سورة الصَّافات
Surah Al-Sâffât 37:7
Those Ranging in Ranks · Verse 7 of 182
وَحِفْظًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَارِدٍ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And (We have placed therein) an effective safeguard against every insolently disobedient satan.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(For beauty) and for guard against all obstinate rebellious evil spirits,
Ahmed Ali
Protecting them against every wayward devil,
12 more translations
Ali Unal
And for guard against every devil persistent in haughty rebellion.
Daryabadi
And have placed therein a guard against any Satan froward.
Faridul Haque
And to protect it from every rebellious devil.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And (there is) a safeguard against every rebellious devil.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And have guarded it against all rebellious satans.
Muhammad Asad
and have made them secure against every rebellious, satanic force,
Muhammad Musin Khan
And to guard against every rebellious devil.
Muhammad Pickthall
With security from every froward devil.
Muhammad Sarwar
to protect them from the rebellious satan.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And (there is) a safeguard against every rebellious Shaitan.
Rashad Khalifa
We guarded it from every evil devil.
Shabbir Ahmed
And made them secure against every satanic force.
Commentary 37:6-10 Here is a mention that Shaitân-i-mâridشَيْطَانٍ مَّارِدٍ will receive ‘Adzâb-i wâsib(عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ). The word ‘Adzâb (عَذَابٌ) is usually translated…
On 37:6–10
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَوَاكِبِ﴿٦﴾ وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَّارِدٍ﴿٧﴾ لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍۖ﴿٨﴾دُحُورًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ﴿٩﴾إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ﴿١٠﴾
37:6-10 Here is a mention that Shaitân-i-mâridشَيْطَانٍ مَّارِدٍ will receive ‘Adzâb-i wâsib(عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ). The word ‘Adzâb (عَذَابٌ) is usually translated as “punishment”, but also means hindrance, obstacle, or refusal (Lane, Tâj, Lisân). Wâsib (وَاصِبٌ) is from wasabi وصَبِ, meaning perpetual, continuous, or lasting (Lane, Tâj, Lisân). Thus ‘Adzâb-i-Wâsibwould also indicate a continuous, perpetual, and lasting hindrance.
Malâ’ء مَلَإ used in the expression Malâ’ al-A‘lâالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَى signifies a fullness with awe, or refers to a chief that fills the heart with awe and affection. The use of the expressions Shaitân-i-Mârid in combination with ‘Adzâb-i-Wâsib and Mala’â al-A‘lâ may be a reference to some natural phenomena, probably meteorites “pursued by a bright shining flame” that advance towards the earth, but they are stopped and repelled continuously. Verses 15:16-18; 67:5 and 72:10-11 deal with the same subject matter.
On 37:7
وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَّارِدٍ
37:7 The verse uses the expression Shaitân-i-Mâridشَيْطَانٍ مَّارِدٍ. Mâridمارِد is derived from maradaمَرَد meaning to moisten in order to soften, inert, insolent (Râghib, Tâj: Lisân). The word is usually translated as “disobedient and rebellious” (Râghib, Tâj: Lisân). Thus, here is apparently not a mention of the devil per se, but something inert and insolent that may cause harm.