37:1  By those dutifully arrayed in columns

37:2  —by the reproachers, reproaching

37:3  —by the reciters in remembrance

37:4  Of certain, your God is categorically ONE.

37:5  The Rabb of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is between the two, and the Rabb of the [countless] sunrises [dawning every moment on the spinning earth].

37:6  It is US—WE have adorned the earthly sky with the splendor of the celestial lights

37:7  And as protection from every defiant errant entity [shayṭān]

37:8  not attuned to the highest agencies. And they are pushed away from all sides—

37:9  kept away. And for them is a constant dire consequence

37:10  except one who has appropriated the appropriable. [Such] then is trailed by a bright flame.

37:11  So, inquire of them, are they the most intense creation or such entities WE have created? Indeed, WE have created them from gelled clay.

37:12  Nay! You are fascinated [by the signs], whereas they scoff

37:13  And when they are reminded, they remember not.

37:14  And when they see a sign, they seek to scoff

37:15  And they say, “This is nothing else except plain sorcery.

37:16  What! After we have died and become dust and bones— are we in fact resurrection-bound?

37:17  And our foremost forefathers as well?”

37:18  Say, “Yes, and you will be humbly compliant.”

37:19  For it is only a single reprimand, then forthrightly they will behold.

37:20  And they said, “Woe is us. This is the Day of Surrender and Reckoning.”

37:21  [It was said], “This is the day of sorting which you used to deny.”

37:22  “Gather those who did wrong along with their consorts and what they were worshipping

37:23  besides Allah, then lead them to the path of Jaḥīm.

37:24  And stop them. They indeed do owe answers.

37:25  What besets you, that you are not helping each other?”

37:26  Rather, this day they are eager to submit.

37:27  And they confronted each other, demanding answers,

37:28  They said, “You were the ones who came to us from the right of us.”

37:29  They said, “Nay! Not ever were you believers.

37:30  It was not for us to have any authority over you. On the contrary, you were ever an unrestrainedly usurping people.

37:31  So, justified upon us [all] is the word of our Rabb. We are deservedly partakers [of the punishment of our sins]—

37:32  we lured you. We were allurers.”

37:33  So, this day they are joint partners in the punishment.

37:34  Of certain, that is how WE deal with the flouters of divine guidance.

37:35  Indeed, they were arrogantly defiant, whenever it was said to them, “There is no god except Allah.”

37:36  Saying, “Are we to abandon our gods for a possessed poet?”

37:37  Nay! He came to them with the Truth and validated the messengers.

37:38  Lo! You are sure to partake [now], the painful punishment [of this day].

37:39  And you will not be requited, except for what you were doing.

37:40  Excepted are the purified devotees of Allah

37:41  Those have a provision, reliably available [on desire]

37:42  Joyous fruits [of every kind]. And ever honored are they

37:43  in the gardens of the eternal bliss

37:44  upon honored seats, mutually engaged.

37:45  Rounds will be made about them with a cup [filled] from a spring for eyes to see,

37:46  Radiant-white, delicious for its drinkers

37:47  No inebriant in it, nor are they to be intoxicated from it

37:48  And with them are ones attentively focused of gaze, earnest eyed.

37:49  as if they were pristine nestled eggs

37:50  Thus [situated], they engaged with one another, inquiring—

37:51  Said, one of them who verbalized the moment, “I did have a close companion,

37:52  who used to say, “Are you really of the ones who vouch [for this Truth]:

37:53  Is it that once we are dead, and we have become dust and bones, we are still to be held accountable?”

37:54  Said [another], “Would you keep yourselves apprised?”

37:55  So, he looked for [his close companion] and saw him in the confines of Jaḥīm.

37:56  He said, “By Allah, you almost dragged me down.

37:57  If it were not for the blessing of my Rabb, I would surely have been of the ones summoned [to Jaḥīm]

37:58  So then is it that we are not death-bound

37:59  beyond our first death? And are we not to ever suffer?

37:60  Truly, this here is precisely the transcendent success!”

37:61  For the like of this, then let the workers work.

37:62  Is that the better welcoming reception or the tree of Zaqqum—

37:63  which WE have appointed as an ordeal for the ones who persist in wrong?

37:64  Verily, it is a tree which emerges in the depth of Jaḥīm

37:65  Its spathe, as if it were the heads of the devils—

37:66  So [for their lusty sins], they are to eat of it. That their bellies may get their fill of it.

37:67  Then to top it off, for them shall be a brew from water bereft of mercy [ḥamīm].

37:68  Then indeed, their defined return, directly to Jaḥīm.

37:69  Surely, they had found out their fathers to be astray

37:70  Yet [without giving pause] they are hurried on their tracks!

37:71  And most certainly, before [their fathers] most of their predecessors had gone astray.

37:72  And WE had indeed sent warners in their midst.

37:73  So, observe how the end-fate was of the ones [fairly] warned.

37:74  [All follow blindly] except the purified devotees of Allah.

37:75  And Noah did call out unto US— the most excellent of the responders.

37:76  WE delivered him and his adherents from the great distress

37:77  And WE made his progeny—they, the remaining ones.

37:78  And WE have left intact for him [a blessed legacy], in the generations to come:

37:79  Peace [Salaam] forever upon Noah in all Realms.

37:80  Indeed, that is how WE requite the ones who do good in devotion to God.

37:81  He is ever of OUR believing devotees.

37:82  Further to that, WE drowned the others.

37:83  And indeed, of his persuasion surely was Abraham

37:84  when he arrived [at the truth about] his Rabb with an irreproachably earnest heart

37:85  [Remember] when he said to his father and his people, “What is it that you are worshipping?

37:86  Is it falsehood— gods other than Allah— you want?

37:87  Then what is your concept about the Rabb of all Realms?”

37:88  So, he turned his sight into the [infinitude of the] stars

37:89  and said, “I truly am stricken sick.”

37:90  They then turned away from him and left without looking back.

37:91  So, he made his way to their gods. [Seeing the food offerings] he said, “Why do you not eat?

37:92  What is the matter with you that you do not articulate?

37:93  Then he stepped up to them, striking with the right

37:94  And so, they came rushing to confront him.

37:95  He said, “Do you worship what you yourselves sculpt?

37:96  Whereas Allah has given existence to you and what you do!”

37:97  They said, “Build an enclosure for him, then throw him in Jaḥīm.”

37:98  Such had they intended as a plan to do away with him, and in return WE rendered them the lowliest.

37:99  While he said, “I am set to depart unto my Rabb. HE shall guide me.”

37:100  “My Rabb, grant me a gift of the righteous.”

37:101  So then, WE give him the tiding about a forbearing boy.

37:102  Then in time when [his son] had reached the age to accompany him on his tasks, he said to him, “O my son, I do see this dream, that I am sacrificing you. So, look deep, what is it that you see?” He said, “O my papa, do what you have been directed. You will find me, if Allah wills, to be amongst the persevering.”

37:103  Thus, when both had surrendered [to do HIS will], he set him down to the forehead,

37:104  And WE called to him: “O Abraham,

37:105  You have already lived up to the vision.” Behold! Thus, do WE reward the ones who do good in selfless devotion to God.

37:106  Indeed, this categorically was the telling trial

37:107  And WE ransomed him with a great sacrifice.

37:108  And WE have left intact for him [a blessed legacy], in the generations to come:

37:109  Peace [Salaam] forever upon Abraham.

37:110  Thus do WE reward the ones who do good in selfless devotion to God.

37:111  He truly is of OUR believing devotees.

37:112  And WE gave him the tiding of Isaac, a prophet from the righteous.

37:113  And WE bestowed OUR blessings upon him and upon Isaac. And from amongst their progeny are [both], one who does good selflessly in devotion to God, and one who is openly unjust to his own soul.

37:114  And WE did confer favor upon Moses and Aaron.

37:115  WE delivered them both, and their people from the great inescapable distress.

37:116  And WE helped them, so they were the ones to prevail.

37:117  And WE gave them both the explicit timeless Book [of Scripture].

37:118  And WE guided them both to the [timelessly] straight Path.

37:119  And WE have left intact for them both [blessed legacies], in the generations to come:

37:120  Peace [Salaam] forever upon Moses and Aaron.

37:121  Thus, do we reward the ones who do good in selfless devotion to God.

37:122  Verily, they both are of OUR believing devotees.

37:123  And indeed Ilyas was one of the Messengers

37:124  when he had said to his people, “Have you no consciousness of God?

37:125  Will you invoke Baʿl and forsake the best of the Creators?

37:126  [Will you forsake] Allah? Your Rabb and the Rabb of your foremost forefathers.”

37:127  But they denied him— for that they shall surely be arraigned—

37:128  except the purified devotees of Allah.

37:129  And WE have left intact for him [a blessed legacy], in the generations to come:

37:130  Peace [Salaam] forever upon Ilyas and his kind

37:131  Surely thus, do we reward those who do good in selfless devotion to God.

37:132  He is truly of OUR believing devotees.

37:133  And indeed, Lot was certainly one of the Messengers

37:134  when WE delivered him and his family— all together,

37:135  Except for an old woman among the laggards

37:136  Then WE annihilated the others

37:137  And indeed, you pass by [their ruins] morning-bound

37:138  and by night. Will you then not seek to understand?

37:139  And indeed, Jonah was certainly one of the Messengers

37:140  when he fled onto the packed vessel.

37:141  So [to lighten the vessel], he drew lots— and he was of the discards.

37:142  Thereupon, the fish swallowed him whole, while he was still blameworthy

37:143  And were it not that he was ever in prayerful awe of God,

37:144  he would have remained in its belly through to the day all will be raised again.

37:145  So, WE flung him [naked] on the naked [shore], and he was stricken sick.

37:146  And WE grew and spread over him a plant of gourd

37:147  And WE sent him unto a hundred thousand, plus they were increasing.

37:148  So [in vast numbers] they embraced Faith, and WE granted them worldly fulfilment through to a time.

37:149  Now query them [of their concept of God]: Are the daughters meant for your Rabb while the sons are meant for them?

37:150  Or did WE create the Angels female, while they stood witness?

37:151  Is it not of their own falsehood, they so assuredly say:

37:152  “Allah has begotten,” while they are categorical liars.

37:153  Has HE chosen daughters over sons?

37:154  What ails you. How do you come to conclude?

37:155  Do you not mindfully consider?

37:156  Or do you have a revealing authoritative claim?

37:157  Then come forth with your scripture if you are so full of truth.

37:158  And they set up a kinship between HIM and the Jinn, while the Jinn have categorically known that they will be mandatorily presented [for Judgement]

37:159  Limitless in HIS might and glory is Allah, far above anything they depict.

37:160  [Such unconsidered words do they all utter]— save the purified devotees of Allah.

37:161  So, [let the purveyors of falsehood know], “You and that which you worship—

37:162  not can you all ever misinform anyone about HIM

37:163  except one who is the fuel of Jaḥīm

37:164  And there is none amongst us— except a knowledge-based standing, he has.

37:165  And we surely are ones who stand shouldered together

37:166  While we ever extol HIS limitless might and glory.”

37:167  Surely, they [who are in disbelief] were always saying

37:168  “Were that there was a reminder with us from the former ones

37:169  we would surely have been Allah’s purified devotees.”

37:170  So [here they are], they have disbelieved in it. Accordingly, they shall come to know.

37:171  OUR Word has already gone forth for OUR message-bearing devotees.

37:172  Of certain, they assuredly are the victorious ones

37:173  And indeed, OUR forces, they assuredly are the prevailing ones.

37:174  So, turn you away from them for a while

37:175  And just observe them, for soon they shall observe.

37:176  So is it with OUR punishment they seek haste?

37:177  For when it descends upon their courtyard— dark will be the morning of those who were fully warned.

37:178  So, turn you away from them for a while

37:179  And just observe, for soon they will observe.

37:180  Limitless is the might and glory of your Rabb. The Rabb of almightiness, far above anything they depict.

37:181  And peace [Salaam] be upon the Messengers

37:182  And all praise is for Allah, Rabb of all the Realms.