Surah Saad

قَالُوا۟رَبَّنَامَنقَدَّمَلَنَاهَٰذَافَزِدْهُعَذَابًۭاضِعْفًۭافِىٱلنَّارِ

[And] they will pray: “O our Sustainer! Who­ever has prepared this for us, double Thou his suffering in the fire!”

وَقَالُوا۟مَالَنَالَانَرَىٰرِجَالًۭاكُنَّانَعُدُّهُممِّنَٱلْأَشْرَارِ

And they will add: “How is it that we do not see [here any of the] men whom we were wont to count among the wicked,

أَتَّخَذْنَٰهُمْسِخْرِيًّاأَمْزَاغَتْعَنْهُمُٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ

[and] whom we made the target of our derision? Or is it that [they are here, and] our eyes have missed them?”

إِنَّذَٰلِكَلَحَقٌّۭتَخَاصُمُأَهْلِٱلنَّارِ

Such, behold, will in truth be the [confusion and] mutual wrangling of the people of the fire!

قُلْإِنَّمَآأَنَا۠مُنذِرٌۭوَمَامِنْإِلَٰهٍإِلَّاٱللَّهُٱلْوَٰحِدُٱلْقَهَّارُ

SAY [O Muhammad]: “I am only a warner; and there is no deity whatever save God, the One, who holds absolute sway over all that exists,

رَبُّٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَمَابَيْنَهُمَاٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْغَفَّٰرُ

the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Almighty, the All-Forgiving!”

قُلْهُوَنَبَؤٌا۟عَظِيمٌ

Say: “This is a message tremendous:

أَنتُمْعَنْهُمُعْرِضُونَ

[how can] you turn away from it?”

مَاكَانَلِىَمِنْعِلْمٍۭبِٱلْمَلَإِٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓإِذْيَخْتَصِمُونَ

[Say, O Muhammad:] “No knowledge would I have had of [what passed among] the host on high when they argued [against the creation of man],

إِنيُوحَىٰٓإِلَىَّإِلَّآأَنَّمَآأَنَا۠نَذِيرٌۭمُّبِينٌ

had it not been revealed unto me [by God] - to no other end than that I might convey [unto you] a plain warning.

إِذْقَالَرَبُّكَلِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِإِنِّىخَٰلِقٌۢبَشَرًۭامِّنطِينٍۢ

[For,] lo, thy Sustainer said unto the angels: “Behold, I am about to create a human being out of clay;

فَإِذَاسَوَّيْتُهُۥوَنَفَخْتُفِيهِمِنرُّوحِىفَقَعُوا۟لَهُۥسَٰجِدِينَ

and when I have formed him fully and breathed into him of My spirit, fall you down before him in prostration!”

فَسَجَدَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُكُلُّهُمْأَجْمَعُونَ

Thereupon the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together,

إِلَّآإِبْلِيسَٱسْتَكْبَرَوَكَانَمِنَٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

save Iblis: he gloried in his arrogance, and [thus] became one of those who deny the truth.

قَالَيَٰٓإِبْلِيسُمَامَنَعَكَأَنتَسْجُدَلِمَاخَلَقْتُبِيَدَىَّأَسْتَكْبَرْتَأَمْكُنتَمِنَٱلْعَالِينَ

Said He: “O Iblis! What has kept thee from prostrating thyself before that [being] which I have created with My hands? Art thou too proud [to bow down before another created being], or art thou of those who think [only] of themselves as high?”

قَالَأَنَا۠خَيْرٌۭمِّنْهُخَلَقْتَنِىمِننَّارٍۢوَخَلَقْتَهُۥمِنطِينٍۢ

Answered [Iblis]: “I am better than he: Thou hast created me out of fire, whereas him Thou hast created out of clay.”

قَالَفَٱخْرُجْمِنْهَافَإِنَّكَرَجِيمٌۭ

Said He: “Go forth, then, from this [angelic state] - for, behold, thou art henceforth accursed,

وَإِنَّعَلَيْكَلَعْنَتِىٓإِلَىٰيَوْمِٱلدِّينِ

and My rejection shall be thy due until the Day of Judgment!”

قَالَرَبِّفَأَنظِرْنِىٓإِلَىٰيَوْمِيُبْعَثُونَ

Said [Iblis]: “Then, O my Sustainer, grant me a respite till the Day when all shall be raised from the dead!”

قَالَفَإِنَّكَمِنَٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

Answered He: “Verily, so [be it:] thou shalt be among those who are granted respite