Hizb 45
Hizb 45 is the first half of juz 23, one of the 60 hizb the Quran is divided into. It runs from Surah Ya-Sin 36:28 to Surah As-Saffat 37:144 and contains 200 verses.
As-Saffat · Meccan · 182 ayahs
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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Translation, verse by verse
- 36:28
After him We did not send down on his people a host from the sky, nor We would have sent down.
- 36:29
It was but a single Cry, and, behold, they were stilled [like burnt ashes]!
- 36:30
How regrettable of the servants! There did not come to them any apostle but that they used to deride him.
- 36:31
Have they not regarded how many generations We have destroyed before them who will not come back to them?
- 36:32
And all of them will indeed be presented before Us.
- 36:33
A sign for them is the dead earth, which We revive and bring forth grain out of it, so they eat of it.
- 36:34
We make in it orchards of date palms and vines, and We cause springs to gush forth in it,
- 36:35
so that they may eat of its fruit and what their hands have cultivated. Will they not then give thanks?
- 36:36
Immaculate is He who has created all the kinds of what the earth grows, and of themselves, and of what they do not know.
- 36:37
A sign for them is the night, which We strip of daylight, and, behold, they find themselves in the dark!
- 36:38
The sun runs on to its place of rest: That is the ordaining of the All-mighty, the All-knowing.
- 36:39
As for the moon, We have ordained its phases, until it becomes like an old palm leaf.
- 36:40
Neither it behooves the sun to overtake the moon, nor may the night outrun the day, and each swims in an orbit.
- 36:41
A sign for them is that We carried their progeny in the laden ship,
- 36:42
and We have created for them what is similar to it, which they ride.
- 36:43
And if We like We drown them, whereat they have no one to call for help, nor are they rescued
- 36:44
except by a mercy from Us and for an enjoyment until some time.
- 36:45
And when they are told, ‘Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, so that you may receive [His] mercy…’
- 36:46
There does not come to them any sign from among the signs of their Lord but that they have been disregarding it.
- 36:47
When they are told, ‘Spend out of what Allah has provided you,’ the faithless say to the faithful, ‘Shall we feed [someone] whom Allah would feed, if He wished? You are only in manifest error.’
- 36:48
And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, should you be truthful?’
- 36:49
They do not await but a single Cry that will seize them as they wrangle.
- 36:50
Then they will not be able to make any will, nor will they return to their folks.
- 36:51
And when the Trumpet is blown, behold, there they will be, scrambling towards their Lord from their graves!
- 36:52
They will say, ‘Woe to us! Who raised us from our place of sleep?’ ‘This is what the All-beneficent had promised, and the apostles had spoken the truth!’
- 36:53
It will be but a single Cry, and, behold, they will all be presented before Us!
- 36:54
‘Today no soul will be wronged in the least, nor will you be requited except for what you used to do.’
- 36:55
Indeed today the inhabitants of paradise rejoice in their engagements
- 36:56
—they and their mates, reclining on couches in the shades.
- 36:57
There they have fruits, and they have whatever they want.
- 36:58
‘Peace!’—a watchword from the all-merciful Lord.
- 36:59
And ‘Get apart today, you guilty ones!’
- 36:60
‘Did I not exhort you, O children of Adam, saying, “Do not worship Satan. He is indeed your manifest enemy.
- 36:61
Worship Me. That is a straight path”?
- 36:62
Certainly, he has led astray many of your generations. Have you not exercised your reason?
- 36:63
This is the hell you had been promised!
- 36:64
Enter it today, because of what you used to deny.
- 36:65
Today We shall seal their mouths, and their hands shall speak to Us, and their feet shall bear witness concerning what they used to earn.’
- 36:66
Had We wished We would have blotted out their eyes: then, were they to advance towards the path, how would have they seen?
- 36:67
And had We wished We would have deformed them in their place; then they would neither have been able to move ahead nor to return.
- 36:68
And whomever We give a long life, We cause him to regress in creation. Then, will they not exercise their reason?
- 36:69
We did not teach him poetry, nor does it behoove him. This is just a reminder and a manifest Quran,
- 36:70
so that anyone who is alive may be warned, and that the word may come due against the faithless.
- 36:71
Have they not seen that We have created for them—of what Our hands have worked—cattle, so they have become their masters?
- 36:72
And We made them tractable for them; so some of them make their mounts and some of them they eat.
- 36:73
There are other benefits for them therein, and drinks. Will they not then give thanks?
- 36:74
They have taken gods besides Allah, [hoping] that they might be helped [by the fake deities].
- 36:75
[But] they cannot help them, while they [themselves] are an army mobilized for their defence.
- 36:76
So do not let their remarks grieve you. We indeed know whatever they hide and whatever they disclose.
- 36:77
Does not man see that We created him from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender!?
- 36:78
He draws comparisons for Us, and forgets his own creation. He says, ‘Who shall revive the bones when they have decayed?’
- 36:79
Say, ‘He will revive them who produced them the first time, and He has knowledge of all creation.
- 36:80
He, who made for you fire out of the green tree, and, behold, you light fire from it!
- 36:81
Is not He who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yes indeed! He is the All-creator, the All-knowing.
- 36:82
All His command, when He wills something, is to say to it ‘Be,’ and it is.
- 36:83
So immaculate is He in whose hand is the dominion of all things, and to whom you shall be brought back.
- 37:1
By the [angels] ranged in ranks,
- 37:2
by the ones who drive [the clouds] vigorously,
- 37:3
by the ones who recite the reminder:
- 37:4
indeed your God is certainly One,
- 37:5
the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and the Lord of the easts.
- 37:6
Indeed We have adorned the lowest heaven with the finery of the stars,
- 37:7
and to guard from any froward devil.
- 37:8
They do not eavesdrop on the Supernal Elite—they are shot at from every side,
- 37:9
to drive them away, and there is a perpetual punishment for them—
- 37:10
except any who snatches a snatch, whereat a piercing flame pursues him.
- 37:11
Ask them, is their creation more prodigious or [that of other creatures] that We have created? Indeed, We created them from a viscous clay.
- 37:12
Indeed you wonder, while they engage in ridicule,
- 37:13
and [even] when admonished do not take admonition,
- 37:14
and when they see a sign they make it an object of ridicule,
- 37:15
and say, ‘This is nothing but plain magic!’
- 37:16
‘What! When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?
- 37:17
And our forefathers too?!’
- 37:18
Say, ‘Yes! And you will be utterly humble.’
- 37:19
It will be only a single shout and, behold, they will look on,
- 37:20
and say, ‘Woe to us! This is the Day of Retribution!’
- 37:21
‘This is the Day of Judgement that you used to deny!’
- 37:22
‘Muster the wrongdoers and their mates and what they used to worship
- 37:23
besides Allah, and show them the way to hell!
- 37:24
[But first] stop them! For they must be questioned.’
- 37:25
‘Why is it that you do not support one another [today]?’
- 37:26
‘Indeed, they are [meek and] submissive today!’
- 37:27
Some of them will turn to others, questioning each other.
- 37:28
They will say, ‘Indeed you used to accost us peremptorily.’
- 37:29
They will answer, ‘No, you [yourselves] had no faith.
- 37:30
We had no authority over you. No, you [yourselves] were a rebellious lot.
- 37:31
So our Lord’s word became due against us that we shall indeed taste [the punishment].
- 37:32
So we perverted you, for we were perverse [ourselves].’
- 37:33
So, that day they will share the punishment.
- 37:34
Indeed, that is how We deal with the guilty.
- 37:35
Indeed, it was they who, when they were told, ‘There is no god except Allah,’ used to be disdainful,
- 37:36
and [they would] say, ‘Shall we abandon our gods for a crazy poet?’
- 37:37
Indeed, he has brought [them] the truth, and confirmed the [earlier] apostles.
- 37:38
Indeed you will taste the painful punishment,
- 37:39
and you will be requited only for what you used to do
- 37:40
—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants.
- 37:41
For such there is a known provision
- 37:42
—fruits—and they will be held in honour,
- 37:43
in the gardens of bliss,
- 37:44
[reclining] on couches, facing one another,
- 37:45
served around with a cup, from a clear fountain,
- 37:46
snow-white, delicious to the drinkers,
- 37:47
wherein there will be neither headache nor will it cause them stupefaction,
- 37:48
and with them will be maidens, of restrained glances with big [beautiful] eyes,
- 37:49
as if they were hidden ostrich eggs.
- 37:50
Some of them will turn to others, questioning each other.
- 37:51
One of them will say, ‘Indeed I had a companion
- 37:52
who used to say, ‘‘Are you really among those who affirm
- 37:53
that when we have died and become dust and bones, we shall be brought to retribution?’’ ’
- 37:54
He will say, ‘Will you have a look?’
- 37:55
Then he will take a look and sight him in the middle of hell.
- 37:56
He will say, ‘By Allah, you had almost ruined me!
- 37:57
Had it not been for my Lord’s blessing, I too would have been among those mustered [in hell]!’
- 37:58
‘Is it [true] that we shall not die [anymore],
- 37:59
aside from our earlier death, and that we shall not be punished?
- 37:60
This is indeed the supreme triumph!’
- 37:61
Let all workers work for the like of this!
- 37:62
Is this a better reception, or the Zaqqum tree?
- 37:63
Indeed We have made it a punishment for the wrongdoers.
- 37:64
It is a tree that rises from the depths of hell.
- 37:65
Its spathes are as if they were devils’ heads.
- 37:66
They will eat from it and gorge with it their bellies.
- 37:67
On top of that they will take a solution of scalding water.
- 37:68
Then their retreat will be toward hell.
- 37:69
They had found their fathers astray,
- 37:70
yet they press onwards in their footsteps.
- 37:71
Most of the former peoples went astray before them,
- 37:72
and We had certainly sent warners among them.
- 37:73
So observe how was the fate of those who were warned
- 37:74
—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants!
- 37:75
Certainly Noah called out to Us, and how well did We respond!
- 37:76
We delivered him and his family from their great distress,
- 37:77
and made his descendants the survivors,
- 37:78
and left for him a good name among posterity:
- 37:79
‘Peace to Noah, throughout the nations!’
- 37:80
Thus do We reward the virtuous.
- 37:81
He is indeed one of Our faithful servants.
- 37:82
Then We drowned the rest.
- 37:83
Indeed Abraham was among his followers,
- 37:84
when he came to his Lord with a sound heart [untainted by sin].
- 37:85
When he said to his father and his people, ‘What is it that you are worshiping?
- 37:86
Is it a lie, gods other than Allah, that you desire?
- 37:87
Then what is your idea about the Lord of all the worlds?’
- 37:88
Then he made an observation of the stars
- 37:89
and said, ‘Indeed I am sick!’
- 37:90
So they went away leaving him behind.
- 37:91
Then he stole away to their gods and said, ‘Will you not eat?
- 37:92
Why do you not speak?’
- 37:93
Then he attacked them, striking forcefully.
- 37:94
They came running towards him.
- 37:95
He said, ‘Do you worship what you have yourselves carved,
- 37:96
when Allah has created you and whatever you make?’
- 37:97
They said, ‘Build a structure for him and cast him into a huge fire.’
- 37:98
So they sought to outwit him, but We made them the lowermost.
- 37:99
He said, ‘Indeed I am going toward my Lord, who will guide me.’
- 37:100
‘My Lord! Give me [an heir], one of the righteous.’
- 37:101
So We gave him the good news of a forbearing son.
- 37:102
When he was old enough to assist in his endeavour, he said, ‘My son! I see in dreams that I am sacrificing you. See what you think.’ He said, ‘Father! Do whatever you have been commanded. If Allah wishes, you will find me to be patient.’
- 37:103
So when they had both surrendered [to Allah’s will], and he had laid him down on his forehead,
- 37:104
We called out to him, ‘O Abraham!
- 37:105
You have indeed fulfilled your vision! Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous!
- 37:106
This was indeed a manifest test.’
- 37:107
Then We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,
- 37:108
and left for him a good name in posterity:
- 37:109
‘Peace be to Abraham!’
- 37:110
Thus do We reward the virtuous.
- 37:111
He is indeed one of Our faithful servants.
- 37:112
And We gave him the good news of [the birth of] Isaac, a prophet, one of the righteous.
- 37:113
And We blessed him and Isaac. Among their descendants [some] are virtuous, and [some] who manifestly wrong themselves.
- 37:114
Certainly We favoured Moses and Aaron,
- 37:115
and delivered them and their people from their great distress,
- 37:116
and We helped them so that they became the victors.
- 37:117
We gave them the illuminating scripture
- 37:118
and guided them to the straight path,
- 37:119
and left for them a good name in posterity.
- 37:120
‘Peace be to Moses and Aaron!’
- 37:121
Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous.
- 37:122
They are indeed among Our faithful servants.
- 37:123
Indeed Ilyas was one of the apostles.
- 37:124
When he said to his people, ‘Will you not be Godwary?
- 37:125
Do you invoke Baal and abandon the best of creators,
- 37:126
Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?,’
- 37:127
they impugned him. So they will indeed be mustered [in hell]
- 37:128
—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants.
- 37:129
We left for him a good name in posterity.
- 37:130
‘Peace be to Ilyas!’
- 37:131
Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous.
- 37:132
He is indeed one of Our faithful servants.
- 37:133
Indeed Lot was one of the apostles.
- 37:134
When We delivered him and all his family,
- 37:135
excepting an old woman among those who remained behind,
- 37:136
We destroyed the rest.
- 37:137
Indeed you pass by them at dawn
- 37:138
and at night. Do you not exercise your reason?
- 37:139
Indeed Jonah was one of the apostles.
- 37:140
When he absconded toward the laden ship,
- 37:141
he drew lots with them and was the one to be condemned [as one to be thrown overboard].
- 37:142
Then the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy.
- 37:143
Had he not been one of those who celebrate Allah’s glory,
- 37:144
he would have surely remained in its belly till the day they will be resurrected.
سُورَةُ يسٓ
Mishary Alafasy