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