Aṣ-Ṣāffāt

Reciter: Mishary Rashid Alafasy

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 37:1

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   وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ صَفًّۭا ١

   wal-ṣāfāti ṣaffan

   By those [angels] lined up in rows

2. 37:2

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   فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًۭا ٢

   fal-zājirāti zajran

   And those who drive [the clouds]

3. 37:3

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   فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا ٣

   fal-tāliyāti dhik'ran

   And those who recite the message,

4. 37:4

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   إِنَّ إِلَـٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌۭ ٤

   inna ilāhakum lawāḥidun

   Indeed, your God is One,

5. 37:5

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   رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ ٥

   rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā warabbu l-mashāriqi

   Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and Lord of the sunrises.

6. 37:6

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   إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ ٦

   innā zayyannā l-samāa l-dun'yā bizīnatin l-kawākibi

   Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars

7. 37:7

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   وَحِفْظًۭا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ مَّارِدٍۢ ٧

   waḥif'dhan min kulli shayṭānin māridin

   And as protection against every rebellious devil

8. 37:8

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   لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍۢ ٨

   lā yassammaʿūna ilā l-mala-i l-aʿlā wayuq'dhafūna min kulli jānibin

   [So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,

9. 37:9

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   دُحُورًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ وَاصِبٌ ٩

   duḥūran walahum ʿadhābun wāṣibun

   Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,

10. 37:10

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    إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ ثَاقِبٌۭ ١٠

    illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqibun

    Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].

11. 37:11

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    فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّن طِينٍۢ لَّازِبٍۭ ١١

    fa-is'taftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnin lāzibin

    Then inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created them [i.e., men] from sticky clay.

12. 37:12

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    بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ ١٢

    bal ʿajib'ta wayaskharūna

    But you wonder, while they mock,

13. 37:13

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    وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ ١٣

    wa-idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūna

    And when they are reminded, they remember not.

14. 37:14

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    وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ ١٤

    wa-idhā ra-aw āyatan yastaskhirūna

    And when they see a sign, they ridicule.

15. 37:15

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    وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ ١٥

    waqālū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnun

    And say, "This is not but obvious magic.

16. 37:16

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    أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ١٦

    a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿidhāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

    When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

17. 37:17

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    أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ١٧

    awaābāunā l-awalūna

    And our forefathers [as well]?"

18. 37:18

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    قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ ١٨

    qul naʿam wa-antum dākhirūna

    Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."

19. 37:19

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    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ١٩

    fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun fa-idhā hum yandhurūna

    It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.

20. 37:20

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    وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ٢٠

    waqālū yāwaylanā hādhā yawmu l-dīni

    They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."