Surah As-Saaffaat

فَإِنَّكُمْوَمَاتَعْبُدُونَ

for, verily, neither you [blasphemers] nor the objects of your worship

مَآأَنتُمْعَلَيْهِبِفَٰتِنِينَ

can cause anyone to fall prey to your temptation

إِلَّامَنْهُوَصَالِٱلْجَحِيمِ

unless it be such as rushes towards the blazing fire [of his own accord]!

وَمَامِنَّآإِلَّالَهُۥمَقَامٌۭمَّعْلُومٌۭ

[All forces of nature praise God and say:] “Among us, too, there is none but has a place assigned to it [by Him];

وَإِنَّالَنَحْنُٱلصَّآفُّونَ

and, verily, we too are ranged [before Him in worship];

وَإِنَّالَنَحْنُٱلْمُسَبِّحُونَ

and, verily, we too extol His limitless glory!”

وَإِنكَانُوا۟لَيَقُولُونَ

AND, INDEED, they [who deny the truth] have always been wont to say,

لَوْأَنَّعِندَنَاذِكْرًۭامِّنَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

“If only we had a tradition [to this effect] from our forebears,

لَكُنَّاعِبَادَٱللَّهِٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

we would certainly be true servants of God.”

فَكَفَرُوا۟بِهِۦفَسَوْفَيَعْلَمُونَ

And yet, [now that this divine writ has been placed before them,] they refuse to acknowledge it as true! In time, however, they will come to know [what it was that they had rejected]:

وَلَقَدْسَبَقَتْكَلِمَتُنَالِعِبَادِنَاٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

for, long ago has Our word gone forth unto Our servants, the message- bearers,

إِنَّهُمْلَهُمُٱلْمَنصُورُونَ

that, verily, they - they indeed - would be succoured,

وَإِنَّجُندَنَالَهُمُٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

and that, verily, Our hosts - they indeed - would [in the end] be victorious!

فَتَوَلَّعَنْهُمْحَتَّىٰحِينٍۢ

Hence, turn thou aside for a while from those [who deny the truth],

وَأَبْصِرْهُمْفَسَوْفَيُبْصِرُونَ

and see them [for what they are]; and in time they [too] will come to see [what they do not see now].

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَايَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Do they, then, [really] wish that Our chas­tisement be hastened on?

فَإِذَانَزَلَبِسَاحَتِهِمْفَسَآءَصَبَاحُٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

But then, once it alights upon them, hapless will be the awakening of those who were warned [to no avail]!

وَتَوَلَّعَنْهُمْحَتَّىٰحِينٍۢ

Hence, turn thou aside for a while from them,

وَأَبْصِرْفَسَوْفَيُبْصِرُونَ

and see [them for what they are]; and n time they [too] will come to see [what they do not see now].

سُبْحَٰنَرَبِّكَرَبِّٱلْعِزَّةِعَمَّايَصِفُونَ

LIMITLESS in His glory is thy Sustainer, the Lord of almightiness, [exalted] above anything that men may devise by way of definition!