʿalā ʾibrāhīma

8. كذلك نجزي المحسنين

   110

   Thus do We reward the virtuous.

   ka-dhālika najzī l-muḥsinīna

9. إنه من عبادنا المؤمنين

   111

   He is indeed one of Our faithful servants.

   ʾinnahū min ʿibādinā l-muʾminīna

10. وبشرناه بإسحاق نبيا من الصالحين

    112

    And We gave him the good news of [the birth of] Isaac, a prophet, one of the righteous.

    wa-bashsharnāhu bi-ʾisḥāqa nabiyyan mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

11. وباركنا عليه وعلى إسحاق ومن ذريتهما محسن وظالم لنفسه مبين

    113

    And We blessed him and Isaac. Among their descendants [some] are virtuous, and [some] who manifestly wrong themselves.

    wa-bāraknā ʿalayhi wa-ʿalā ʾisḥāqa wa-min dhurriyyatihimā muḥsinun wa-ẓālimun li-nafsihī mubīnun

12. ولقد مننا على موسى وهارون

    114

    Certainly We favoured Moses and Aaron,

    wa-la-qad manannā ʿalā mūsā wa-hārūna

13. ونجيناهما وقومهما من الكرب العظيم

    115

    and delivered them and their people from their great distress,

    wa-najjaynāhumā wa-qawmahumā mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi

14. ونصرناهم فكانوا هم الغالبين

    116

    and We helped them so that they became the victors.

    wa-naṣarnāhum fa-kānū humu l-ghālibīna

15. وآتيناهما الكتاب المستبين

    117

    We gave them the illuminating scripture

    wa-ʾātaynāhumā l-kitāba l-mustabīna

16. وهديناهما الصراط المستقيم

    118

    and guided them to the straight path,

    wa-hadaynāhumā ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīma

17. وتركنا عليهما في الآخرين

    119

    and left for them a good name in posterity.

    wa-taraknā ʿalayhimā fī l-ʾākhirīna

18. سلام على موسى وهارون

    120

    ‘Peace be to Moses and Aaron!’

    salāmun ʿalā mūsā wa-hārūna

19. إنا كذلك نجزي المحسنين

    121

    Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous.

    ʾinnā ka-dhālika najzī l-muḥsinīna

20. إنهما من عبادنا المؤمنين

    122

    They are indeed among Our faithful servants.

    ʾinnahumā min ʿibādinā l-muʾminīna

21. وإن إلياس لمن المرسلين

    123

    Indeed Ilyas was one of the apostles.

    wa-ʾinna ʾilyāsa la-mina l-mursalīna

22. إذ قال لقومه ألا تتقون

    124

    When he said to his people, ‘Will you not be Godwary?

    ʾidh qāla li-qawmihī ʾa-lā tattaqūna

23. أتدعون بعلا وتذرون أحسن الخالقين

    125

    Do you invoke Baal and abandon the best of creators,

    ʾa-tadʿūna baʿlan wa-tadharūna ʾaḥsana l-khāliqīna

24. الله ربكم ورب آبائكم الأولين

    126

    Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?,’

    allāha rabbakum wa-rabba ʾābāʾikumu l-ʾawwalīna