As-Saff

سَبَّحَsabbaḥaGlorifiesلِلَّهِlillahiAllahمَاmāwhateverفِيfī(is) inٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand whateverفِيfī(is) inٱلۡأَرۡضِۖl-arḍithe earthوَهُوَwahuwaAnd Heٱلۡعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mightyٱلۡحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

sabbaḥa lillahi mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth glorifies Allah. For He ˹alone˺ is the Almighty, All-Wise.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(you) whoءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieveلِمَlimaWhyتَقُولُونَtaqūlūna(do) you sayمَاmāwhatلَاlānotتَفۡعَلُونَtafʿalūnayou do

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lima taqūlūna mā lā tafʿalūna

O believers! Why do you say what you do not do?

كَبُرَkaburaGreat isمَقۡتًاmaqtanhatredعِندَʿindawithٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahأَنanthatتَقُولُواْtaqūlūyou sayمَاmāwhatلَاlānotتَفۡعَلُونَtafʿalūnayou do

kabura maqtan ʿinda l-lahi an taqūlū mā lā tafʿalūna

How despicable it is in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do!

إِنَّinnaIndeedٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahيُحِبُّyuḥibbulovesٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُقَٰتِلُونَyuqātilūnafightفِيfīinسَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis Wayصَفّٗاṣaffan(in) a rowكَأَنَّهُمka-annahumas if theyبُنۡيَٰنٞbun'yānun(were) a structureمَّرۡصُوصٞmarṣūṣunjoined firmly

inna l-laha yuḥibbu alladhīna yuqātilūna fī sabīlihi ṣaffan ka-annahum bun'yānun marṣūṣun

Surely Allah loves those who fight in His cause in ˹solid˺ ranks as if they were one concrete structure.

وَإِذۡwa-idhAnd whenقَالَqālasaidمُوسَىٰmūsāMusaلِقَوۡمِهِۦliqawmihito his peopleيَٰقَوۡمِyāqawmiO my peopleلِمَlimaWhyتُؤۡذُونَنِيtu'dhūnanīdo you hurt meوَقَدwaqadwhile certainlyتَّعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou knowأَنِّيannīthat I amرَسُولُrasūlu(the) Messengerٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allahإِلَيۡكُمۡۖilaykumto youفَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenزَاغُوٓاْzāghūthey deviatedأَزَاغَazāgha(was caused to) deviateٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allahقُلُوبَهُمۡۚqulūbahumtheir heartsوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allahلَاlā(does) notيَهۡدِيyahdīguideٱلۡقَوۡمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient

wa-idh qāla mūsā liqawmihi yāqawmi lima tu'dhūnanī waqad taʿlamūna annī rasūlu l-lahi ilaykum falammā zāghū azāgha l-lahu qulūbahum wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna

˹Remember, O Prophet,˺ when Moses said to his people, “O my people! Why do you hurt me when you already know I am Allah’s messenger to you?” So when they ˹persistently˺ deviated, Allah caused their hearts to deviate. For Allah does not guide the rebellious people.

وَإِذۡwa-idhAnd whenقَالَqālasaidعِيسَىʿīsāIsaٱبۡنُub'nusonمَرۡيَمَmaryama(of) MaryamيَٰبَنِيٓyābanīO Childrenإِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) IsraelإِنِّيinnīIndeed, I amرَسُولُrasūlu(the) Messengerٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allahإِلَيۡكُمilaykumto youمُّصَدِّقٗاmuṣaddiqanconfirmingلِّمَاlimāthat whichبَيۡنَbayna(was) betweenيَدَيَّyadayyamy handsمِنَminaofٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِl-tawrātithe Tauratوَمُبَشِّرَۢاwamubashiranand bringing glad tidingsبِرَسُولٖbirasūlin(of) a Messengerيَأۡتِيyatīto comeمِنۢminfromبَعۡدِيbaʿdīafter meٱسۡمُهُۥٓus'muhuwhose name (will be)أَحۡمَدُۖaḥmaduAhmadفَلَمَّاfalammāBut whenجَآءَهُمjāahumhe came to themبِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear proofsقَالُواْqālūthey saidهَٰذَاhādhāThisسِحۡرٞsiḥ'run(is) a magicمُّبِينٞmubīnunclear

wa-idh qāla ʿīsā ub'nu maryama yābanī is'rāīla innī rasūlu l-lahi ilaykum muṣaddiqan limā bayna yadayya mina l-tawrāti wamubashiran birasūlin yatī min baʿdī us'muhu aḥmadu falammā jāahum bil-bayināti qālū hādhā siḥ'run mubīnun

And ˹remember˺ when Jesus, son of Mary, said, “O children of Israel! I am truly Allah’s messenger to you, confirming the Torah which came before me, and giving good news of a messenger after me whose name will be Aḥmad.” Yet when the Prophet came to them with clear proofs, they said, “This is pure magic.”

وَمَنۡwamanAnd whoأَظۡلَمُaẓlamu(is) more wrongمِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) whoٱفۡتَرَىٰif'tarāinventsعَلَىʿalāuponٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahٱلۡكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lieوَهُوَwahuwawhile heيُدۡعَىٰٓyud'ʿāis invitedإِلَىilātoٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمِۚl-is'lāmiIslamوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allahلَاlā(does) notيَهۡدِيyahdīguideٱلۡقَوۡمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna[the] wrongdoers

waman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi l-kadhiba wahuwa yud'ʿā ilā l-is'lāmi wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

Who does more wrong than the one who fabricates lies about Allah when invited to submit ˹to Him˺? For Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnaThey intendلِيُطۡفِـُٔواْliyuṭ'fiūto put outنُورَnūra(the) lightٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allahبِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡbi-afwāhihimwith their mouthsوَٱللَّهُwal-lahubut Allahمُتِمُّmutimmuwill perfectنُورِهِۦnūrihiHis Lightوَلَوۡwalawalthoughكَرِهَkarihadislikeٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers

yurīdūna liyuṭ'fiū nūra l-lahi bi-afwāhihim wal-lahu mutimmu nūrihi walaw kariha l-kāfirūna

They wish to extinguish Allah’s light with their mouths, but Allah will ˹certainly˺ perfect His light, even to the dismay of the disbelievers.

هُوَhuwaHeٱلَّذِيٓalladhī(is) the One WhoأَرۡسَلَarsalasentرَسُولَهُۥrasūlahuHis Messengerبِٱلۡهُدَىٰbil-hudāwith guidanceوَدِينِwadīniand (the) religionٱلۡحَقِّl-ḥaqi(of) the truthلِيُظۡهِرَهُۥliyuẓ'hirahuto make it prevailعَلَىʿalāoverٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religionكُلِّهِۦkullihiall of themوَلَوۡwalawalthoughكَرِهَkarihadislike (it)ٱلۡمُشۡرِكُونَl-mush'rikūnathe polytheists

huwa alladhī arsala rasūlahu bil-hudā wadīni l-ḥaqi liyuẓ'hirahu ʿalā l-dīni kullihi walaw kariha l-mush'rikūna

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹true˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others, even to the dismay of the polytheists.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(you) whoءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieveهَلۡhalShallأَدُلُّكُمۡadullukumI guide youعَلَىٰʿalātoتِجَٰرَةٖtijāratina transactionتُنجِيكُمtunjīkum(that) will save youمِّنۡminfromعَذَابٍʿadhābina punishmentأَلِيمٖalīminpainful

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū hal adullukum ʿalā tijāratin tunjīkum min ʿadhābin alīmin

O believers! Shall I guide you to an exchange that will save you from a painful punishment?

تُؤۡمِنُونَtu'minūnaBelieveبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allahوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His Messengerوَتُجَٰهِدُونَwatujāhidūnaand striveفِيfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) wayٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allahبِأَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡbi-amwālikumwith your wealthوَأَنفُسِكُمۡۚwa-anfusikumand your livesذَٰلِكُمۡdhālikumThatخَيۡرٞkhayrun(is) betterلَّكُمۡlakumfor youإِنinifكُنتُمۡkuntumyouتَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

tu'minūna bil-lahi warasūlihi watujāhidūna fī sabīli l-lahi bi-amwālikum wa-anfusikum dhālikum khayrun lakum in kuntum taʿlamūna

˹It is to˺ have faith in Allah and His Messenger, and strive in the cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives. That is best for you, if only you knew.

يَغۡفِرۡyaghfirHe will forgiveلَكُمۡlakumfor youذُنُوبَكُمۡdhunūbakumyour sinsوَيُدۡخِلۡكُمۡwayud'khil'kumand admit youجَنَّٰتٖjannātin(in) Gardensتَجۡرِيtajrīflowمِنminfromتَحۡتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُl-anhāruthe riversوَمَسَٰكِنَwamasākinaand dwellingsطَيِّبَةٗṭayyibatanpleasantفِيfīinجَنَّٰتِjannātiGardensعَدۡنٖۚʿadnin(of) EternityذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatٱلۡفَوۡزُl-fawzu(is) the successٱلۡعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe great

yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum wayud'khil'kum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru wamasākina ṭayyibatan fī jannāti ʿadnin dhālika l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

He will forgive your sins, and admit you into Gardens under which rivers flow, and ˹house you in˺ splendid homes in the Gardens of Eternity. That is the ultimate triumph.

وَأُخۡرَىٰwa-ukh'rāAnd anotherتُحِبُّونَهَاۖtuḥibbūnahāthat you love نَصۡرٞnaṣruna helpمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahوَفَتۡحٞwafatḥunand a victoryقَرِيبٞۗqarībunnearوَبَشِّرِwabashiriand give glad tidingsٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(to) the believers

wa-ukh'rā tuḥibbūnahā naṣrun mina l-lahi wafatḥun qarībun wabashiri l-mu'minīna

˹He will also give you˺ another favour that you long for: help from Allah and an imminent victory. ˹So˺ give good news ˹O Prophet˺ to the believers.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO youٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawhoءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieveكُونُوٓاْkūnūBeأَنصَارَanṣārahelpersٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) AllahكَمَاkamāasقَالَqālasaidعِيسَىʿīsāIsaٱبۡنُub'nusonمَرۡيَمَmaryama(of) Maryamلِلۡحَوَارِيِّـۧنَlil'ḥawāriyyīnato the disciplesمَنۡmanWhoأَنصَارِيٓanṣārī(are) my helpersإِلَىilāforٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllahقَالَqālaSaidٱلۡحَوَارِيُّونَl-ḥawāriyūnathe disciplesنَحۡنُnaḥnuWeأَنصَارُanṣāru(are) the helpersٱللَّهِۖl-lahi(of) AllahفَـَٔامَنَتfaāmanatThen believedطَّآئِفَةٞṭāifatuna groupمِّنۢminofبَنِيٓbanīChildrenإِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israelوَكَفَرَتwakafaratand disbelievedطَّآئِفَةٞۖṭāifatuna groupفَأَيَّدۡنَاfa-ayyadnāSo We supportedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُواْāmanūbelievedعَلَىٰʿalāagainstعَدُوِّهِمۡʿaduwwihimtheir enemyفَأَصۡبَحُواْfa-aṣbaḥūand they becameظَٰهِرِينَẓāhirīnadominant

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū kūnū anṣāra l-lahi kamā qāla ʿīsā ub'nu maryama lil'ḥawāriyyīna man anṣārī ilā l-lahi qāla l-ḥawāriyūna naḥnu anṣāru l-lahi faāmanat ṭāifatun min banī is'rāīla wakafarat ṭāifatun fa-ayyadnā alladhīna āmanū ʿalā ʿaduwwihim fa-aṣbaḥū ẓāhirīna

O believers! Stand up for Allah, as Jesus, son of Mary, asked the disciples, “Who will stand up with me for Allah?” The disciples replied, “We will stand up for Allah.” Then a group from the Children of Israel believed while another disbelieved. We then supported the believers against their enemies, so they prevailed.