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.
innahu min ʿibādinā l-mu'minīna
Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.
thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīna
Then We drowned the others [i.e., disbelievers].
wa-inna min shīʿatihi la-ib'rāhīma
And indeed, among his kind was Abraham,
idh jāa rabbahu biqalbin salīmin
When he came to his Lord with a sound heart
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mādhā taʿbudūna
[And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?
a-if'kan ālihatan dūna l-lahi turīdūna
Is it falsehood [as] gods other than Allāh you desire?
famā ẓannukum birabbi l-ʿālamīna
Then what is your thought about the Lord of the worlds?"
fanaẓara naẓratan fī l-nujūmi
And he cast a look at the stars.
faqāla innī saqīmun
And said, "Indeed, I am [about to be] ill."
fatawallaw ʿanhu mud'birīna
So they turned away from him, departing.
farāgha ilā ālihatihim faqāla alā takulūna
Then he turned to their gods and said, "Do you not eat?
mā lakum lā tanṭiqūna
What is [wrong] with you that you do not speak?".
farāgha ʿalayhim ḍarban bil-yamīni
And he turned upon them a blow with [his] right hand.
fa-aqbalū ilayhi yaziffūna
Then they [i.e., the people] came toward him, hastening.
qāla ataʿbudūna mā tanḥitūna
He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve,
wal-lahu khalaqakum wamā taʿmalūna
While Allāh created you and that which you do?"
qālū ib'nū lahu bun'yānan fa-alqūhu fī l-jaḥīmi
They said, "Construct for him a structure [i.e., furnace] and throw him into the burning fire."
fa-arādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-asfalīna
And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the most debased.
waqāla innī dhāhibun ilā rabbī sayahdīni
And [then] he said, "Indeed, I will go to [where I am ordered by] my Lord; He will guide me.
rabbi hab lī mina l-ṣāliḥīna
My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."