1 By those who set the ranks in battle order
2 And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof
3 And those who read (the Word) for a reminder,
4 Lo! thy Lord is surely One;
Trivia:
Surah 37
THOSE WHO SET THE RANKS (As-Saffat)
37:1-11
Those who set the ranks in battle.... [1]
5 Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings.
6 Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;
7 With security from every froward devil.
8 They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,
9 Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;
10 Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame.
The Lord of the sun's risings
has adorned the lowest heaven with ornaments (the planets)
that are safe from every devil.
The devils can't listen to the Highest Chiefs [2]
because they are pelted on every side,
and are outcasts, in perpetual torment -
except for a few who get to hear a bit now and then,
when they're not burning in the flame.
11 Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.
We created them from plastic clay. [3]
37:12-21
12 Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock
13 And heed not when they are reminded,
14 And seek to scoff when they behold a portent.
But don't be surpised when they mock
when they see a portent, saying,
15 And they say: Lo! this is mere magic;
This is mere magic.
16 When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)?
17 And our forefathers?
18 Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.
When we are dead and nothing but dust and bones,
will we be made alive again?
19 There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,
20 And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment.
21 This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny.
There will be a single shout, and they'll say:
Woe for us! This is the day of judgment.
37:22-34
22 (And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship
23 Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell;
24 And stop them, for they must be questioned.
25 What aileth you that ye help not one another?
26 Nay, but this day they make full submission.
27 And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.
28 They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth).
29 They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers.
30 We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk.
Then those that did wrong will go to hell,
along with their wives. [4]
31 Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom).
32 Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray.
33 Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom.
34 Lo! thus deal We with the guilty.
Then they'll say to each other,
We are about to taste the doom.
37:35-39
35 For when it was said unto them, There is no God save Allah, they were scornful
36
And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet?
37
Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him).
When they heard it said, "There is no god but Allah,"
they were scornful, and said,
Should we reject our gods for a mad poet?. [5]
Now taste the painful doom.
40:35-49
But the single-minded slaved of Allah,
will be honored in the gardens of delight.
44 On couches facing one another;
On couches facing one another,
45 A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them,
46 White, delicious to the drinkers,
47 Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby.
where they'll be brought a cup of white, delicious liquid
that won't give them headaches or make them mad.
48 And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes,
And with them are maidens with modest gaze and lovely eyes,
49 (Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich).
pure as the hidden eggs of an ostrich.
Notes
- Those who set the ranks in battle (v.1)
No one knows who these battle-rank setters might be, though some muslims say they are three sets of angels: angels who sit in front of Allah, angels who move the clouds around, and angels who spend their time reciting the Quran.
- They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs (v.8)
No one knows who the highest chiefs are, but whoever they are, the the devils can't listen to them (because they are pelted on every side).
- We created them of plastic clay. (v.11)
- Together with their wives (v.22)
If a man goes to hell, his wives go with him.
- A mad poet (v.36)
The mad poet here is Muhammad (PB&J be upon him).
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