37. Surah As-Saaffaat

اُولٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُوْمٌۙ ﴿٤١﴾Open ayah 37:41 in the Quran reader

For them there is a known provision: 22

فَوَاكِهُ١ۚ وَ هُمْ مُّكْرَمُوْنَۙ ﴿٤٢﴾Open ayah 37:42 in the Quran reader

tasteful things of all kinds 23

فِیْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِیْمِۙ ﴿٤٣﴾Open ayah 37:43 in the Quran reader

and gardens of delight wherein they shall be lodged with honour.

عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِیْنَ ﴿٤٤﴾Open ayah 37:44 in the Quran reader

They will sit face to face on couches:

یُطَافُ عَلَیْهِمْ بِكَاْسٍ مِّنْ مَّعِیْنٍۭۙ ﴿٤٥﴾Open ayah 37:45 in the Quran reader

cups filled from fountains 24 of wine 25

بَیْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشّٰرِبِیْنَۚۖ ﴿٤٦﴾Open ayah 37:46 in the Quran reader

will be passed round to them 26 ,

لَا فِیْهَا غَوْلٌ وَّ لَا هُمْ عَنْهَا یُنْزَفُوْنَ ﴿٤٧﴾Open ayah 37:47 in the Quran reader

of crystal white drink, delicious for those who drink it.....

وَ عِنْدَهُمْ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرْفِ عِیْنٌۙ ﴿٤٨﴾Open ayah 37:48 in the Quran reader

Neither will they be harmed physically thereby nor become drunk. 27 And beside them there will be chaste women 28 with beautiful eyes,

كَاَنَّهُنَّ بَیْضٌ مَّكْنُوْنٌ ﴿٤٩﴾Open ayah 37:49 in the Quran reader

restraining their looks, 29 delicate as the thin skin hidden under the egg shell. 30

فَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ یَّتَسَآءَلُوْنَ ﴿٥٠﴾Open ayah 37:50 in the Quran reader

Then they will turn to one another to ask questions.

قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ اِنِّیْ كَانَ لِیْ قَرِیْنٌۙ ﴿٥١﴾Open ayah 37:51 in the Quran reader

One of them will say, "I had a friend in the world,

یَّقُوْلُ اَئِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُصَدِّقِیْنَ ﴿٥٢﴾Open ayah 37:52 in the Quran reader

who used to say, `Are you also of those who affirm? 31

ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَ كُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّ عِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَدِیْنُوْنَ ﴿٥٣﴾Open ayah 37:53 in the Quran reader

What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we really be rewarded and punished?'

قَالَ هَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُّطَّلِعُوْنَ ﴿٥٤﴾Open ayah 37:54 in the Quran reader

"Now, do you want to see where that man is?"

فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَاٰهُ فِیْ سَوَآءِ الْجَحِیْمِ ﴿٥٥﴾Open ayah 37:55 in the Quran reader

Saying this as he will look down, he will see him in the depth of Hell.

قَالَ تَاللّٰهِ اِنْ كِدْتَّ لَتُرْدِیْنِۙ ﴿٥٦﴾Open ayah 37:56 in the Quran reader

He will address him, saying, "By God! you had almost ruined me.

وَ لَوْ لَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّیْ لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِیْنَ ﴿٥٧﴾Open ayah 37:57 in the Quran reader

But for the favour of my Lord, I also should have been among those who have been seized and brought here. 32

اَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَیِّتِیْنَۙ ﴿٥٨﴾Open ayah 37:58 in the Quran reader

Well ! Are we not to die any other than our first death?

اِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْاُوْلٰى وَ مَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِیْنَ ﴿٥٩﴾Open ayah 37:59 in the Quran reader

Are we not to be punished? " 33

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِیْمُ ﴿٦٠﴾Open ayah 37:60 in the Quran reader

This indeed is the supreme success.

لِمِثْلِ هٰذَا فَلْیَعْمَلِ الْعٰمِلُوْنَ ﴿٦١﴾Open ayah 37:61 in the Quran reader

For the like of this, then, should the workers work.

اَذٰلِكَ خَیْرٌ نُّزُلًا اَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّوْمِ ﴿٦٢﴾Open ayah 37:62 in the Quran reader

Say, "Is this feast better or the zaqqum tree? 34

اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظّٰلِمِیْنَ ﴿٦٣﴾Open ayah 37:63 in the Quran reader

We have made that tree a trial for the wicked people. 35

اِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِیْۤ اَصْلِ الْجَحِیْمِۙ ﴿٦٤﴾Open ayah 37:64 in the Quran reader

It is a tree that grows out from the bottom of Hell.

طَلْعُهَا كَاَنَّهٗ رُءُوْسُ الشَّیٰطِیْنِ ﴿٦٥﴾Open ayah 37:65 in the Quran reader

Its buds are like the heads of satans. 36

فَاِنَّهُمْ لَاٰكِلُوْنَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِئُوْنَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُوْنَؕ ﴿٦٦﴾Open ayah 37:66 in the Quran reader

The dwellers of Hell shall eat it and fill their bellies with it.

ثُمَّ اِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَیْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِیْمٍۚ ﴿٦٧﴾Open ayah 37:67 in the Quran reader

Then, upon it, they will get boiling water to drink.

ثُمَّ اِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَاۡاِلَى الْجَحِیْمِ ﴿٦٨﴾Open ayah 37:68 in the Quran reader

Then, their return shall be to the same Fire of Hell. 37

اِنَّهُمْ اَلْفَوْا اٰبَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّیْنَۙ ﴿٦٩﴾Open ayah 37:69 in the Quran reader

These are the people, who found their forefathers astray

فَهُمْ عَلٰۤى اٰثٰرِهِمْ یُهْرَعُوْنَ ﴿٧٠﴾Open ayah 37:70 in the Quran reader

and they hastened in their footsteps,

وَ لَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ اَكْثَرُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَۙ ﴿٧١﴾Open ayah 37:71 in the Quran reader

whereas many people before them had gone astray

وَ لَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا فِیْهِمْ مُّنْذِرِیْنَ ﴿٧٢﴾Open ayah 37:72 in the Quran reader

though We had sent warners among them.

فَانْظُرْ كَیْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُنْذَرِیْنَۙ ﴿٧٣﴾Open ayah 37:73 in the Quran reader

Now see what was the end of those who had been warned.

اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ۠ ﴿٧٤﴾Open ayah 37:74 in the Quran reader

Only such servants of Allah were able to avoid this evil end, whom Allah has chosen for Himself. 38

وَ لَقَدْ نَادٰىنَا نُوْحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ الْمُجِیْبُوْنَ٘ۖ ﴿٧٥﴾Open ayah 37:75 in the Quran reader

(Before this) 39 Noah had called on Use 40 : Just see how excellent Answerers (of the prayers) We were !

وَ نَجَّیْنٰهُ وَ اَهْلَهٗ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِیْمِ٘ۖ ﴿٧٦﴾Open ayah 37:76 in the Quran reader

We saved him and his household from the great distress 41

وَ جَعَلْنَا ذُرِّیَّتَهٗ هُمُ الْبٰقِیْنَ٘ۖ ﴿٧٧﴾Open ayah 37:77 in the Quran reader

and made his progeny to be the only survivors 42

وَ تَرَكْنَا عَلَیْهِ فِی الْاٰخِرِیْنَ٘ۖ ﴿٧٨﴾Open ayah 37:78 in the Quran reader

and left for him praise among posterity.