Surah As-Saaffaat

فَسَاهَمَفَكَانَمِنَٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

And then they cast lots, and he was the one who lost;

فَٱلْتَقَمَهُٱلْحُوتُوَهُوَمُلِيمٌۭ

[and they cast him into the sea,] whereupon the great fish swallowed him, for he had been blameworthy.

فَلَوْلَآأَنَّهُۥكَانَمِنَٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ

And had he not been of those who [even in the deep darkness of their distress are able to] extol God’s limitless glory,

لَلَبِثَفِىبَطْنِهِۦٓإِلَىٰيَوْمِيُبْعَثُونَ

he would indeed have remained in its belly till the Day when all shall be raised from the dead:

فَنَبَذْنَٰهُبِٱلْعَرَآءِوَهُوَسَقِيمٌۭ

but We caused him to be cast forth on a desert shore, sick [at heart] as he was,

وَأَنۢبَتْنَاعَلَيْهِشَجَرَةًۭمِّنيَقْطِينٍۢ

and caused a creeping plant to grow over him [out of the barren soil].

وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُإِلَىٰمِا۟ئَةِأَلْفٍأَوْيَزِيدُونَ

And [then] We sent him [once again] to [his people,] a hundred thousand [souls] or more:

فَـَٔامَنُوا۟فَمَتَّعْنَٰهُمْإِلَىٰحِينٍۢ

and [this time] they believed [in him] and so We allowed them to enjoy their life during the time allotted to them?

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْأَلِرَبِّكَٱلْبَنَاتُوَلَهُمُٱلْبَنُونَ

AND NOW ask them to enlighten thee: Has thy Sustainer daughters, whereas they would have [only] sons?

أَمْخَلَقْنَاٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَإِنَٰثًۭاوَهُمْشَٰهِدُونَ

- or is it that We have created the angels female, and they [who believe them to be divine] have witnessed [that act of creation]?

أَلَآإِنَّهُممِّنْإِفْكِهِمْلَيَقُولُونَ

Oh, verily, it is out of their own [inclination to] falsehood that some people assert,

وَلَدَٱللَّهُوَإِنَّهُمْلَكَٰذِبُونَ

“God has begotten [a son]”; and, verily, they are lying [too, when they say],

أَصْطَفَىٱلْبَنَاتِعَلَىٱلْبَنِينَ

“He has chosen daughters in preference to sons”!

مَالَكُمْكَيْفَتَحْكُمُونَ

What is amiss with you and your judgment?

أَفَلَاتَذَكَّرُونَ

Will you not, then, bethink yourselves?

أَمْلَكُمْسُلْطَٰنٌۭمُّبِينٌۭ

Or have you, perchance, a clear evidence [for your assertions]?

فَأْتُوا۟بِكِتَٰبِكُمْإِنكُنتُمْصَٰدِقِينَ

Produce, then, that divine writ of yours, if you are speaking the truth!

وَجَعَلُوا۟بَيْنَهُۥوَبَيْنَٱلْجِنَّةِنَسَبًۭاوَلَقَدْعَلِمَتِٱلْجِنَّةُإِنَّهُمْلَمُحْضَرُونَ

And some people have invented a kinship between Him and all manner of invisible forces although [even] these invisible forces know well that, verily, they [who thus blaspheme against God] shall indeed be arraigned [before Him on Judgment Day: for]

سُبْحَٰنَٱللَّهِعَمَّايَصِفُونَ

limitless is God in His glory, above anything that men may devise by way of definition!

إِلَّاعِبَادَٱللَّهِٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Not thus, however, [behave] God’s true ser­vants: