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1 Waalththariyati tharwan

1 I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those that winnow with a winnowing

2 Faalhamilati wiqran

2 Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).

2 And those that bear the burden (of the rain)

3 Faaljariyati yusran

3 Then those (ships) that glide easily,

3 And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)

4 Faalmuqassimati amran

4 Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;

4 And those who distribute (blessings) by command,

5 Innama tooAAadoona lasadiqun

5 What you are threatened with is most surely true,

5 Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,

6 Wainna alddeena lawaqiAAun

6 And the judgment must most surely come about.

6 And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.

7 Waalssamai thati alhubuki

7 I swear by the heaven full of ways.

7 By the heaven full of paths,

8 Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin

8 Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,

8 Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).

9 Yufaku AAanhu man ofika

9 He is turned away from it who would be turned away.

9 He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.

10 Qutila alkharrasoona

10 Cursed be the liars,

10 Accursed be the conjecturers

11 Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoona

11 Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;

11 Who are careless in an abyss!

12 Yasaloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni

12 They ask: When is the day of judgment?

12 They ask: When is the Day of Judgment ?

13 Yawma hum AAala alnnari yuftanoona

13 (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.

13 (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,

14 Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona

14 Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.

14 (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.

15 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

15 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.

15 Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,

16 Akhitheena ma atahum rabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineena

16 Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.

16 Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;

17 Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaAAoona

17 They used to sleep but little in the night.

17 They used to sleep but little of the night,

18 Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona

18 And in the morning they asked forgiveness.

18 And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,

19 Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi

19 And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).

19 And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.

20 Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena

20 And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,

20 And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.

21 Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona

21 And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?

21 And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see ?

22 Wafee alssamai rizqukum wama tooAAadoona

22 And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.

22 And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;

23 Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona

23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.

23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.

24 Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena

24 Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?

24 Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad) ?

25 Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroona

25 When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.

25 When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).

26 Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biAAijlin sameenin

26 Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,

26 Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;

27 Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala takuloona

27 So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?

27 And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat ?

28 Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo la takhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleemin

28 So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.

28 Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.

29 Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun

29 Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!

29 Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!

30 Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu

30 They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.

30 They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.

31 Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona

31 He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!

31 (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah) ?

32 Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

32 They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,

32 They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,

33 Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin

33 That we may send down upon them stone of clay,

33 That we may send upon them stones of clay,

34 Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena

34 Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.

34 Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.

35 Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena

35 Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.

35 Then we brought forth such believers as were there.

36 Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena

36 But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).

36 But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).

37 Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba alaleema

37 And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

37 And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.

38 Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firAAawna bisultanin mubeenin

38 And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.

38 And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,

39 Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun

39 But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.

39 But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.

40 Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun

40 So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.

40 So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.

41 Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema

41 And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.

41 And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.

42 Ma tatharu min shayin atat AAalayhi illa jaAAalathu kaalrrameemi

42 It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.

42 It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.

43 Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaAAoo hatta heenin

43 And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.

43 And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.

44 FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona

44 But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.

44 But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;

45 Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena

45 So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves -

45 And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.

46 Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena

46 And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.

46 And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.

47 Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona

47 And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.

47 We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).

48 Waalarda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona

48 And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.

48 And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!

49 Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona

49 And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.

49 And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.

50 Fafirroo ila Allahi innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun

50 Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.

50 Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.

51 Wala tajAAaloo maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun

51 And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.

51 And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.

52 Kathalika ma ata allatheena min qablihim min rasoolin illa qaloo sahirun aw majnoonun

52 Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.

52 Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!

53 Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona

53 Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.

53 Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another ? Nay, but they are froward folk.

54 Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin

54 Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;

54 So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,

55 Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaAAu almumineena

55 And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.

55 And warn, for warning profiteth believers.

56 Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaAAbudooni

56 And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.

56 I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.

57 Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni

57 I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.

57 I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.

58 Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu

58 Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.

58 Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.

59 Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaAAjiloona

59 So surely those who are unjust shall have a portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on.

59 And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).

60 Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona

60 Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.

60 And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.