الصافات
Surah As-Saffat
إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
˹For˺ he was truly one of Our faithful servants.
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ
Then We drowned the others.
۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ
And indeed, one of those who followed his way was Abraham.
إِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ
˹Remember˺ when he came to his Lord with a pure heart,
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ
and said to his father and his people, “What are you worshipping?
أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةً دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ
Is it false gods that you desire instead of Allah?
فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
What then do you expect from the Lord of all worlds?”
فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِى ٱلنُّجُومِ
He later looked up to the stars ˹in contemplation˺,1
فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ
then said, “I am really sick.”1
فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ
So they turned their backs on him and went away.
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
Then he ˹stealthily˺ advanced towards their gods, and said ˹mockingly˺, “Will you not eat ˹your offerings˺?
مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنطِقُونَ
What is wrong with you that you cannot speak?”
فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Then he swiftly turned on them, striking ˹them˺ with his right hand.
فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ
Later, his people came rushing towards him ˹furiously˺.
قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ
He argued, “How can you worship what you carve ˹with your own hands˺,
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
when it is Allah Who created you and whatever you do?”
قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَـٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ
They said ˹to one another˺, “Build him a furnace and cast him into the blazing fire.”
فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ
And so they sought to harm him, but We made them inferior.
وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ
He later said, “I am leaving ˹in obedience˺ to my Lord. He will guide me.
رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
My Lord! Bless me with righteous offspring.”