Verse 37:10 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
6 إِنَّا زَیَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَاۤءَ ٱلدُّنۡیَا بِزِینَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ ۝٦ innā zayyannā l-samāa l-dun'yā bizīnatin l-kawākib We have adorned the lowest heaven with stars 7 وَحِفۡظࣰا مِّن كُلِّ شَیۡطَـٰنࣲ مَّارِدࣲ ۝٧ waḥif'ẓan min kulli shayṭānin māridi and made them a safeguard against every rebellious devil 8 لَّا یَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَیُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبࣲ ۝٨ lā yassammaʿūna ilā l-mala-i l-aʿlā wayuq'dhafūna min kulli jānibi they cannot eavesdrop on the Higher Assembly––pelted from every side 9 دُحُورࣰاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابࣱ وَاصِبٌ ۝٩ duḥūran walahum ʿadhābun wāṣibu driven away, they will have perpetual torment––
10 إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ ثَاقِبࣱ ۝١٠ illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqibu if any [of them] stealthily snatches away a fragment, he will be pursued by a piercing flame
11 فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَاۤۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُم مِّن طِینࣲ لَّازِبِۭ ۝١١ fa-is'taftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnin lāzibi So [Prophet], ask the disbelievers: is it harder to create them than other beings We have created? We created them from sticky clay 12 بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَیَسۡخَرُونَ ۝١٢ bal ʿajib'ta wayaskharūn You marvel as they scoff 13 وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا یَذۡكُرُونَ ۝١٣ wa-idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūn take no heed when they are warned 14 وَإِذَا رَأَوۡا۟ ءَایَةࣰ یَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ ۝١٤ wa-idhā ra-aw āyatan yastaskhirūn and resort to ridicule when they see a sign

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