مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ ١٥٤
What is the matter with you? How do you judge?
37:154
أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ١٥٥
Will you not then be mindful?
37:155
أَمۡ لَكُمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٥٦
Or do you have ˹any˺ compelling proof?
37:156
فَأۡتُواْ بِكِتَٰبِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ١٥٧
Then bring ˹us˺ your scripture, if what you say is true!
37:157
وَجَعَلُواْ بَيۡنَهُۥ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ نَسَبٗاۚ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمَتِ ٱلۡجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ ١٥٨
They have also established a ˹marital˺ relationship between Him and the jinn. Yet the jinn ˹themselves˺ know well that such people will certainly be brought ˹for punishment˺.1
37:158
سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ١٥٩
Glorified is Allah far above what they claim!
37:159
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ١٦٠
But not the chosen servants of Allah.
37:160
فَإِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ١٦١
Surely you ˹pagans˺ and whatever ˹idols˺ you worship
37:161
مَآ أَنتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ ١٦٢
can never lure ˹anyone˺ away from Him
37:162
إِلَّا مَنۡ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٦٣
except those ˹destined˺ to burn in Hell.
37:163
وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ١٦٤
˹The angels respond,˺ “There is not one of us without an assigned station ˹of worship˺.
37:164
وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ ١٦٥
We are indeed the ones lined up in ranks ˹for Allah˺.
37:165
وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحُونَ ١٦٦
And we are indeed the ones ˹constantly˺ glorifying ˹His praise˺.”
37:166
وَإِن كَانُواْ لَيَقُولُونَ ١٦٧
They certainly used to say,
37:167
لَوۡ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكۡرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٦٨
“If only we had a Reminder like ˹those of˺ earlier peoples,1
37:168
لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ١٦٩
we would have truly been Allah’s devoted servants.”
37:169
فَكَفَرُواْ بِهِۦۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٧٠
But ˹now˺ they reject it, so they will soon know.
37:170
وَلَقَدۡ سَبَقَتۡ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٧١
Our Word has already gone forth to Our servants, the messengers,
37:171
إِنَّهُمۡ لَهُمُ ٱلۡمَنصُورُونَ ١٧٢
that they would surely be helped,
37:172
وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ١٧٣
and that Our forces will certainly prevail.
37:173
فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ١٧٤
So turn away from the deniers for a while ˹O Prophet˺.
37:174
وَأَبۡصِرۡهُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ ١٧٥
You will see ˹what will happen to˺ them, and they too will see!
37:175
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ١٧٦
Do they ˹really˺ wish to hasten Our punishment?
37:176
فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمۡ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٧
Yet when it descends upon them:1 how evil will that morning be for those who had been warned!
37:177
وَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ١٧٨
And turn away from them for a while.
37:178
وَأَبۡصِرۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ ١٧٩
You will see, and they too will see!
37:179
سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلۡعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ١٨٠
Glorified is your Lord—the Lord of Honour and Power—above what they claim!
37:180
وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٨١
Peace be upon the messengers.
37:181
وَٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٢
And praise be to Allah—Lord of all worlds.
37:182