Chapter 51, 60 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those that winnow with a winnowing
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والذاريات ذروا
Waalththariyati tharwan
And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
فالحاملات وقرا
Faalhamilati wiqran
And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
فالجاريات يسرا
Faaljariyati yusran
And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
فالمقسمات أمرا
Faalmuqassimati amran
Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
إنما توعدون لصادق
Innama tooAAadoona lasadiqun
And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
وإن الدين لواقع
Wainna alddeena lawaqiAAun
By the heaven full of paths,
والسماء ذات الحبك
Waalssamai thati alhubuki
Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
إنكم لفي قول مختلف
Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin
He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
يؤفك عنه من أفك
Yufaku AAanhu man ofika
Accursed be the conjecturers
قتل الخراصون
Qutila alkharrasoona
Who are careless in an abyss!
الذين هم في غمرة ساهون
Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoona
They ask: When is the Day of Judgment ?
يسألون أيان يوم الدين
Yasaloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni
(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
يوم هم على النار يفتنون
Yawma hum AAala alnnari yuftanoona
(And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
ذوقوا فتنتكم هذا الذي كنتم به تستعجلون
Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona
Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
إن المتقين في جنات وعيون
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
آخذين ما آتاهم ربهم ۚ إنهم كانوا قبل ذلك محسنين
Akhitheena ma atahum rabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineena
They used to sleep but little of the night,
كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون
Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaAAoona
And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
وبالأسحار هم يستغفرون
Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona
And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
وفي أموالهم حق للسائل والمحروم
Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi
And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
وفي الأرض آيات للموقنين
Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena
And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see ?
وفي أنفسكم ۚ أفلا تبصرون
Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona
And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
وفي السماء رزقكم وما توعدون
Wafee alssamai rizqukum wama tooAAadoona
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
فورب السماء والأرض إنه لحق مثل ما أنكم تنطقون
Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona
Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad) ?
هل أتاك حديث ضيف إبراهيم المكرمين
Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena
When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
إذ دخلوا عليه فقالوا سلاما ۖ قال سلام قوم منكرون
Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroona
Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
فراغ إلى أهله فجاء بعجل سمين
Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biAAijlin sameenin
And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat ?
فقربه إليهم قال ألا تأكلون
Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala takuloona
Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
فأوجس منهم خيفة ۖ قالوا لا تخف ۖ وبشروه بغلام عليم
Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo la takhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleemin
Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
فأقبلت امرأته في صرة فصكت وجهها وقالت عجوز عقيم
Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun
They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
قالوا كذلك قال ربك ۖ إنه هو الحكيم العليم
Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu
(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah) ?
۞ قال فما خطبكم أيها المرسلون
Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona
They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
قالوا إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم مجرمين
Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena
That we may send upon them stones of clay,
لنرسل عليهم حجارة من طين
Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin
Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
مسومة عند ربك للمسرفين
Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena
Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
فأخرجنا من كان فيها من المؤمنين
Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena
But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
فما وجدنا فيها غير بيت من المسلمين
Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena
And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
وتركنا فيها آية للذين يخافون العذاب الأليم
Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba alaleema
And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
وفي موسى إذ أرسلناه إلى فرعون بسلطان مبين
Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firAAawna bisultanin mubeenin
But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
فتولى بركنه وقال ساحر أو مجنون
Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun
So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
فأخذناه وجنوده فنبذناهم في اليم وهو مليم
Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun
And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
وفي عاد إذ أرسلنا عليهم الريح العقيم
Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema
It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
ما تذر من شيء أتت عليه إلا جعلته كالرميم
Ma tatharu min shayin atat AAalayhi illa jaAAalathu kaalrrameemi
And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
وفي ثمود إذ قيل لهم تمتعوا حتى حين
Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaAAoo hatta heenin
But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
فعتوا عن أمر ربهم فأخذتهم الصاعقة وهم ينظرون
FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona
And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
فما استطاعوا من قيام وما كانوا منتصرين
Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena
And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
وقوم نوح من قبل ۖ إنهم كانوا قوما فاسقين
Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena
We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
والسماء بنيناها بأيد وإنا لموسعون
Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona
And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
والأرض فرشناها فنعم الماهدون
Waalarda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona
And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
ومن كل شيء خلقنا زوجين لعلكم تذكرون
Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona
Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
ففروا إلى الله ۖ إني لكم منه نذير مبين
Fafirroo ila Allahi innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
ولا تجعلوا مع الله إلها آخر ۖ إني لكم منه نذير مبين
Wala tajAAaloo maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
كذلك ما أتى الذين من قبلهم من رسول إلا قالوا ساحر أو مجنون
Kathalika ma ata allatheena min qablihim min rasoolin illa qaloo sahirun aw majnoonun
Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another ? Nay, but they are froward folk.
أتواصوا به ۚ بل هم قوم طاغون
Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
فتول عنهم فما أنت بملوم
Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin
And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين
Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaAAu almumineena
I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون
Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaAAbudooni
I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
ما أريد منهم من رزق وما أريد أن يطعمون
Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni
Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين
Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu
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).
فإن للذين ظلموا ذنوبا مثل ذنوب أصحابهم فلا يستعجلون
Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaAAjiloona
And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.
فويل للذين كفروا من يومهم الذي يوعدون
Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona