Surah As-Saffat — Verse 164

Those who set the Ranks · 37:164 · 164/182

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

Wama minna illa lahumaqamun maAAloom

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

[The angels say], "There is not among us any except that he has a known position.

[The angels say], ‘Every single one of us has his appointed place:

There is not one of us but hath his known position.

(Those ranged in ranks say): "Not one of us but has a place appointed;

And (the angels say,) “There is no one among us who does not have a known station,

And there is not one of us (angels) but has his known place (or position);

As for us, there is none but has an appointed station.

[All forces of nature praise God and say:] “Among us, too, there is none but has a place assigned to it [by Him];

[The angels say][40], “There is none among us but has a known station[41]:

Notes

[40] Refuting the disbelievers’ false claims about them. [41] In worshiping Allah and obeying Him in our assigned tasks.

(164) [The angels say],[1310] "There is not among us any except that he has a known position.[1311]

Notes

[1310]- Refuting what the disbelievers had said about them. [1311]- For worship. Or "an assigned task" to perform.

164. And there is not one of us (angels) but has his known place (or position);