By those [angels] ranged in rows,

who rebuke reproachfully

and recite God’s word,

truly your God is One,

Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them, Lord of every sunrise.

We have adorned the lowest heaven with stars,

and made them a safeguard against every rebellious devil:

they cannot eavesdrop on the Higher Assembly––pelted from every side,

driven away, they will have perpetual torment––

if any [of them] stealthily snatches away a fragment, he will be pursued by a piercing flame.

So [Prophet], ask the disbelievers: is it harder to create them than other beings We have created? We created them from sticky clay.

وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفࣰّا

فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرࣰا

فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا

إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدࣱ

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

وَحِفْظࣰا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنࣲ مَّارِدࣲ

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبࣲ

دُحُورࣰاۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابࣱ وَاصِبٌ

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ ثَاقِبࣱ

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينࣲ لَّازِبِۭ

You marvel as they scoff,

take no heed when they are warned,

and resort to ridicule when they see a sign,

saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’

‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again,

along with our forefathers?’

Say, ‘Yes indeed, and you will be humiliated.’

Just one blast and––lo and behold!––they will look

and say, ‘Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgement.’

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةࣰ يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرࣱ مُّبِينٌ

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

[Angels], gather together those who did wrong, and others like them, as well as whatever they worshipped

۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ

[Angels], gather together those who did wrong, and others like them, as well as whatever they worshipped

beside God, lead them all to the path of Hell,

and halt them for questioning:

“Why do you not support each other now?” ’––

no indeed! They will be in complete submission on that Day––

and they will turn on one another accusingly.

They will say, ‘You came to us from a position of power.’

They will say, ‘No! It was you who would not believe-

we had no power over you- and you were already exceeding all limits.

Our Lord’s sentence on us is just and we must all taste the punishment.

We led you astray as we ourselves were astray.’

On that Day they will all share the torment:

this is how We deal with the guilty.

Whenever it was said to them, ‘There is no deity but God,’ they became arrogant,

and said, ‘Are we to forsake our gods for a mad poet?’

‘No: he brought the truth and confirmed the earlier messengers;

you will taste the painful torment,

and be repaid only according to your deeds.’

۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

وَقِفُوهُمْۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنِۭۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمࣰا طَٰغِينَ

فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ

فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذࣲ فِي ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرࣲ مَّجْنُونِۭ

بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Not so God’s true servants.

They will have familiar provisions––

fruits- and will be honoured

in gardens of delight;

seated on couches, facing one another.

A drink will be passed round among them from a flowing spring:

white, delicious to those who taste it,

causing no headiness or intoxication.

With them will be spouses- modest of gaze and beautiful of eye-

like protected eggs.

They will turn to one another with questions:

one will say, ‘I had a close companion on earth

who used to ask me, “Do you really believe that

after we die and become dust and bone, we shall be brought for judgement?”’

Then he will say, ‘Shall we look for him?’

He will look down and see him in the midst of the Fire,

and say to him, ‘By God, you almost brought me to ruin!

Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I too would have been taken to Hell.’

Then he will say [to his blessed companions], ‘Are we never to die again after our earlier death?

Shall we never suffer?

This truly is the supreme triumph!’

Everyone should strive to attain this.

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقࣱ مَّعْلُومࣱ

فَوَٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ

فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسࣲ مِّن مَّعِينِۭ

بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةࣲ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ

لَا فِيهَا غَوْلࣱ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ

وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينࣱ

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضࣱ مَّكْنُونࣱ

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

قَالَ قَآئِلࣱ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينࣱ

يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ

فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِي سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ

إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَٰمِلُونَ