Chapter 37

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Most Merciful

1. By the arrangers in columns.
2. By the drivers of clouds.
3. By the reciters of the messages.
4. Your God is indeed One.
5. The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, and Lord of the easts.
6. We have adorned the nearest heaven with adorning planets.
7. And to guard against every rebellious devil.
8. They cannot listen to the leadership up high; and they get bombarded from every side.
9. Outcasts; they will have an eternal retribution.
10. If any of them snatches something away, he is pursued by a piercing flame.
11. So ask them: "Are they more difficult to create, or the other creations?" We created them from wet mud.
12. While you wondered, they mocked.
13. And when they are reminded, they take no heed.
14. And when they see a sign, they ridicule it.
15. And they say: "This is nothing but evident magic!"
16. "After we die and become dust and bones, do we get resurrected?"
17. "What about our fathers of old?"
18. Say: "Yes, and then you will be humiliated"
19. All it takes is one nudge, whereupon they will be staring.
20. And they will say: "Woe to us, this is the Day of Judgment"
21. This is the day of decision that you used to deny.
22. Gather the transgressors, and their spouses, and all they worshiped.
23. Beside God, and guide them to the path of Hell.
24. And stop them, for they will be questioned:
25. "Why do you not help one another?"
26. They will be, on that day, totally surrendering.
27. They will come to each other, questioning one another.
28. They will say: "You used to come to us from the right side"
29. They will respond: "No, it was you who were not believers"
30. "And we never had any power over you, but you were a wicked people"
31. "So now, we have incurred Our Lord's judgment. Now we have to suffer"
32. "We misled you, only because we were astray"
33. Thus, on that day, they will all partake of the retribution.
34. This is how we requite the criminals.
35. When they were told: "There is no god except God", they turned arrogant.
36. And they said: "Shall we leave our gods for the sake of a crazy poet?"
37. In fact, he has brought the truth, and has confirmed the messengers.
38. Surely, you will taste the most painful retribution.
39. And you will only be recompensed for what you have done.
40. Except for God's servants who are devoted.
41. For them will be known provisions.
42. All kinds of fruits. They will be honoured.
43. In the gardens of bliss.
44. On furnishings facing one another.
45. Offered to them will be cups of pure drinks.
46. Clear and delicious for the drinkers.
47. With no side-effect, and no suffering.
48. With them will be wonderful companions.
49. Protected like fragile eggs.
50. Then they will come to each other, questioning.
51. One of them will say: "I used to have a friend"
52. "Who used to say: Are you among those who believe"
53. "That after we die and turn into dust and bones, do we get called to account?"
54. He will say: "Can you see him?"
55. So when he looked, he saw him in the midst of Hell.
56. He said: "By God, you almost ruined me!"
57. "And if it were not for my Lord's blessing, I would have been with you now"
58. "Are we then not going to die",
59. "Except for the first death, and we will never be punished?"
60. Such is the greatest triumph.
61. This is what every worker should work for.
62. Is this a better destiny, or the tree of Zaqqum?
63. We have rendered it a test for the transgressors.
64. It is a tree that grows in the bottom of Hell.
65. Its shoots are like the devils' heads.
66. They will eat from it until their bellies are filled up.
67. Then they will top it with a boiling water.
68. Then they will be returned to Hell.
69. They have found their parents astray.
70. So they too have hastened in their footsteps.
71. Most of the previous generations have strayed before them.
72. We have sent to them warners.
73. Note the consequences for those who have been warned.
74. Except for God's servants who are devoted.
75. And Noah did call upon Us, and We are the best to respond.
76. And We saved him and his family from the great disaster.
77. And We made his progeny the survivors.
78. And we preserved his history for later generations.
79. Peace be upon Noah among the worlds.
80. We thus reward the righteous.
81. He is one of Our believing servants.
82. The We drowned the others.
83. And from among his group was Abraham.
84. When he came to his Lord with a pure heart.
85. When he said to his father and his people: "What are you worshiping?"
86. "Is it these fabricated gods, instead of God, that you want?"
87. "What do you think of the Lord of the worlds?"
88. Then he looked towards the stars.
89. And he said: "I am ill!"
90. So they turned away from him and departed.
91. He then turned on their idols, saying: "Would you like to eat?"
92. "Why do you not speak?"
93. Then he turned upon them, destroying them.
94. They then came to him in a great rage.
95. He said: "How can you worship what you carve?"
96. "While God has created you, and everything you make!"
97. They said: "Build for him a structure, and then throw him into its fire"
98. So they schemed against him, but we made them the losers.
99. And he said: "I am going to my Lord; He will guide me"
100. "My Lord, grant me from among the righteous"
101. So We gave him good news of a compassionate child.
102. And when he grew enough to work with him, he said: "My son, I am seeing in a dream that I am slaughtering you. What do you think?" He said: "O my father, do what you are commanded to do. You will find me, God willing, patient"
103. And when they both complied, and he put his forehead down.
104. And We called him: "O Abraham"
105. "You have fulfilled the vision" It is thus that We reward the righteous.
106. Surely, this was a clear test.
107. And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice.
108. And we preserved his history for the later generations.
109. Peace be upon Abraham.
110. We thus reward the righteous.
111. He was one of Our believing servants.
112. And We gave him the good news of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.
113. And We blessed him and Isaac. And from among their progeny, some are righteous, and some are wicked transgressors.
114. And indeed, We have given Our grace to Moses and Aaron.
115. And We saved them and their people from the great disaster.
116. And We supported them, until they became the winners.
117. And We gave both the clear scripture.
118. And We guided them to the straight path.
119. We preserved their history for the later generations.
120. Peace be upon Moses and Aaron.
121. We thus reward the good doers.
122. Both of them were among Our believing servants.
123. And Elias was one of the messengers.
124. When he said to his people: "Would you not be righteous?"
125. "Would you call on Ba'al and forsake the Supreme Creator?
126. "God is your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers!"
127. But they denied him. Consequently, they will be called to account.
128. Except for God's devoted servants.
129. And We preserved his history for the later generations.
130. Peace be upon the family of Elias.
131. We thus reward the righteous.
132. He was one of our believing servants.
133. And Lot was one of the messengers.
134. When We saved him and all his family.
135. Except an old woman who remained.
136. Then, We destroyed the others.
137. And you pass by their ruins by day.
138. And by night. Do you not understand?
139. And Jonah was one of the messengers.
140. When he escaped to the charged ship.
141. And he was guilty, so he became among the losers.
142. Consequently, a whale swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.
143. And had he not been of those that would glorify,
144. He would have stayed in its belly until the Day of Resurrection.
145. So We threw him on the shore while he was sick.
146. And We caused a fruit tree to grow on him.
147. And We sent him to a hundred thousand, or more.
148. And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment for a time.
149. So ask them: "Are the daughters for your Lord, while the sons are for them?"
150. Or did We create the Angels to be females while they were witnesses?
151. Indeed, it is out of their falsehood that they say:
152. "God has begotten a son." Indeed, they are liars.
153. Has He chosen the girls over the boys?
154. What is wrong with you, how do you judge?
155. Will you not take heed?
156. Or do you have a clear authority?
157. Then show us your scripture, if you are truthful.
158. And they invented a kinship between Him and the Jinn. But the Jinn know that they will be gathered.
159. God be glorified far above their claims.
160. Except for God's servants who are devoted.
161. Indeed, you and what you worship.
162. Cannot lead away from Him.
163. Except for those who will burn in Hell.
164. Every one of us knows his designated position.
165. We are the arrangers.
166. And we are the ones that glorify.
167. And they used to say,
168. "If only we had received a reminder from the previous generations",
169. "We would have surely been God's devoted servants"
170. But they rejected it. They will come to know.
171. Our decision has already been decreed to Our servants, the messengers.
172. That they would be made victorious.
173. And that Our soldiers are the winners.
174. So disregard them for awhile.
175. And see them; for they too will see.
176. Do they seek to hasten Our retribution?
177. Then, when it descends into their courtyard, evil will be the morning, for they have already been warned.
178. Disregard them for awhile.
179. And see; for they too will see.
180. Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of greatness; far above their claims.
181. And peace be upon the messengers.
182. And praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.