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