Surah As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks)

182 Verse(s) • Surah number 37 • Meccan

وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا


1. By those [angels] lined up in rows

فَالزَّاجِرَاتِ زَجْرًا


2. And those who drive [the clouds]

فَالتَّالِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا


3. And those who recite the message,

إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌ


4. Indeed, your God is One,

رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِ


5. Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and Lord of the sunrises.

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَوَاكِبِ


6. Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars

وَحِفْظًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَارِدٍ


7. And as protection against every rebellious devil

لَا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ


8. [So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,

دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ


9. Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ


10. Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].