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

1. فكذبوه فإنهم لمحضرون

   127

   they impugned him. So they will indeed be mustered [in hell]

   fa-kadhdhabūhu fa-ʾinnahum la-muḥḍarūna

2. إلا عباد الله المخلصين

   128

   —[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants.

   ʾillā ʿibāda llāhi l-mukhlaṣīna

3. وتركنا عليه في الآخرين

   129

   We left for him a good name in posterity.

   wa-taraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ʾākhirīna

4. سلام على إل ياسين

   130

   ‘Peace be to Ilyas!’

   salāmun ʿalā ʾil yāsīna

5. إنا كذلك نجزي المحسنين

   131

   Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous.

   ʾinnā ka-dhālika najzī l-muḥsinīna

6. إنه من عبادنا المؤمنين

   132

   He is indeed one of Our faithful servants.

   ʾinnahū min ʿibādinā l-muʾminīna

7. وإن لوطا لمن المرسلين

   133

   Indeed Lot was one of the apostles.

   wa-ʾinna lūṭan la-mina l-mursalīna

8. إذ نجيناه وأهله أجمعين

   134

   When We delivered him and all his family,

   ʾidh najjaynāhu wa-ʾahlahū ʾajmaʿīna

9. إلا عجوزا في الغابرين

   135

   excepting an old woman among those who remained behind,

   ʾillā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīna

10. ثم دمرنا الآخرين

    136

    We destroyed the rest.

    thumma dammarnā l-ʾākharīna

11. وإنكم لتمرون عليهم مصبحين

    137

    Indeed you pass by them at dawn

    wa-ʾinnakum la-tamurrūna ʿalayhim muṣbiḥīna

12. وبالليل أفلا تعقلون

    138

    and at night. Do you not exercise your reason?

    wa-bi-l-layli ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna

13. وإن يونس لمن المرسلين

    139

    Indeed Jonah was one of the apostles.

    wa-ʾinna yūnusa la-mina l-mursalīna

14. إذ أبق إلى الفلك المشحون

    140

    When he absconded toward the laden ship,

    ʾidh ʾabaqa ʾilā l-fulki l-mashḥūni

15. فساهم فكان من المدحضين

    141

    he drew lots with them and was the one to be condemned [as one to be thrown overboard].

    fa-sāhama fa-kāna mina l-mudḥaḍīna

16. فالتقمه الحوت وهو مليم

    142

    Then the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy.

    fa-ltaqamahu l-ḥūtu wa-huwa mulīmun

17. فلولا أنه كان من المسبحين

    143

    Had he not been one of those who celebrate Allah’s glory,

    fa-law-lā ʾannahū kāna mina l-musabbiḥīna

18. للبث في بطنه إلى يوم يبعثون

    144

    he would have surely remained in its belly till the day they will be resurrected.

    la-labitha fī baṭnihī ʾilā yawmi yubʿathūna

19. فنبذناه بالعراء وهو سقيم

    145

    Then We cast him on a bare shore, and he was sick.

    fa-nabadhnāhu bi-l-ʿarāʾi wa-huwa saqīmun

20. وأنبتنا عليه شجرة من يقطين

    146

    So We made a gourd plant grow above him.

    wa-ʾanbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratan min yaqṭīnin

21. وأرسلناه إلى مائة ألف أو يزيدون

    147

    We sent him to a [community of] hundred thousand or more,

    wa-ʾarsalnāhu ʾilā miʾati ʾalfin ʾaw yazīdūna

22. فآمنوا فمتعناهم إلى حين

    148

    and they believed [in him]. So We provided for them for a while.

    fa-ʾāmanū fa-mattaʿnāhum ʾilā ḥīnin

23. فاستفتهم ألربك البنات ولهم البنون

    149

    Ask them, are daughters to be for your Lord while sons are to be for them?

    fa-staftihim ʾa-li-rabbika l-banātu wa-lahumu l-banūna

24. أم خلقنا الملائكة إناثا وهم شاهدون

    150

    Did We create the angels females while they were present?

    ʾam khalaqnā l-malāʾikata ʾināthan wa-hum shāhidūna

25. ألا إنهم من إفكهم ليقولون

    151

    Be aware that it is out of their mendacity that they say,

    ʾa-lā ʾinnahum min ʾifkihim la-yaqūlūna

26. ولد الله وإنهم لكاذبون

    152

    ‘Allah has begotten [offsprings],’ and they indeed speak a falsehood.

    walada llāhu wa-ʾinnahum la-kādhibūna

27. أصطفى البنات على البنين

    153

    Has He preferred daughters to sons?

    ʾa-ṣṭafā l-banāti ʿalā l-banīna