Sura al-Ṣaffāt 37:6

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

innā zayyannā l-samāʾa l-dunyā bizīnatin l-kawākibi

We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) the stars,-

Sura al-Ṣaffāt 37:7

وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ

wa-ḥifẓan min kulli shayṭānin māridin

(For beauty) and for guard against all obstinate rebellious evil spirits,

Sura al-Ṣaffāt 37:8

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

lā yassammaʿūna ilā l-malāʾi l-aʿlā wa-yuqdhafūna min kulli jānibin

(So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted Assembly but be cast away from every side,

Sura al-Ṣaffāt 37:9

دُحُورًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ

duḥūran wa-lahum ʿadhābun wāṣibun

Repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty,

Sura al-Ṣaffāt 37:10

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqibun

Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are pursued by a flaming fire, of piercing brightness.

Sura al-Ṣaffāt 37:11

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ

fa-istaftihim a-hum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnin lāzibin

Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or the (other) beings We have created? Them have We created out of a sticky clay!

Sura al-Ṣaffāt 37:12

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

bal ʿajibta wa-yaskharūna

Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,