Verses 4–29

إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌۭ﴿٤﴾

37:4indeed your God is certainly One,

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ﴿٥﴾

37:5the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and the Lord of the easts.¹

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ﴿٦﴾

37:6Indeed We have adorned the lowest heaven with the finery of the stars,

وَحِفْظًۭا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ مَّارِدٍۢ﴿٧﴾

37:7and to guard from any froward devil.

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

37:8They do not eavesdrop on the Supernal Elite—they are shot at from every side,

دُحُورًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ وَاصِبٌ﴿٩﴾

37:9to drive them away, and there is a perpetual punishment for them—

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ ثَاقِبٌۭ﴿١٠﴾

37:10except any who snatches a snatch, whereat a piercing flame pursues him.

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

37:11Ask them, is their creation more prodigious or [that of other creatures] that We have created? Indeed, We created them from a viscous clay.

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ﴿١٢﴾

37:12Indeed you wonder, while they engage in ridicule,²

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ﴿١٣﴾

37:13and [even] when admonished do not take admonition,

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ﴿١٤﴾

37:14and when they see a sign they make it an object of ridicule,

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ﴿١٥﴾

37:15and say, ‘This is nothing but plain magic!’

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ﴿١٦﴾

37:16‘What! When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ﴿١٧﴾

37:17And our forefathers too?!’

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ﴿١٨﴾

37:18Say, ‘Yes! And you will be utterly humble.’

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ﴿١٩﴾

37:19It will be only a single shout and, behold, they will look on,

وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ﴿٢٠﴾

37:20and say, ‘Woe to us! This is the Day of Retribution!’

هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ﴿٢١﴾

37:21‘This is the Day of Judgement that you used to deny!’

۞ ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ﴿٢٢﴾

37:22‘Muster the wrongdoers and their mates and what they used to worship

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ﴿٢٣﴾

37:23besides Allah, and show them the way to hell!

وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ﴿٢٤﴾

37:24[But first] stop them! For they must be questioned.’

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ﴿٢٥﴾

37:25‘Why is it that you do not support one another [today]?’

بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ﴿٢٦﴾

37:26‘Indeed, they are [meek and] submissive today!’

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ﴿٢٧﴾

37:27Some of them will turn to others, questioning each other.

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ﴿٢٨﴾

37:28They will say, ‘Indeed you used to accost us peremptorily.’³

قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ﴿٢٩﴾

37:29They will answer, ‘No, you [yourselves] had no faith.