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The Opener · Meccan · 7 verses

37:1
وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ
صَفًّۭا
By those [angels] ranged in rows,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:2
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ
زَجْرًۭا
who rebuke reproachfully

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:3
فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِ
ذِكْرًا
and recite God’s word,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:4
إِنَّ
إِلَـٰهَكُمْ
لَوَٰحِدٌۭ
truly your God is One,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:5
رَّبُّ
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
وَمَا
بَيْنَهُمَا
وَرَبُّ
ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ
Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them, Lord of every sunrise.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:6
إِنَّا
زَيَّنَّا
ٱلسَّمَآءَ
ٱلدُّنْيَا
بِزِينَةٍ
ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ
We have adorned the lowest heaven with stars,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:7
وَحِفْظًۭا
مِّن
كُلِّ
شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ
مَّارِدٍۢ
and made them a safeguard against every rebellious devil:

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:8
لَّا
يَسَّمَّعُونَ
إِلَى
ٱلْمَلَإِ
ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
وَيُقْذَفُونَ
مِن
كُلِّ
جَانِبٍۢ
they cannot eavesdrop on the Higher Assembly––pelted from every side,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:9
دُحُورًۭا ۖ
وَلَهُمْ
عَذَابٌۭ
وَاصِبٌ
driven away, they will have perpetual torment––

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:10
إِلَّا
مَنْ
خَطِفَ
ٱلْخَطْفَةَ
فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ
شِهَابٌۭ
ثَاقِبٌۭ
if any [of them] stealthily snatches away a fragment, he will be pursued by a piercing flame.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:11
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ
أَهُمْ
أَشَدُّ
خَلْقًا
أَم
مَّنْ
خَلَقْنَآ ۚ
إِنَّا
خَلَقْنَـٰهُم
مِّن
طِينٍۢ
لَّازِبٍۭ
So [Prophet], ask the disbelievers: is it harder to create them than other beings We have created? We created them from sticky clay.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:12
بَلْ
عَجِبْتَ
وَيَسْخَرُونَ
You marvel as they scoff,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:13
وَإِذَا
ذُكِّرُوا۟
لَا
يَذْكُرُونَ
take no heed when they are warned,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:14
وَإِذَا
رَأَوْا۟
ءَايَةًۭ
يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ
and resort to ridicule when they see a sign,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:15
وَقَالُوٓا۟
إِنْ
هَـٰذَآ
إِلَّا
سِحْرٌۭ
مُّبِينٌ
saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:16
أَءِذَا
مِتْنَا
وَكُنَّا
تُرَابًۭا
وَعِظَـٰمًا
أَءِنَّا
لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:17
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا
ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
along with our forefathers?’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:18
قُلْ
نَعَمْ
وَأَنتُمْ
دَٰخِرُونَ
Say, ‘Yes indeed, and you will be humiliated.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:19
فَإِنَّمَا
هِىَ
زَجْرَةٌۭ
وَٰحِدَةٌۭ
فَإِذَا
هُمْ
يَنظُرُونَ
Just one blast and––lo and behold!––they will look

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

37:20
وَقَالُوا۟
يَـٰوَيْلَنَا
هَـٰذَا
يَوْمُ
ٱلدِّينِ
and say, ‘Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgement.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

End of Al-Fatihah

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