50 And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.
51 A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade
52 Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)?
Trivia:
Surah 37
THOSE WHO SET THE RANKS (As-Saffat)
37:50-74
But some will say,
53 Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book?
54 He saith: Will ye look?
When we are dead and have become just dust and bones be brought back to life?
55 Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell.
56 He saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin,
57 And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom).
58 Are we then not to die
59 Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished?
60 Lo! this is the supreme triumph.
61 For the like of this, then, let the workers work.
Then he looks and sees the depth of hell.
62 Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?
63 Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers.
64 Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell.
65 Its crop is as it were the heads of devils.
66 And lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith.
67 And afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water.
68 And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell.
69 They indeed found their fathers astray,
70 But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps.
This is the Tree of Zaqqum. [1]
We [Allah] use it to torment wrong-doers.
It grows in the heart of hell.
Its fruits are like the heads of devils.
The inhabitants of hell are forced to eat the fruit,
and then drink boling water.
Then they return to hell.
71 And verily most of the men of old went astray before them,
72 And verily We sent among them warners.
73 Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned,
Most of the men of old went astray.
74 Save single-minded slaves of Allah.
Except for the single-minded slaves of Allah.
75 And Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer
Noah prayed to us,
76 And We saved him and his household from the great distress,
77 And made his seed the survivors,
78 And left for him among the later folk (the salutation):
79 Peace be unto Noah among the peoples!
80 Lo! thus do We reward the good.
and we saved him and his family. [2]
He was one of our believing slaves.
We drowned everyone else.
Abraham said to his father and his his folk,
85 When he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship?
86 Is it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that ye desire?
What are you worshiping?
87 What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds?
What's your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds?
Abraham glanced at the stars and said,
Lo! I feel sick!
90 And they turned their backs and went away from him.
91 Then turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat?
92 What aileth you that ye speak not?
Abraham turned to their gods and said,
Aren't you going to eat?
What's wrong with you? Why aren't you speaking?
93 Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand.
94 And (his people) came toward him, hastening.
95 He said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve
96 When Allah hath created you and what ye make?
Then Abraham attacked the gods,
striking them with his right hand.
97 They said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire.
98 And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost.
Abraham's father's people said,
Let's build a fire and burn Abraham on it.
But we saved him from them.
99 And he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me.
100 My Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous.
Abraham said,
I'm going to my Lord who will guide me.
101 So We gave him tidings of a gentle son.
So we gave him tidings of a gentle son. [3]
102 And when (his son) was old enough to walk with him, (Abraham) said: O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice thee. So look, what thinkest thou? He said: O my father! Do that which thou art commanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast.
103 Then, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him down upon his face,
104 We called unto him: O Abraham!
105 Thou hast already fulfilled the vision. Lo! thus do We reward the good.
106 Lo! that verily was a clear test.
107 Then We ransomed him with a tremendous victim.
108 And We left for him among the later folk (the salutation):
When his son was old enough to walk, Abraham said,
I had a dream that I must sacrifice you.
What do you think about that?
Abraham's (unnamed) son said,
Do what you are commanded. I won't even flinch.
So Abraham flung his son down on his face,
and we called to him, saying,
Abraham!
You passed the test.
109 Peace be unto Abraham!
110 Thus do We reward the good.
111 Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.
Peace be to Abraham!
That's how we reward the good.
He is one of our believing slaves.
112 And we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet of the righteous.
113 And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their seed are some who do good, and some who plainly wrong themselves.
And we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac.
Notes
- The tree of Zaqqum (v.62)
This is a tree that grows in the bottom of hell. Its fruits are shaped like the heads of devils.
The inhabitants of hell are forced to eat its fruits and then drink boiling water.
- We saved him and his household. (v.76)
- So We gave him tidings of a gentle son. (v.101)
In the biblical story, Ishamel is born first, then Isaac.
Although the Quran is unclear about this, it seems to reverse the order. (See verse 112, where Isaac is born after Abraham nearly sacrifices his son.)
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