[37:1] I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks

[37:2] Then those who drive away with reproof,

[37:3] Then those who recite, being mindful,

[37:4] Most surely your Allah is One:

[37:5] The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and Lord of the easts.

[37:6] Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment, the stars,

[37:7] And (there is) a safeguard against every rebellious Shaitan.

[37:8] They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are thrown at from every side,

[37:9] Being driven off, and for them is a perpetual chastisement,

[37:10] Except him who snatches off but once, then there follows him a brightly shining flame.

[37:11] Then ask them whether they are stronger in creation or those (others) whom We have created. Surely We created them of firm clay.

[37:12] Nay! you wonder while they mock,

[37:13] And when they are reminded, they mind not,

[37:14] And when they see a sign they incite one another to scoff,

[37:15] And they say: This is nothing but clear magic:

[37:16] What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then certainly be raised,

[37:17] Or our fathers of yore?

[37:18] Say: Aye! and you shall be abject.

[37:19] So it shall only be a single cry, when lo! they shall see.

[37:20] And they shall say: O woe to us! this is the day of requital.

[37:21] This is the day of the judgment which you called a lie.

[37:22] Gather together those who were unjust and their associates, and what they used to worship

[37:23] Besides Allah, then lead them to the way to hell.

[37:24] And stop them, for they shall be questioned:

[37:25] What is the matter with you that you do not help each other?

[37:26] Nay! on that day they shall be submissive.

[37:27] And some of them shall advance towards others, questioning each other.

[37:28] They shall say: Surely you used to come to us from the right side.

[37:29] They shall say: Nay, you (yourselves) were not believers;

[37:30] And we had no authority over you, but you were an inordinate people;

[37:31] So the sentence of our Lord has come to pass against us: (now) we shall surely taste;

[37:32] So we led you astray, for we ourselves were erring.

[37:33] So they shall on that day be sharers in the chastisement one with another.

[37:34] Surely thus do We deal with the guilty.

[37:35] Surely they used to behave proudly when it was said to them: There is no god but Allah;

[37:36] And to say: What! shall we indeed give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet?

[37:37] Nay: he has come with the truth and verified the messengers.

[37:38] Most surely you will taste the painful punishment.

[37:39] And you shall not be rewarded except (for) what you did.

[37:40] Save the servants of Allah, the purified ones.

[37:41] For them is a known sustenance,

[37:42] Fruits, and they shall be highly honored,

[37:43] In gardens of pleasure,

[37:44] On thrones, facing each other.

[37:45] A bowl shall be made to go round them from water running out of springs,

[37:46] White, delicious to those who drink.

[37:47] There shall be no trouble in it, nor shall they be exhausted therewith.

[37:48] And with them shall be those who restrain the eyes, having beautiful eyes;

[37:49] As if they were eggs carefully protected.

[37:50] Then shall some of them advance to others, questioning each other.

[37:51] A speaker from among them shall say: Surely I had a comrade of mine,

[37:52] Who said: What! are you indeed of those who accept (the truth)?

[37:53] What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be certainly brought to judgment?

[37:54] He shall say: Will you look on?

[37:55] Then he looked down and saw him in the midst of hell.

[37:56] He shall say: By Allah! you had almost caused me to perish;

[37:57] And had it not been for the favor of my Lord, I would certainly have been among those brought up.

[37:58] Is it then that we are not going to die,

[37:59] Except our previous death? And we shall not be chastised?

[37:60] Most surely this is the mighty achievement.

[37:61] For the like of this then let the workers work.

[37:62] Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?

[37:63] Surely We have made it to be a trial to the unjust.

[37:64] Surely it is a tree that-grows in the bottom of the hell;

[37:65] Its produce is as it were the heads of the serpents.

[37:66] Then most surely they shall eat of it and fill (their) bellies with it.

[37:67] Then most surely they shall have after it to drink of a mixture prepared in boiling water.

[37:68] Then most surely their return shall be to hell.

[37:69] Surely they found their fathers going astray,

[37:70] So in their footsteps they are being hastened on.

[37:71] And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them,

[37:72] And certainly We sent among them warners.

[37:73] Then see how was the end of those warned,

[37:74] Except the servants of Allah, the purified ones.

[37:75] And Nuh did certainly call upon Us, and most excellent answerer of prayer are We.

[37:76] And We delivered him and his followers from the mighty distress.

[37:77] And We made his offspring the survivors.

[37:78] And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later generations.

[37:79] Peace and salutation to Nuh among the nations.

[37:80] Thus do We surely reward the doers of good.

[37:81] Surely he was of Our believing servants.

[37:82] Then We drowned the others

[37:83] And most surely Ibrahim followed his way.

[37:84] When he came to his Lord with a free heart,

[37:85] When he said to his father and his people: What is it that you worship?

[37:86] A lie-- gods besides Allah-- do you desire?

[37:87] What is then your idea about the Lord of the worlds?

[37:88] Then he looked at the stars, looking up once,

[37:89] Then he said: Surely I am sick (of your worshipping these).

[37:90] So they went away from him, turning back.

[37:91] Then he turned aside to their gods secretly and said: What! do you not eat?

[37:92] What is the matter with you that you do not speak?

[37:93] Then he turned against them secretly, smiting them with the right hand.

[37:94] So they (people) advanced towards him, hastening.

[37:95] Said he: What! do you worship what you hew out?

[37:96] And Allah has created you and what you make.

[37:97] They said: Build for him a furnace, then cast him into the burning fire.

[37:98] And they desired a war against him, but We brought them low.

[37:99] And he said: Surely I fly to my lord; He will guide me.

[37:100] My Lord! grant me of the doers of good deeds.

[37:101] So We gave him the good news of a boy, possessing forbearance.

[37:102] And when he attained to working with him, he said: O my son! surely I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice you; consider then what you see. He said: O my father! do what you are commanded; if Allah please, you will find me of the patient ones.

[37:103] So when they both submitted and he threw him down upon his forehead,

[37:104] And We called out to him saying: O Ibrahim!

[37:105] You have indeed shown the truth of the vision; surely thus do We reward the doers of good:

[37:106] Most surely this is a manifest trial.

[37:107] And We ransomed him with a Feat sacrifice.

[37:108] And We perpetuated (praise) to him among the later generations.

[37:109] Peace be on Ibrahim.

[37:110] Thus do We reward the doers of good.

[37:111] Surely he was one of Our believing servants.

[37:112] And We gave him the good news of Ishaq, a prophet among the good ones.

[37:113] And We showered Our blessings on him and on Ishaq; and of their offspring are the doers of good, and (also) those who are clearly unjust to their own souls.

[37:114] And certainly We conferred a favor on Musa and Haroun.

[37:115] And We delivered them both and their people from the mighty distress.

[37:116] And We helped them, so they were the vanquishers.

[37:117] And We gave them both the Book that made (things) clear.

[37:118] And We guided them both on the right way.

[37:119] And We perpetuated (praise) to them among the later generations.

[37:120] Peace be on Musa and Haroun.

[37:121] Even thus do We reward the doers of good.

[37:122] Surely they were both of Our believing servants.

[37:123] And Ilyas was most surely of the messengers.

[37:124] When he said to his people: Do you not guard (against evil)?

[37:125] What! do you call upon Ba'l and forsake the best of the creators,

[37:126] Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore?

[37:127] But they called him a liar, therefore they shall most surely be brought up.

[37:128] But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones.

[37:129] And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later generations.

[37:130] Peace be on Ilyas.

[37:131] Even thus do We reward the doers of good.

[37:132] Surely he was one of Our believing servants.

[37:133] And Lut was most surely of the messengers.

[37:134] When We delivered him and his followers, all--

[37:135] Except an old woman (who was) amongst those who tarried.

[37:136] Then We destroyed the others.

[37:137] And most surely you pass by them in the morning,

[37:138] And at night; do you not then understand?

[37:139] And Yunus was most surely of the messengers.

[37:140] When he ran away to a ship completely laden,

[37:141] So he shared (with them), but was of those who are cast off.

[37:142] So the fish swallowed him while he did that for which he blamed himself

[37:143] But had it not been that he was of those who glorify (Us),

[37:144] He would certainly have tarried in its belly to the day when they are raised.

[37:145] Then We cast him on to the vacant surface of the earth while he was sick.

[37:146] And We caused to grow up for him a gourdplant.

[37:147] And We sent him to a hundred thousand, rather they exceeded.

[37:148] And they believed, so We gave them provision till a time.

[37:149] Then ask them whether your Lord has daughters and they have sons.

[37:150] Or did We create the angels females while they were witnesses?

[37:151] Now surely it is of their own lie that they say:

[37:152] Allah has begotten; and most surely they are liars.

[37:153] Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons?

[37:154] What is the matter with you, how is it that you judge?

[37:155] Will you not then mind?

[37:156] Or have you a clear authority?

[37:157] Then bring your book, if you are truthful.

[37:158] And they assert a relationship between Him and the jinn; and certainly the jinn do know that they shall surely be brought up;

[37:159] Glory be to Allah (for freedom) from what they describe;

[37:160] But not so the servants of Allah, the purified ones.

[37:161] So surely you and what you worship,

[37:162] Not against Him can you cause (any) to fall into trial,

[37:163] Save him who will go to hell.

[37:164] And there is none of us but has an assigned place,

[37:165] And most surely we are they who draw themselves out in ranks,

[37:166] And we are most surely they who declare the glory (of Allah).

[37:167] And surely they used to say:

[37:168] Had we a reminder from those of yore,

[37:169] We would certainly have been the servants of Allah-- the purified ones.

[37:170] But (now) they disbelieve in it, so they will come to know.

[37:171] And certainly Our word has already gone forth in respect of Our servants, the messengers:

[37:172] Most surely they shall be the assisted ones

[37:173] And most surely Our host alone shall be the victorious ones.

[37:174] Therefore turn away from them till a time,

[37:175] And (then) see them, so they too shall see.

[37:176] What! would they then hasten on Our chastisement?

[37:177] But when it shall descend in their court, evil shall then be the morning of the warned ones.

[37:178] And turn away from them till a time

[37:179] And (then) see, for they too shall see.

[37:180] Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Honor, above what they describe.

[37:181] And peace be on the messengers.

[37:182] And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.