Chapter 51, 60 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those that winnow with a winnowing
Waalththariyati tharwan
And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
Faalhamilati wiqran
And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
Faaljariyati yusran
And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
Faalmuqassimati amran
Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
Innama tooAAadoona lasadiqun
And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
Wainna alddeena lawaqiAAun
By the heaven full of paths,
Waalssamai thati alhubuki
Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin
He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
Yufaku AAanhu man ofika
Accursed be the conjecturers
Qutila alkharrasoona
Who are careless in an abyss!
Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoona
They ask: When is the Day of Judgment ?
Yasaloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni
(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
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.
Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona
Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
Akhitheena ma atahum rabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineena
They used to sleep but little of the night,
Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaAAoona
And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona
And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi
And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena
And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see ?
Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona
And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
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.
Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona
Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad) ?
Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena
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
Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biAAijlin sameenin
And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat ?
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.
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!
Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun
They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu
(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah) ?
Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona
They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena
That we may send upon them stones of clay,
Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin
Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena
Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena
But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena
And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba alaleema
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
But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun
So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
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.
Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema
It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
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.
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;
FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona
And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena
And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
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).
Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona
And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
Waalarda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona
And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona
Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
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.
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!
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.
Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin
And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaAAu almumineena
I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaAAbudooni
I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni
Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
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).
Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaAAjiloona
And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.
Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona