Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 101-120 — Word by Word
الصافات
Those who set the Ranks
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
fabasharnāhu bighulāmin ḥalīmin
So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.
falammā balagha maʿahu l-saʿya qāla yābunayya innī arā fī l-manāmi annī adhbaḥuka fa-unẓur mādhā tarā qāla yāabati if'ʿal mā tu'maru satajidunī in shāa l-lahu mina l-ṣābirīna
And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion, he said, "O my son, indeed I have seen in a dream that I [must] sacrifice you, so see what you think." He said, "O my father, do as you are commanded. You will find me, if Allāh wills, of the steadfast."
falammā aslamā watallahu lil'jabīni
And when they had both submitted and he put him down upon his forehead,
wanādaynāhu an yāib'rāhīmu
We called to him, "O Abraham,
qad ṣaddaqta l-ru'yā innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna
You have fulfilled the vision." Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
inna hādhā lahuwa l-balāu l-mubīnu
Indeed, this was the clear trial.
wafadaynāhu bidhib'ḥin ʿaẓīmin
And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,
wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīna
And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:
salāmun ʿalā ib'rāhīma
"Peace upon Abraham."
kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna
Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.
wabasharnāhu bi-is'ḥāqa nabiyyan mina l-ṣāliḥīna
And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.
wabāraknā ʿalayhi waʿalā is'ḥāqa wamin dhurriyyatihimā muḥ'sinun waẓālimun linafsihi mubīnun
And We blessed him and Isaac. But among their descendants is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself [i.e., sinner].
walaqad manannā ʿalā mūsā wahārūna
And We did certainly confer favor upon Moses and Aaron.
wanajjaynāhumā waqawmahumā mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi
And We saved them and their people from the great affliction,
wanaṣarnāhum fakānū humu l-ghālibīna
And We supported them so it was they who overcame.
waātaynāhumā l-kitāba l-mus'tabīna
And We gave them the explicit Scripture [i.e., the Torah],
wahadaynāhumā l-ṣirāṭa l-mus'taqīma
And We guided them on the straight path.
wataraknā ʿalayhimā fī l-ākhirīna
And We left for them [favorable mention] among later generations:
salāmun ʿalā mūsā wahārūna
"Peace upon Moses and Aaron."