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.
hādhā yawmu l-faṣli alladhī kuntum bihi tukadhibūna
[They will be told], "This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny."
uḥ'shurū alladhīna ẓalamū wa-azwājahum wamā kānū yaʿbudūna
[The angels will be ordered], "Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds, and what they used to worship
min dūni l-lahi fa-ih'dūhum ilā ṣirāṭi l-jaḥīmi
Other than Allāh, and guide them to the path of Hellfire
waqifūhum innahum masūlūna
And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."
mā lakum lā tanāṣarūna
[They will be asked], "What is [wrong] with you? Why do you not help each other?"
bal humu l-yawma mus'taslimūna
But they, that Day, are in surrender.
wa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūna
And they will approach one another asking [i.e., blaming] each other.
qālū innakum kuntum tatūnanā ʿani l-yamīni
They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."
qālū bal lam takūnū mu'minīna
They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,
wamā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sul'ṭānin bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīna
And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.
faḥaqqa ʿalaynā qawlu rabbinā innā ladhāiqūna
So the word [i.e., decree] of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].
fa-aghwaynākum innā kunnā ghāwīna
And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."
fa-innahum yawma-idhin fī l-ʿadhābi mush'tarikūna
So indeed they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment.
innā kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīna
Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals.
innahum kānū idhā qīla lahum lā ilāha illā l-lahu yastakbirūna
Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allāh," were arrogant
wayaqūlūna a-innā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirin majnūnin
And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"
bal jāa bil-ḥaqi waṣaddaqa l-mur'salīna
Rather, he [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] has come with the truth and confirmed the [previous] messengers.
innakum ladhāiqū l-ʿadhābi l-alīmi
Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,
wamā tuj'zawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūna
And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -
illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna
But not the chosen servants of Allāh.