Translation of the Holy Koran by Shakir

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Sura 37 Aya 1 to 182
	1		[ 37: 1 ] I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks
	2		[ 37: 2 ] Then those who drive away with reproof,
	3		[ 37: 3 ] Then those who recite, being mindful,
	4		[ 37: 4 ] Most surely your Allah is One:
	5		[ 37: 5 ] The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and Lord of the easts.
	6		[ 37: 6 ] Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment, the stars,
	7		[ 37: 7 ] And ( there is ) a safeguard against every rebellious Shaitan.
	8		[ 37: 8 ] They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are thrown at from every side,
	9		[ 37: 9 ] Being driven off, and for them is a perpetual chastisement,
	10		[ 37: 10 ] Except him who snatches off but once, then there follows him a brightly shining flame.
	11		[ 37: 11 ] Then ask them whether they are stronger in creation or those ( others ) whom We have created. Surely We created them of firm clay.
	12		[ 37: 12 ] Nay! you wonder while they mock,
	13		[ 37: 13 ] And when they are reminded, they mind not,
	14		[ 37: 14 ] And when they see a sign they incite one another to scoff,
	15		[ 37: 15 ] And they say: This is nothing but clear magic:
	16		[ 37: 16 ] What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then certainly be raised,
	17		[ 37: 17 ] Or our fathers of yore?
	18		[ 37: 18 ] Say: Aye! and you shall be abject.
	19		[ 37: 19 ] So it shall only be a single cry, when lo! they shall see.
	20		[ 37: 20 ] And they shall say: O woe to us! this is the day of requital.
	21		[ 37: 21 ] This is the day of the judgment which you called a lie.
	22		[ 37: 22 ] Gather together those who were unjust and their associates, and what they used to worship
	23		[ 37: 23 ] Besides Allah, then lead them to the way to hell.
	24		[ 37: 24 ] And stop them, for they shall be questioned:
	25		[ 37: 25 ] What is the matter with you that you do not help each other?
	26		[ 37: 26 ] Nay! on that day they shall be submissive.
	27		[ 37: 27 ] And some of them shall advance towards others, questioning each other.
	28		[ 37: 28 ] They shall say: Surely you used to come to us from the right side.
	29		[ 37: 29 ] They shall say: Nay, you ( yourselves ) were not believers;
	30		[ 37: 30 ] And we had no authority over you, but you were an inordinate people;
	31		[ 37: 31 ] So the sentence of our Lord has come to pass against us: ( now ) we shall surely taste;
	32		[ 37: 32 ] So we led you astray, for we ourselves were erring.
	33		[ 37: 33 ] So they shall on that day be sharers in the chastisement one with another.
	34		[ 37: 34 ] Surely thus do We deal with the guilty.
	35		[ 37: 35 ] Surely they used to behave proudly when it was said to them: There is no god but Allah;
	36		[ 37: 36 ] And to say: What! shall we indeed give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet?
	37		[ 37: 37 ] Nay: he has come with the truth and verified the messengers.
	38		[ 37: 38 ] Most surely you will taste the painful punishment.
	39		[ 37: 39 ] And you shall not be rewarded except ( for ) what you did.
	40		[ 37: 40 ] Save the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
	41		[ 37: 41 ] For them is a known sustenance,
	42		[ 37: 42 ] Fruits, and they shall be highly honored,
	43		[ 37: 43 ] In gardens of pleasure,
	44		[ 37: 44 ] On thrones, facing each other.
	45		[ 37: 45 ] A bowl shall be made to go round them from water running out of springs,
	46		[ 37: 46 ] White, delicious to those who drink.
	47		[ 37: 47 ] There shall be no trouble in it, nor shall they be exhausted therewith.
	48		[ 37: 48 ] And with them shall be those who restrain the eyes, having beautiful eyes;
	49		[ 37: 49 ] As if they were eggs carefully protected.
	50		[ 37: 50 ] Then shall some of them advance to others, questioning each other.
	51		[ 37: 51 ] A speaker from among them shall say: Surely I had a comrade of mine,
	52		[ 37: 52 ] Who said: What! are you indeed of those who accept ( the truth )?
	53		[ 37: 53 ] What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be certainly brought to judgment?
	54		[ 37: 54 ] He shall say: Will you look on?
	55		[ 37: 55 ] Then he looked down and saw him in the midst of hell.
	56		[ 37: 56 ] He shall say: By Allah! you had almost caused me to perish;
	57		[ 37: 57 ] And had it not been for the favor of my Lord, I would certainly have been among those brought up.
	58		[ 37: 58 ] Is it then that we are not going to die,
	59		[ 37: 59 ] Except our previous death? And we shall not be chastised?
	60		[ 37: 60 ] Most surely this is the mighty achievement.
	61		[ 37: 61 ] For the like of this then let the workers work.
	62		[ 37: 62 ] Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?
	63		[ 37: 63 ] Surely We have made it to be a trial to the unjust.
	64		[ 37: 64 ] Surely it is a tree that-grows in the bottom of the hell;
	65		[ 37: 65 ] Its produce is as it were the heads of the serpents.
	66		[ 37: 66 ] Then most surely they shall eat of it and fill ( their ) bellies with it.
	67		[ 37: 67 ] Then most surely they shall have after it to drink of a mixture prepared in boiling water.
	68		[ 37: 68 ] Then most surely their return shall be to hell.
	69		[ 37: 69 ] Surely they found their fathers going astray,
	70		[ 37: 70 ] So in their footsteps they are being hastened on.
	71		[ 37: 71 ] And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them,
	72		[ 37: 72 ] And certainly We sent among them warners.
	73		[ 37: 73 ] Then see how was the end of those warned,
	74		[ 37: 74 ] Except the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
	75		[ 37: 75 ] And Nuh did certainly call upon Us, and most excellent answerer of prayer are We.
	76		[ 37: 76 ] And We delivered him and his followers from the mighty distress.
	77		[ 37: 77 ] And We made his offspring the survivors.
	78		[ 37: 78 ] And We perpetuated to him ( praise ) among the later generations.
	79		[ 37: 79 ] Peace and salutation to Nuh among the nations.
	80		[ 37: 80 ] Thus do We surely reward the doers of good.
	81		[ 37: 81 ] Surely he was of Our believing servants.
	82		[ 37: 82 ] Then We drowned the others
	83		[ 37: 83 ] And most surely Ibrahim followed his way.
	84		[ 37: 84 ] When he came to his Lord with a free heart,
	85		[ 37: 85 ] When he said to his father and his people: What is it that you worship?
	86		[ 37: 86 ] A lie-- gods besides Allah-- do you desire?
	87		[ 37: 87 ] What is then your idea about the Lord of the worlds?
	88		[ 37: 88 ] Then he looked at the stars, looking up once,
	89		[ 37: 89 ] Then he said: Surely I am sick ( of your worshipping these ).
	90		[ 37: 90 ] So they went away from him, turning back.
	91		[ 37: 91 ] Then he turned aside to their gods secretly and said: What! do you not eat?
	92		[ 37: 92 ] What is the matter with you that you do not speak?
	93		[ 37: 93 ] Then he turned against them secretly, smiting them with the right hand.
	94		[ 37: 94 ] So they ( people ) advanced towards him, hastening.
	95		[ 37: 95 ] Said he: What! do you worship what you hew out?
	96		[ 37: 96 ] And Allah has created you and what you make.
	97		[ 37: 97 ] They said: Build for him a furnace, then cast him into the burning fire.
	98		[ 37: 98 ] And they desired a war against him, but We brought them low.
	99		[ 37: 99 ] And he said: Surely I fly to my lord; He will guide me.
	100		[ 37: 100 ] My Lord! grant me of the doers of good deeds.
	101		[ 37: 101 ] So We gave him the good news of a boy, possessing forbearance.
	102		[ 37: 102 ] And when he attained to working with him, he said: O my son! surely I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice you; consider then what you see. He said: O my father! do what you are commanded; if Allah please, you will find me of the patient ones.
	103		[ 37: 103 ] So when they both submitted and he threw him down upon his forehead,
	104		[ 37: 104 ] And We called out to him saying: O Ibrahim!
	105		[ 37: 105 ] You have indeed shown the truth of the vision; surely thus do We reward the doers of good:
	106		[ 37: 106 ] Most surely this is a manifest trial.
	107		[ 37: 107 ] And We ransomed him with a Feat sacrifice.
	108		[ 37: 108 ] And We perpetuated ( praise ) to him among the later generations.
	109		[ 37: 109 ] Peace be on Ibrahim.
	110		[ 37: 110 ] Thus do We reward the doers of good.
	111		[ 37: 111 ] Surely he was one of Our believing servants.
	112		[ 37: 112 ] And We gave him the good news of Ishaq, a prophet among the good ones.
	113		[ 37: 113 ] And We showered Our blessings on him and on Ishaq; and of their offspring are the doers of good, and ( also ) those who are clearly unjust to their own souls.
	114		[ 37: 114 ] And certainly We conferred a favor on Musa and Haroun.
	115		[ 37: 115 ] And We delivered them both and their people from the mighty distress.
	116		[ 37: 116 ] And We helped them, so they were the vanquishers.
	117		[ 37: 117 ] And We gave them both the Book that made ( things ) clear.
	118		[ 37: 118 ] And We guided them both on the right way.
	119		[ 37: 119 ] And We perpetuated ( praise ) to them among the later generations.
	120		[ 37: 120 ] Peace be on Musa and Haroun.
	121		[ 37: 121 ] Even thus do We reward the doers of good.
	122		[ 37: 122 ] Surely they were both of Our believing servants.
	123		[ 37: 123 ] And Ilyas was most surely of the messengers.
	124		[ 37: 124 ] When he said to his people: Do you not guard ( against evil )?
	125		[ 37: 125 ] What! do you call upon Ba'l and forsake the best of the creators,
	126		[ 37: 126 ] Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore?
	127		[ 37: 127 ] But they called him a liar, therefore they shall most surely be brought up.
	128		[ 37: 128 ] But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
	129		[ 37: 129 ] And We perpetuated to him ( praise ) among the later generations.
	130		[ 37: 130 ] Peace be on Ilyas.
	131		[ 37: 131 ] Even thus do We reward the doers of good.
	132		[ 37: 132 ] Surely he was one of Our believing servants.
	133		[ 37: 133 ] And Lut was most surely of the messengers.
	134		[ 37: 134 ] When We delivered him and his followers, all--
	135		[ 37: 135 ] Except an old woman ( who was ) amongst those who tarried.
	136		[ 37: 136 ] Then We destroyed the others.
	137		[ 37: 137 ] And most surely you pass by them in the morning,
	138		[ 37: 138 ] And at night; do you not then understand?
	139		[ 37: 139 ] And Yunus was most surely of the messengers.
	140		[ 37: 140 ] When he ran away to a ship completely laden,
	141		[ 37: 141 ] So he shared ( with them ), but was of those who are cast off.
	142		[ 37: 142 ] So the fish swallowed him while he did that for which he blamed himself
	143		[ 37: 143 ] But had it not been that he was of those who glorify ( Us ),
	144		[ 37: 144 ] He would certainly have tarried in its belly to the day when they are raised.
	145		[ 37: 145 ] Then We cast him on to the vacant surface of the earth while he was sick.
	146		[ 37: 146 ] And We caused to grow up for him a gourdplant.
	147		[ 37: 147 ] And We sent him to a hundred thousand, rather they exceeded.
	148		[ 37: 148 ] And they believed, so We gave them provision till a time.
	149		[ 37: 149 ] Then ask them whether your Lord has daughters and they have sons.
	150		[ 37: 150 ] Or did We create the angels females while they were witnesses?
	151		[ 37: 151 ] Now surely it is of their own lie that they say:
	152		[ 37: 152 ] Allah has begotten; and most surely they are liars.
	153		[ 37: 153 ] Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons?
	154		[ 37: 154 ] What is the matter with you, how is it that you judge?
	155		[ 37: 155 ] Will you not then mind?
	156		[ 37: 156 ] Or have you a clear authority?
	157		[ 37: 157 ] Then bring your book, if you are truthful.
	158		[ 37: 158 ] And they assert a relationship between Him and the jinn; and certainly the jinn do know that they shall surely be brought up;
	159		[ 37: 159 ] Glory be to Allah ( for freedom ) from what they describe;
	160		[ 37: 160 ] But not so the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
	161		[ 37: 161 ] So surely you and what you worship,
	162		[ 37: 162 ] Not against Him can you cause ( any ) to fall into trial,
	163		[ 37: 163 ] Save him who will go to hell.
	164		[ 37: 164 ] And there is none of us but has an assigned place,
	165		[ 37: 165 ] And most surely we are they who draw themselves out in ranks,
	166		[ 37: 166 ] And we are most surely they who declare the glory ( of Allah ).
	167		[ 37: 167 ] And surely they used to say:
	168		[ 37: 168 ] Had we a reminder from those of yore,
	169		[ 37: 169 ] We would certainly have been the servants of Allah-- the purified ones.
	170		[ 37: 170 ] But ( now ) they disbelieve in it, so they will come to know.
	171		[ 37: 171 ] And certainly Our word has already gone forth in respect of Our servants, the messengers:
	172		[ 37: 172 ] Most surely they shall be the assisted ones
	173		[ 37: 173 ] And most surely Our host alone shall be the victorious ones.
	174		[ 37: 174 ] Therefore turn away from them till a time,
	175		[ 37: 175 ] And ( then ) see them, so they too shall see.
	176		[ 37: 176 ] What! would they then hasten on Our chastisement?
	177		[ 37: 177 ] But when it shall descend in their court, evil shall then be the morning of the warned ones.
	178		[ 37: 178 ] And turn away from them till a time
	179		[ 37: 179 ] And ( then ) see, for they too shall see.
	180		[ 37: 180 ] Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Honor, above what they describe.
	181		[ 37: 181 ] And peace be on the messengers.
	182		[ 37: 182 ] And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.