Translation of the meanings Surah As-Saff - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Page Number 551 - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

As-Saff

Ayah: 1

سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ

1. All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifies Allāh. He is the All-Mighty, All-Wise.

Ayah: 2

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفۡعَلُونَ

2. O believers, why do you say what you do not 'intend to' do¹?

1. Muhammad, God's messenger (ﷺ) said: “A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and judgement and will be cast into Hell, and his intestines will pour forth and he will go round them as a donkey goes round a millstone. The inmates of Hell will gather round him and say: ‘What has happened to you, O so-and-so? Were you not enjoining us to do good and forbidding us to do evil?’ He will reply: ‘Yes, I was enjoining you to do good, but was not doing it myself; and I was forbidding you to do evil, but was doing it myself.'”

Ayah: 3

كَبُرَ مَقۡتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَن تَقُولُواْ مَا لَا تَفۡعَلُونَ

3. It is most hateful in the Sight of Allāh that you say what you do not do.

Ayah: 4

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِهِۦ صَفّٗا كَأَنَّهُم بُنۡيَٰنٞ مَّرۡصُوصٞ

4. Indeed, Allāh loves those who fight for His cause in rows, as if they are a solid structure.

Ayah: 5

وَإِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوۡمِهِۦ يَٰقَوۡمِ لِمَ تُؤۡذُونَنِي وَقَد تَّعۡلَمُونَ أَنِّي رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيۡكُمۡۖ فَلَمَّا زَاغُوٓاْ أَزَاغَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ

5. 'Mention O Muhammad' when Moses said to his people: "O my people, why do you hurt me while you know that I am Allah’s messenger to you?" So when they deviated (from Islam), Allāh caused their hearts to deviate. For Allāh does not guide the rebellious people.