Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 141-160 — 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.
fasāhama fakāna mina l-mud'ḥaḍīna
And he drew lots and was among the losers.
fal-taqamahu l-ḥūtu wahuwa mulīmun
Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.
falawlā annahu kāna mina l-musabiḥīna
And had he not been of those who exalt Allāh,
lalabitha fī baṭnihi ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna
He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.
fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāi wahuwa saqīmun
But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill.
wa-anbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratan min yaqṭīnin
And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.
wa-arsalnāhu ilā mi-ati alfin aw yazīdūna
And We sent him to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.
faāmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīnin
And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment [of life] for a time.
fa-is'taftihim alirabbika l-banātu walahumu l-banūna
So inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?
am khalaqnā l-malāikata ināthan wahum shāhidūna
Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"
alā innahum min if'kihim layaqūlūna
Unquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that they say,
walada l-lahu wa-innahum lakādhibūna
"Allāh has begotten," and indeed, they are liars.
aṣṭafā l-banāti ʿalā l-banīna
Has He chosen daughters over sons?
mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūna
What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?
afalā tadhakkarūna
Then will you not be reminded?
am lakum sul'ṭānun mubīnun
Or do you have a clear authority?
fatū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣādiqīna
Then produce your scripture, if you should be truthful.
wajaʿalū baynahu wabayna l-jinati nasaban walaqad ʿalimati l-jinatu innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūna
And they have made [i.e., claimed] between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought [to punishment].
sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yaṣifūna
Exalted is Allāh above what they describe,
illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna
Except the chosen servants of Allāh [who do not share in that sin].