Surah As-Saaffaat

إِنَّهُۥمِنْعِبَادِنَاٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

for he was truly one of our believing servants:

ثُمَّأَغْرَقْنَاٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

[and so We saved him and those who followed him] and then We caused the others to drown.

وَإِنَّمِنشِيعَتِهِۦلَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ

AND, BEHOLD, of his persuasion was Abraham, too,

إِذْجَآءَرَبَّهُۥبِقَلْبٍۢسَلِيمٍ

when he turned to his Sustainer with a heart free of evil,

إِذْقَالَلِأَبِيهِوَقَوْمِهِۦمَاذَاتَعْبُدُونَ

and [thus] spoke to his father and his people: “What is it that you worship?

أَئِفْكًاءَالِهَةًۭدُونَٱللَّهِتُرِيدُونَ

Do you want [to bow down before] a lie - [before] deities other than God?

فَمَاظَنُّكُمبِرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

What, then, do you think of the Sustainer of all the worlds?”

فَنَظَرَنَظْرَةًۭفِىٱلنُّجُومِ

Then he cast a glance at the stars,

فَقَالَإِنِّىسَقِيمٌۭ

and said, “Verily, I am sick [at heart]!”

فَتَوَلَّوْا۟عَنْهُمُدْبِرِينَ

and at that they turned their backs on him and went away.

فَرَاغَإِلَىٰٓءَالِهَتِهِمْفَقَالَأَلَاتَأْكُلُونَ

Thereupon he approached their gods stealthily and said, “What! You do not eat [of the offerings placed before you]?

مَالَكُمْلَاتَنطِقُونَ

What is amiss with you that you do not speak?”

فَرَاغَعَلَيْهِمْضَرْبًۢابِٱلْيَمِينِ

And then he fell upon them, smiting them with his right hand.

فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟إِلَيْهِيَزِفُّونَ

[But] then the others came towards him hur­riedly [and accused him of his deed].

قَالَأَتَعْبُدُونَمَاتَنْحِتُونَ

He answered: “Do you worship something that you [yourselves] have carved,

وَٱللَّهُخَلَقَكُمْوَمَاتَعْمَلُونَ

the while it is God who has created you and all your handiwork?”

قَالُوا۟ٱبْنُوا۟لَهُۥبُنْيَٰنًۭافَأَلْقُوهُفِىٱلْجَحِيمِ

They exclaimed: “Build a pyre for him, and cast him into the blazing fire!”

فَأَرَادُوا۟بِهِۦكَيْدًۭافَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

But whereas they sought to do evil unto him, We [frustrated their designs, and thus] brought them low?

وَقَالَإِنِّىذَاهِبٌإِلَىٰرَبِّىسَيَهْدِينِ

And [Abraham] said: “Verily, I shall [leave this land and] go wherever my Sustainer will guide me!”

رَبِّهَبْلِىمِنَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

[And he prayed:] “O my Sustainer! Bestow upon me the gift of [a son who shall be] one of the righteous!” –