Chapter 51, 60 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those that winnow with a winnowing
I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والذاريات ذروا
And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).
فالحاملات وقرا
And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
Then those (ships) that glide easily,
فالجاريات يسرا
And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;
فالمقسمات أمرا
Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
What you are threatened with is most surely true,
إنما توعدون لصادق
And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
And the judgment must most surely come about.
وإن الدين لواقع
By the heaven full of paths,
I swear by the heaven full of ways.
والسماء ذات الحبك
Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,
إنكم لفي قول مختلف
He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
يؤفك عنه من أفك
Accursed be the conjecturers
Cursed be the liars,
قتل الخراصون
Who are careless in an abyss!
Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
الذين هم في غمرة ساهون
They ask: When is the Day of Judgment ?
They ask: When is the day of judgment?
يسألون أيان يوم الدين
(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
(It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.
يوم هم على النار يفتنون
(And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.
ذوقوا فتنتكم هذا الذي كنتم به تستعجلون
Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.
إن المتقين في جنات وعيون
Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.
آخذين ما آتاهم ربهم ۚ إنهم كانوا قبل ذلك محسنين
They used to sleep but little of the night,
They used to sleep but little in the night.
كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون
And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
وبالأسحار هم يستغفرون
And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).
وفي أموالهم حق للسائل والمحروم
And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
وفي الأرض آيات للموقنين
And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see ?
And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
وفي أنفسكم ۚ أفلا تبصرون
And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.
وفي السماء رزقكم وما توعدون
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.
فورب السماء والأرض إنه لحق مثل ما أنكم تنطقون
Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad) ?
Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?
هل أتاك حديث ضيف إبراهيم المكرمين
When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
إذ دخلوا عليه فقالوا سلاما ۖ قال سلام قوم منكرون
Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
فراغ إلى أهله فجاء بعجل سمين
And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat ?
So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?
فقربه إليهم قال ألا تأكلون
Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
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.
فأوجس منهم خيفة ۖ قالوا لا تخف ۖ وبشروه بغلام عليم
Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!
فأقبلت امرأته في صرة فصكت وجهها وقالت عجوز عقيم
They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
قالوا كذلك قال ربك ۖ إنه هو الحكيم العليم
(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah) ?
He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!
۞ قال فما خطبكم أيها المرسلون
They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
قالوا إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم مجرمين
That we may send upon them stones of clay,
That we may send down upon them stone of clay,
لنرسل عليهم حجارة من طين
Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.
مسومة عند ربك للمسرفين
Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.
فأخرجنا من كان فيها من المؤمنين
But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).
فما وجدنا فيها غير بيت من المسلمين
And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
وتركنا فيها آية للذين يخافون العذاب الأليم
And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.
وفي موسى إذ أرسلناه إلى فرعون بسلطان مبين
But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
فتولى بركنه وقال ساحر أو مجنون
So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.
فأخذناه وجنوده فنبذناهم في اليم وهو مليم
And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.
وفي عاد إذ أرسلنا عليهم الريح العقيم
It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.
ما تذر من شيء أتت عليه إلا جعلته كالرميم
And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
وفي ثمود إذ قيل لهم تمتعوا حتى حين
But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.
فعتوا عن أمر ربهم فأخذتهم الصاعقة وهم ينظرون
And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves -
فما استطاعوا من قيام وما كانوا منتصرين
And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.
وقوم نوح من قبل ۖ إنهم كانوا قوما فاسقين
We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.
والسماء بنيناها بأيد وإنا لموسعون
And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
والأرض فرشناها فنعم الماهدون
And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
ومن كل شيء خلقنا زوجين لعلكم تذكرون
Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
ففروا إلى الله ۖ إني لكم منه نذير مبين
And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
ولا تجعلوا مع الله إلها آخر ۖ إني لكم منه نذير مبين
Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.
كذلك ما أتى الذين من قبلهم من رسول إلا قالوا ساحر أو مجنون
Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another ? Nay, but they are froward folk.
Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.
أتواصوا به ۚ بل هم قوم طاغون
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
فتول عنهم فما أنت بملوم
And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين
I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون
I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.
ما أريد منهم من رزق وما أريد أن يطعمون
Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين
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).
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.
فإن للذين ظلموا ذنوبا مثل ذنوب أصحابهم فلا يستعجلون
And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.
Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.
فويل للذين كفروا من يومهم الذي يوعدون