The Ranks

Surah
As-Saf

سَبَّحَ
لِلَّهِ
مَا
فِي
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
وَمَا
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ
وَهُوَ
ٱلۡعَزِيزُ
ٱلۡحَكِيمُ
١

Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth glorifies Allah. For He ˹alone˺ is the Almighty, All-Wise.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

61:2

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا

ٱلَّذِينَ

ءَامَنُواْ

لِمَ

تَقُولُونَ

مَا

لَا

تَفۡعَلُونَ

O believers! Why do you say what you do not do?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

61:3

كَبُرَ

مَقۡتًا

عِندَ

ٱللَّهِ

أَن

تَقُولُواْ

مَا

لَا

تَفۡعَلُونَ

How despicable it is in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

61:4

إِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

يُحِبُّ

ٱلَّذِينَ

يُقَٰتِلُونَ

فِي

سَبِيلِهِۦ

صَفّٗا

كَأَنَّهُم

بُنۡيَٰنٞ

مَّرۡصُوصٞ

Surely Allah loves those who fight in His cause in ˹solid˺ ranks as if they were one concrete structure.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

61:5

وَإِذۡ

قَالَ

مُوسَىٰ

لِقَوۡمِهِۦ

يَٰقَوۡمِ

لِمَ

تُؤۡذُونَنِي

وَقَد

تَّعۡلَمُونَ

أَنِّي

رَسُولُ

ٱللَّهِ

إِلَيۡكُمۡۖ

فَلَمَّا

زَاغُوٓاْ

أَزَاغَ

ٱللَّهُ

قُلُوبَهُمۡۚ

وَٱللَّهُ

لَا

يَهۡدِي

ٱلۡقَوۡمَ

ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ

˹Remember, O Prophet,˺ when Moses said to his people, “O my people! Why do you hurt me when you already know I am Allah’s messenger to you?” So when they ˹persistently˺ deviated, Allah caused their hearts to deviate. For Allah does not guide the rebellious people.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

61:6

وَإِذۡ

قَالَ

عِيسَى

ٱبۡنُ

مَرۡيَمَ

يَٰبَنِيٓ

إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

إِنِّي

رَسُولُ

ٱللَّهِ

إِلَيۡكُم

مُّصَدِّقٗا

لِّمَا

بَيۡنَ

يَدَيَّ

مِنَ

ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ

وَمُبَشِّرَۢا

بِرَسُولٖ

يَأۡتِي

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِي

ٱسۡمُهُۥٓ

أَحۡمَدُۖ

فَلَمَّا

جَآءَهُم

بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ

قَالُواْ

هَٰذَا

سِحۡرٞ

مُّبِينٞ

And ˹remember˺ when Jesus, son of Mary, said, “O children of Israel! I am truly Allah’s messenger to you, confirming the Torah which came before me, and giving good news of a messenger after me whose name will be Aḥmad.”¹ Yet when the Prophet came to them with clear proofs, they said, “This is pure magic.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

61:7

وَمَنۡ

أَظۡلَمُ

مِمَّنِ

ٱفۡتَرَىٰ

عَلَى

ٱللَّهِ

ٱلۡكَذِبَ

وَهُوَ

يُدۡعَىٰٓ

إِلَى

ٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمِۚ

وَٱللَّهُ

لَا

يَهۡدِي

ٱلۡقَوۡمَ

ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Who does more wrong than the one who fabricates lies about Allah when invited to submit ˹to Him˺?¹ For Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

61:8

يُرِيدُونَ

لِيُطۡفِـُٔواْ

نُورَ

ٱللَّهِ

بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ

وَٱللَّهُ

مُتِمُّ

نُورِهِۦ

وَلَوۡ

كَرِهَ

ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ

They wish to extinguish Allah’s light with their mouths, but Allah will ˹certainly˺ perfect His light, even to the dismay of the disbelievers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

61:9

هُوَ

ٱلَّذِيٓ

أَرۡسَلَ

رَسُولَهُۥ

بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ

وَدِينِ

ٱلۡحَقِّ

لِيُظۡهِرَهُۥ

عَلَى

ٱلدِّينِ

كُلِّهِۦ

وَلَوۡ

كَرِهَ

ٱلۡمُشۡرِكُونَ

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹true˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others, even to the dismay of the polytheists.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

61:10