Meccan·Surah 37

الصافات

Surah As-Saffat — Ayah 36

Those Ranged in Ranks

182 Ayahs·Verse 37:36
37:36

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ

And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"

Context in Surah As-Saffat

Nearby ayahs help place verse 37:36 in sequence and meaning.

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allah," were arrogant

بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Rather, the Prophet has come with the truth and confirmed the [previous] messengers.

إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,