Those drawn up in Ranks · Surah 37

By those who set the ranks in battle order

And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof

And those who read (the Word) for a reminder

Lo! thy Lord is surely One

Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings

Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets

With security from every froward devil

They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side

Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment

Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame

Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay

Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock

And heed not when they are reminded

And seek to scoff when they behold a portent

And they say: Lo! this is mere magic

When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)

And our forefathers

Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low

There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold

And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment

This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny

(And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship

Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell

And stop them, for they must be questioned

What aileth you that ye help not one another

Nay, but this day they make full submission

And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning

They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth)

They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers

We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk

Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom)

Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray

Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom

Lo! thus deal We with the guilty

For when it was said unto them, There is no Allah save Allah, they were scornful

And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet

Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him)

Lo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom

Ye are requited naught save what ye did

Save single-minded slaves of Allah