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وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ صَفًّا﴿١﴾

By those who set the ranks in battle order

فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا﴿٢﴾

And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof

فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا﴿٣﴾

And those who read (the Word) for a reminder,

إِنَّ إِلَـٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ﴿٤﴾

Lo! thy Lord is surely One;

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ﴿٥﴾

Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings.

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ﴿٦﴾

Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;

وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ﴿٧﴾

With security from every froward devil.

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ﴿٨﴾

They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,

دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ﴿٩﴾

Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ﴿١٠﴾

Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame.

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ﴿١١﴾

Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ﴿١٢﴾

Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ﴿١٣﴾

And heed not when they are reminded,

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ﴿١٤﴾

And seek to scoff when they behold a portent.

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ﴿١٥﴾

And they say: Lo! this is mere magic;

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ﴿١٦﴾

When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)?

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ﴿١٧﴾

And our forefathers?

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ﴿١٨﴾

Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ﴿١٩﴾

There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ﴿٢٠﴾

And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment.

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ﴿٢١﴾

This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny.

۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ﴿٢٢﴾

(And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ﴿٢٣﴾

Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell;

وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ﴿٢٤﴾

And stop them, for they must be questioned.