Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 41-60 — 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.
ulāika lahum riz'qun maʿlūmun
Those will have a provision determined -
fawākihu wahum muk'ramūna
Fruits; and they will be honored
fī jannāti l-naʿīmi
In gardens of pleasure
ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīna
On thrones facing one another.
yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bikasin min maʿīnin
There will be circulated among them a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring,
bayḍāa ladhatin lilshāribīna
White and delicious to the drinkers;
lā fīhā ghawlun walā hum ʿanhā yunzafūna
No bad effect is there in it, nor from it will they be intoxicated.
waʿindahum qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi ʿīnun
And with them will be women limiting [their] glances, with large, [beautiful] eyes,
ka-annahunna bayḍun maknūnun
As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.
fa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūna
And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
qāla qāilun min'hum innī kāna lī qarīnun
A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth].
yaqūlu a-innaka lamina l-muṣadiqīna
Who would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believe
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamadīnūna
That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"
qāla hal antum muṭṭaliʿūna
He will say, "Would you [care to] look?"
fa-iṭṭalaʿa faraāhu fī sawāi l-jaḥīmi
And he will look and see him in the midst of the Hellfire.
qāla tal-lahi in kidtta latur'dīni
He will say, "By Allāh, you almost ruined me.
walawlā niʿ'matu rabbī lakuntu mina l-muḥ'ḍarīna
If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].
afamā naḥnu bimayyitīna
Then, are we not to die
illā mawtatanā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna
Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"
inna hādhā lahuwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu
Indeed, this is the great attainment.