الصَّافَّات

(A voice will say,) "This is the Day of Sorting Out, whose truth ye (once) denied!"

"Bring ye up", it shall be said, "The wrong-doers and their wives, and the things they worshipped-

"Besides Allah, and lead them to the Way to the (Fierce) Fire!

"But stop them, for they must be asked:

"´What is the matter with you that ye help not each other?´"

Nay, but that day they shall submit (to Judgment);

And they will turn to one another, and question one another.

They will say: "It was ye who used to come to us from the right hand (of power and authority)!"

They will reply: "Nay, ye yourselves had no Faith!

"Nor had we any authority over you. Nay, it was ye who were a people in obstinate rebellion!

"So now has been proved true, against us, the word of our Lord that we shall indeed (have to) taste (the punishment of our sins).

"We led you astray: for truly we were ourselves astray."

Truly, that Day, they will (all) share in the Penalty.

Verily that is how We shall deal with Sinners.

For they, when they were told that there is no god except Allah, would puff themselves up with Pride,

And say: "What! shall we give up our gods for the sake of a Poet possessed?"

Nay! he has come with the (very) Truth, and he confirms (the Message of) the messengers (before him).

Ye shall indeed taste of the Grievous Penalty;-

But it will be no more than the retribution of (the Evil) that ye have wrought;-

But the sincere (and devoted) Servants of Allah,-