Surah As-Saffat

Ta'awwudh · Seeking Refuge

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

A'udhu billahi min ash-shaytani ar-rajim. I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed.

The Name · Bismillah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahi ar-Rahmani ar-Rahim. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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The Surah · Verses 1 to 74

﴾١﴿ وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّۭا

Was-saffati saffa

By those ranged in ranks.

﴾٢﴿ فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًۭا

Faz-zajirati zajra

And by those who drive forward with force.

﴾٣﴿ فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا

Fat-taliyati dhikra

And by those who recite a reminder.

﴾٤﴿ إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌۭ

Inna ilahakum lawahid

Your God is One.

﴾٥﴿ رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ

Rabbu as-samawati wal-ardi wa ma baynahuma wa Rabbu al-mashariq

Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and Lord of the risings.

﴾٦﴿ إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

Inna zayyanna as-sama'a ad-dunya bizinatin al-kawakib

We have adorned the nearest heaven with the beauty of the stars.

﴾٧﴿ وَحِفْظًۭا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ مَّارِدٍۢ

Wa hifzan min kulli shaytanin marid

And as a guard against every rebellious devil.

﴾٨﴿ لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍۢ

La yassamma'una ila al-mala'i al-a'la wa yuqdhafuna min kulli janib

They cannot listen to the highest assembly, and they are pelted from every side.

﴾٩﴿ دُحُورًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ وَاصِبٌ

Duhuran wa lahum 'adhabun wasib

Driven off, and for them is a lasting punishment.

﴾١٠﴿ إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ ثَاقِبٌۭ

Illa man khatifa al-khatfata fa atba'ahu shihabun thaqib

Except one who snatches a fragment, and then a piercing flame pursues him.

﴾١١﴿ فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍۢ لَّازِبٍۭ

Fastaftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqna, inna khalaqnahum min tinin lazib

Ask them for a ruling. Are they stronger in creation, or those We have created? We created them from sticky clay.

﴾١٢﴿ بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

Bal 'ajibta wa yaskharun

You marvel, and they mock.

﴾١٣﴿ وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ

Wa idha dhukkiru la yadhkurun

When they are reminded, they do not remember.

﴾١٤﴿ وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ

Wa idha ra'aw ayatan yastaskhirun

And when they see a sign, they ridicule it.

﴾١٥﴿ وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ

Wa qalu in hadha illa sihrun mubin

And they say, this is nothing but clear magic.

﴾١٦﴿ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

A idha mitna wa kunna turaban wa 'izaman a inna lamab'uthun

When we have died and become dust and bones, are we really to be raised?

﴾١٧﴿ أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

Awa aba'una al-awwalun

And our forefathers as well?

﴾١٨﴿ قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ

Qul na'am wa antum dakhirun

Say, yes, and you will be humbled.

﴾١٩﴿ فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

Fa innama hiya zajratun wahidatun fa idha hum yanzurun

It will be one single cry, and at once they are looking.

﴾٢٠﴿ وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

Wa qalu ya waylana hadha yawmu ad-din

And they say, woe to us, this is the Day of Judgment.

﴾٢١﴿ هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Hadha yawmu al-fasli alladhi kuntum bihi tukadhdhibun

This is the Day of Decision that you used to deny.

﴾٢٢﴿ ۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ

Uhshuru alladhina zalamu wa azwajahum wa ma kanu ya'budun

Gather those who wronged, and their kinds, and what they used to worship

﴾٢٣﴿ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Min duni Allahi fahduhum ila sirati al-jahim

Other than Allah, and lead them to the path of the Blaze.

﴾٢٤﴿ وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

Wa qifuhum innahum mas'ulun

And stop them. They are to be questioned.

﴾٢٥﴿ مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

Ma lakum la tanasarun

What is with you? Why do you not support one another?

﴾٢٦﴿ بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ

Bal humu al-yawma mustaslimun

Rather, today they are in full surrender.

﴾٢٧﴿ وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

Wa aqbala ba'duhum 'ala ba'din yatasa'alun

And they will approach one another, questioning each other.

﴾٢٨﴿ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Qalu innakum kuntum ta'tunana 'ani al-yamin

They will say, you used to come at us from the right.

﴾٢٩﴿ قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Qalu bal lam takunu mu'minin

They will answer, rather, you were not believers.

﴾٣٠﴿ وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًۭا طَٰغِينَ

Wa ma kana lana 'alaykum min sultanin, bal kuntum qawman taghin

And we had no authority over you. Rather, you were a transgressing people.

﴾٣١﴿ فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

Fahaqqa 'alayna qawlu Rabbina inna ladha'iqun

So the word of our Lord has come due against us. We are going to taste it.

﴾٣٢﴿ فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ

Fa aghwaynakum inna kunna ghawin

So we misled you. We ourselves were astray.

﴾٣٣﴿ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

Fa innahum yawma'idhin fi al-'adhabi mushtarikun

That Day they are partners in the punishment.

﴾٣٤﴿ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Inna kadhalika naf'alu bil-mujrimin

That is how We deal with the criminals.

﴾٣٥﴿ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Innahum kanu idha qila lahum la ilaha illa Allahu yastakbirun

When it was said to them, there is no god but Allah, they were arrogant.

﴾٣٦﴿ وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍۢ مَّجْنُونٍۭ

Wa yaquluna a inna latariku alihatina lisha'irin majnun

And they said, are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?

﴾٣٧﴿ بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Bal ja'a bil-haqqi wa saddaqa al-mursalin

Rather, he came with the truth and confirmed the messengers.

﴾٣٨﴿ إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

Innakum ladha'iqu al-'adhabi al-alim

You are going to taste the painful punishment.

﴾٣٩﴿ وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Wa ma tujzawna illa ma kuntum ta'malun

And you are repaid only for what you used to do.

﴾٤٠﴿ إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Illa 'ibada Allahi al-mukhlasin

Except the chosen servants of Allah.

﴾٤١﴿ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ

Ula'ika lahum rizqun ma'lum

For them is a known provision.

﴾٤٢﴿ فَوَٰكِهُ ۖ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ

Fawakihu wa hum mukramun

Fruits. And they are honored.

﴾٤٣﴿ فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Fi jannati an-na'im

In gardens of delight.

﴾٤٤﴿ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

'Ala sururin mutaqabilin

On couches, facing one another.

﴾٤٥﴿ يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ

Yutafu 'alayhim bika'sin min ma'in

A cup is passed among them from a flowing spring.

﴾٤٦﴿ بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍۢ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ

Bayda'a ladhdhatin lish-sharibin

White, delicious to those who drink.

﴾٤٧﴿ لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌۭ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ

La fiha ghawlun wa la hum 'anha yunzafun

In it is no headache, and they are not intoxicated by it.

﴾٤٨﴿ وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌۭ

Wa 'indahum qasiratu at-tarfi 'in

And with them are companions of modest gaze, with wide eyes.

﴾٤٩﴿ كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ

Ka annahunna baydun maknun

As if they were sheltered eggs.

﴾٥٠﴿ فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

Fa aqbala ba'duhum 'ala ba'din yatasa'alun

And they approach one another, questioning each other.

﴾٥١﴿ قَالَ قَآئِلٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌۭ

Qala qa'ilun minhum inni kana li qarin

One of them says, I had a companion

﴾٥٢﴿ يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ

Yaqulu a innaka lamina al-musaddiqin

Who used to say, are you really one of those who affirm this?

﴾٥٣﴿ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

A idha mitna wa kunna turaban wa 'izaman a inna lamadinun

When we have died and become dust and bones, are we really to be called to account?

﴾٥٤﴿ قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ

Qala hal antum muttali'un

He says, would you look?

﴾٥٥﴿ فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Fattala'a fara'ahu fi sawa'i al-jahim

So he looked and saw him in the midst of the Blaze.

﴾٥٦﴿ قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ

Qala tallahi in kidta laturdin

He said, by Allah, you nearly ruined me.

﴾٥٧﴿ وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

Wa lawla ni'matu Rabbi lakuntu mina al-muhdarin

And were it not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been among those brought forth.

﴾٥٨﴿ أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ

Afama nahnu bimayyitin

Are we not going to die

﴾٥٩﴿ إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

Illa mawtatana al-ula wa ma nahnu bimu'adhdhabin

Except our first death, and we are not to be punished?

﴾٦٠﴿ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Inna hadha lahuwa al-fawzu al-'azim

This is the great attainment.

﴾٦١﴿ لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَٰمِلُونَ

Limithli hadha falya'mali al-'amilun

For the like of this, let the workers work.

﴾٦٢﴿ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

Adhalika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratu az-zaqqum

Is that better as an accommodation, or the tree of Zaqqum?

﴾٦٣﴿ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰهَا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Inna ja'alnaha fitnatan lizzalimin

We have made it a trial for the wrongdoers.

﴾٦٤﴿ إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌۭ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Innaha shajaratun takhruju fi asli al-jahim

It is a tree that grows in the very root of the Blaze.

﴾٦٥﴿ طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ

Tal'uha ka annahu ru'usu ash-shayatin

Its emerging fruit is like the heads of devils.

﴾٦٦﴿ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَءَاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

Fa innahum la akiluna minha famali'una minha al-butun

They are going to eat from it and fill their bellies with it.

﴾٦٧﴿ ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًۭا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ

Thumma inna lahum 'alayha lashawban min hamim

Then on top of it they have a mixture of scalding water.

﴾٦٨﴿ ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Thumma inna marji'ahum la ila al-jahim

Then their return is to the Blaze.

﴾٦٩﴿ إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ

Innahum alfaw aba'ahum dallin

They found their fathers astray.

﴾٧٠﴿ فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ

Fahum 'ala atharihim yuhra'un

And they rushed along in their footsteps.

﴾٧١﴿ وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Wa laqad dalla qablahum aktharu al-awwalin

Most of the former peoples went astray before them.

﴾٧٢﴿ وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ

Wa laqad arsalna fihim mundhirin

And We had sent warners among them.

﴾٧٣﴿ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

Fanzur kayfa kana 'aqibatu al-mundharin

So look at how the end was for those who were warned.

﴾٧٤﴿ إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Illa 'ibada Allahi al-mukhlasin

Except the chosen servants of Allah.

The Tafsir · The Breakdown

What This Part Means

Overview

As-Saffat is one hundred and eighty-two verses, chapter 37, Makki. This is the first of three parts. It opens on three oaths sworn by ranks, and the thing sworn to is a single sentence. Your God is One.

The heart of this part is a courtroom scene, and what it records is an argument between people who ended up in the same place by different routes. The ones who followed blame the ones who led, and the leaders answer with something worth hearing carefully.

Stop them. They are to be questioned.

Verses 1–26 · Stop Them

Was-saffati saffa. By those ranged in ranks.

The oaths are by beings arranged in ranks, driving, and reciting a reminder, and the mufassirun read them as the angels. Inna ilahakum lawahid. What all of it is sworn to is one clause about oneness.

Wa hifzan min kulli shaytanin marid: guarded against every rebellious devil. La yassamma'una ila al-mala'i al-a'la. They cannot listen to the highest assembly. The access is described as closed.

Fastaftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqna: ask them for a ruling, are they stronger in creation, or those We have created. The question puts them in comparison with the rest of the created order rather than with each other.

Inna khalaqnahum min tinin lazib: We created them from sticky clay. The answer to the comparison is given as a material.

Wa idha dhukkiru la yadhkurun, wa idha ra'aw ayatan yastaskhirun: when reminded they do not remember, and when they see a sign they mock. The pattern is stated as a habit rather than as a position.

Uhshuru alladhina zalamu wa azwajahum wa ma kanu ya'budun: gather those who wronged, and their kinds, and what they used to worship. Wa qifuhum innahum mas'ulun. And stop them, for they are to be questioned. Qifuhum, halt them in place. Nobody is walking past this.

Ma lakum la tanasarun: what is with you, why do you not support one another. The mutual assistance that organized them in life is called for and does not arrive.

Halt them, they are to be questioned. And the network that carried them is asked to step forward.

Verses 27–40 · The Blame, and the Answer

And they will approach one another, questioning each other.

Wa aqbala ba'duhum 'ala ba'din yatasa'alun: they turn on each other. The first act after the halt is not a defense. It is an accounting between them.

Qalu innakum kuntum ta'tunana 'ani al-yamin: you used to come at us from the right. Ibn Kathir carries the readings that the right is the side of strength and of good, meaning they came dressed as the credible ones, from the direction a man does not defend.

Qalu bal lam takunu mu'minin: they answer, rather, you were not believers. Wa ma kana lana 'alaykum min sultanin, bal kuntum qawman taghin. And we had no authority over you. Rather, you were a transgressing people.

The leaders are telling the truth. That is the uncomfortable part. They had no power to compel anyone. The followers went, and the influence they now describe as coercion was persuasion they accepted.

Fa aghwaynakum inna kunna ghawin: so we misled you, we ourselves were astray. Fa innahum yawma'idhin fi al-'adhabi mushtarikun. That Day they are partners in the punishment. The shared enterprise ends in a shared sentence.

Illa 'ibada Allahi al-mukhlasin: except the chosen servants of Allah. The exemption clause that runs through this surah, and it is defined by sincerity rather than by role.

We had no authority over you. It is the truest thing said in the passage, and it is said by the men who led them.

Verses 41–74 · The Friend Who Almost Took Him

Is that better as an accommodation, or the tree of Zaqqum?

The Garden is described first. A known provision, fruits, honored, on couches facing one another, with a cup from a flowing spring. La fiha ghawlun wa la hum 'anha yunzafun. In it is no headache and they are not intoxicated by it. The pleasure is described by what it does not cost.

Then a conversation begins. Faqbala ba'duhum 'ala ba'din yatasa'alun: they approach one another questioning, the same phrase used for the accounting among the damned. Here it is the beginning of a conversation between friends.

Qala qa'ilun minhum inni kana li qarinun, yaqulu a innaka lamina al-musaddiqin: one of them says, I had a companion who used to say, are you really one of those who affirm this. The mockery is quoted in the exact tone it was delivered in.

Qala hal antum muttali'un, fattala'a fara'ahu fi sawa'i al-jahim: he says, would you look. So he looked and saw him in the midst of the Blaze.

Qala tallahi in kidta laturdin: by Allah, you nearly ruined me. Wa lawla ni'matu Rabbi lakuntu mina al-muhdarin. And were it not for the favor of my Lord I would have been among those brought forth.

Afama nahnu bimayyitin illa mawtatana al-ula wa ma nahnu bimu'adhdhabin, inna hadha lahuwa al-fawzu al-'azim: are we not going to die except our first death, and we are not to be punished. This is the great attainment. The joy is expressed as a question, twice, by a man who cannot quite believe the terms.

Limithli hadha falya'mali al-'amilun: for the like of this, let the workers work. One line, and it is the only instruction in the whole passage.

Then the contrast. Ashajaratu az-zaqqum, a tree growing in the very root of the Blaze, its emerging fruit like the heads of devils, and the observation that they found their fathers astray and rushed along in their footsteps.

He looked down, saw the man who used to mock him, and said, you nearly ruined me.

Structural Summary

Verses One to Seventy-Four. Stop Them and Question Them.

Verses 1–11The RanksThree oaths by those in ranks, sworn to one clause. Your God is One. And a heaven guarded against listening.

Verses 12–21The HabitReminded and they do not remember, shown a sign and they mock, and a Day they said would never come.

Verses 22–26The HaltGather them and stop them, for they are to be questioned. Why do you not support one another.

Verses 27–34The BlameYou came at us from the right. And the answer: we had no authority over you.

Verses 35–40The ExemptionThey used to be arrogant when told there is no god but Allah. Except the chosen servants.

Verses 41–61The GardenA drink with no headache in it, and a man who looks down and finds the friend who mocked him.

Verses 62–74The TreeZaqqum growing in the root of the Blaze, and fathers who were astray with sons rushing after them.

Why This Part Is For You

Verse 24 is two words in Arabic and it removes the option most men are counting on. Stop them, they are to be questioned. Not judged in aggregate. Halted individually and asked.

Verse 30 is said by the men who led everyone else astray, and it is true. We had no authority over you. Nobody was compelled. That is worth sitting with if you have ever explained a decision by describing the pressure you were under.

Verse 28 describes how influence actually arrives. From the right. From the side of strength and credibility, dressed as the sensible option, from the direction a man does not think to guard.

Verse 51 is a friendship. A man in the Garden remembers a companion who used to ask, in that tone, whether he really believed all this. Look at who is currently asking you that, and in what tone.

The Practice · Daily Integration

Verses One to Seventy-Four. Work For the Like of This.

Read verse 24 slowly once. Halted, and questioned, individually.

Name one influence that arrived from the right, dressed as the credible option, and check what it actually cost you.

Take verse 61 as the only instruction in the passage. For the like of this, let the workers work.

Consider who your qarin is. Verse 51 is about a companion, not an enemy.

He looked down into the Blaze and saw his old friend. By Allah, you nearly ruined me.

آمِين

Prepared with discipline · Ameen

Verse-By-Verse · Test Yourself

The Quiz

Two questions per verse. Translation and a key Arabic word. Walk through it slow. The goal is comprehension, not speed.

Verse 11 / 148

The Verse

وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّۭا

Was-saffati saffa

What does verse 1 say?