Verse 37:9 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَشَـٰرِقِ ٥
rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā warabbu l-mashāriq
Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them, Lord of every sunrise
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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
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وَحِفۡظࣰا مِّن كُلِّ شَیۡطَـٰنࣲ مَّارِدࣲ ٧
waḥif'ẓan min kulli shayṭānin māridi
and made them a safeguard against every rebellious devil
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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
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دُحُورࣰاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابࣱ وَاصِبٌ ٩
duḥūran walahum ʿadhābun wāṣibu
driven away, they will have perpetual torment––
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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
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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
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بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَیَسۡخَرُونَ ١٢
bal ʿajib'ta wayaskharūn
You marvel as they scoff
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وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا یَذۡكُرُونَ ١٣
wa-idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūn
take no heed when they are warned
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