Chapter 51, 60 verses
I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
Waalththariyati tharwan
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والذاريات ذروا
Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).
Faalhamilati wiqran
فالحاملات وقرا
Then those (ships) that glide easily,
Faaljariyati yusran
فالجاريات يسرا
Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;
Faalmuqassimati amran
فالمقسمات أمرا
What you are threatened with is most surely true,
Innama tooAAadoona lasadiqun
إنما توعدون لصادق
And the judgment must most surely come about.
Wainna alddeena lawaqiAAun
وإن الدين لواقع
I swear by the heaven full of ways.
Waalssamai thati alhubuki
والسماء ذات الحبك
Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,
Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin
إنكم لفي قول مختلف
He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
Yufaku AAanhu man ofika
يؤفك عنه من أفك
Cursed be the liars,
Qutila alkharrasoona
قتل الخراصون
Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
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 on which they shall be tried at the fire.
Yawma hum AAala alnnari yuftanoona
يوم هم على النار يفتنون
Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.
Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona
ذوقوا فتنتكم هذا الذي كنتم به تستعجلون
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
إن المتقين في جنات وعيون
Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the 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 in the night.
Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaAAoona
كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون
And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona
وبالأسحار هم يستغفرون
And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).
Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi
وفي أموالهم حق للسائل والمحروم
And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena
وفي الأرض آيات للموقنين
And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona
وفي أنفسكم ۚ أفلا تبصرون
And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.
Wafee alssamai rizqukum wama tooAAadoona
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.
Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona
فورب السماء والأرض إنه لحق مثل ما أنكم تنطقون
Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?
Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena
هل أتاك حديث ضيف إبراهيم المكرمين
When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroona
إذ دخلوا عليه فقالوا سلاما ۖ قال سلام قوم منكرون
Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biAAijlin sameenin
فراغ إلى أهله فجاء بعجل سمين
So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?
Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala takuloona
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.
Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo la takhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleemin
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!
Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun
فأقبلت امرأته في صرة فصكت وجهها وقالت عجوز عقيم
They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu
قالوا كذلك قال ربك ۖ إنه هو الحكيم العليم
He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!
Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona
۞ قال فما خطبكم أيها المرسلون
They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena
قالوا إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم مجرمين
That we may send down upon them stone of clay,
Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin
لنرسل عليهم حجارة من طين
Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.
Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena
مسومة عند ربك للمسرفين
Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.
Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena
فأخرجنا من كان فيها من المؤمنين
But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).
Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena
فما وجدنا فيها غير بيت من المسلمين
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba alaleema
وتركنا فيها آية للذين يخافون العذاب الأليم
And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.
Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firAAawna bisultanin mubeenin
وفي موسى إذ أرسلناه إلى فرعون بسلطان مبين
But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun
فتولى بركنه وقال ساحر أو مجنون
So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.
Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun
فأخذناه وجنوده فنبذناهم في اليم وهو مليم
And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.
Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema
وفي عاد إذ أرسلنا عليهم الريح العقيم
It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.
Ma tatharu min shayin atat AAalayhi illa jaAAalathu kaalrrameemi
ما تذر من شيء أتت عليه إلا جعلته كالرميم
And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaAAoo hatta heenin
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.
FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona
فعتوا عن أمر ربهم فأخذتهم الصاعقة وهم ينظرون
So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves -
Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena
فما استطاعوا من قيام وما كانوا منتصرين
And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.
Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena
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.
Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona
والسماء بنيناها بأيد وإنا لموسعون
And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
Waalarda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona
والأرض فرشناها فنعم الماهدون
And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona
ومن كل شيء خلقنا زوجين لعلكم تذكرون
Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
Fafirroo ila Allahi innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
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.
Wala tajAAaloo maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
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.
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 charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.
Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona
أتواصوا به ۚ بل هم قوم طاغون
Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin
فتول عنهم فما أنت بملوم
And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaAAu almumineena
وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين
And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaAAbudooni
وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون
I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.
Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni
ما أريد منهم من رزق وما أريد أن يطعمون
Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu
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.
Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaAAjiloona
فإن للذين ظلموا ذنوبا مثل ذنوب أصحابهم فلا يستعجلون
Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.
Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona
فويل للذين كفروا من يومهم الذي يوعدون