I CALL TO witness those who stand arrayed in rows,

By oath of those who establish proper ranks.

By the rangers ranging

CONSIDER these [messages] ranged in serried ranks,

By the angels ranged in ranks.

By those (angels) ranged in ranks (or rows).

By the aligners aligning.

By the aligners aligning.

By the aligners aligning.

By the aligners aligning.

By those ˹angels˺ lined up in ranks,

By those who range themselves in rows;

By those ranged in ranks.

By those who set the ranks in battle order

By the [angels] ranged in ranks,

By the aligners (angels) aligning.

By those [angels] lined up in rows

I swear by (the angels) who stand in ranks,

I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks

Waalssaffati saffan

wal-ṣāfāti ṣaffan

By those [angels] who range themselves in close ranks

By those who range themselves in ranks,