Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 61-80 — 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.
limith'li hādhā falyaʿmali l-ʿāmilūna
For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.
adhālika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratu l-zaqūmi
Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm?
innā jaʿalnāhā fit'natan lilẓẓālimīna
Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.
innahā shajaratun takhruju fī aṣli l-jaḥīmi
Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,
ṭalʿuhā ka-annahu ruūsu l-shayāṭīni
Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.
fa-innahum laākilūna min'hā famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūna
And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.
thumma inna lahum ʿalayhā lashawban min ḥamīmin
Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.
thumma inna marjiʿahum la-ilā l-jaḥīmi
Then indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.
innahum alfaw ābāahum ḍāllīna
Indeed they found their fathers astray.
fahum ʿalā āthārihim yuh'raʿūna
So they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.
walaqad ḍalla qablahum aktharu l-awalīna
And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,
walaqad arsalnā fīhim mundhirīna
And We had already sent among them warners.
fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mundharīna
Then look how was the end of those who were warned -
illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna
But not the chosen servants of Allāh.
walaqad nādānā nūḥun falaniʿ'ma l-mujībūna
And Noah had certainly called Us, and [We are] the best of responders.
wanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi
And We saved him and his family from the great affliction.
wajaʿalnā dhurriyyatahu humu l-bāqīna
And We made his descendants those remaining [on the earth]
wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīna
And left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:
salāmun ʿalā nūḥin fī l-ʿālamīna
"Peace upon Noah among the worlds."
innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.