Chapter 51, 60 verses
I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالذَّارِيَاتِ ذَرْوًا
By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing
Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).
فَالْحَامِلَاتِ وِقْرًا
And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]
Then those (ships) that glide easily,
فَالْجَارِيَاتِ يُسْرًا
And those [ships] sailing with ease
Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;
فَالْمُقَسِّمَاتِ أَمْرًا
And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter,
What you are threatened with is most surely true,
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ
Indeed, what you are promised is true.
And the judgment must most surely come about.
وَإِنَّ الدِّينَ لَوَاقِعٌ
And indeed, the recompense is to occur.
I swear by the heaven full of ways.
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ
By the heaven containing pathways,
Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِي قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ
Indeed, you are in differing speech.
He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.
Cursed be the liars,
قُتِلَ الْخَرَّاصُونَ
Destroyed are the falsifiers
Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ
Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.
They ask: When is the day of judgment?
يَسْأَلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
(It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire
Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.
ذُوقُوا فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.
آخِذِينَ مَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
They used to sleep but little in the night.
كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
They used to sleep but little of the night,
And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).
وَفِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.
And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
وَفِي الْأَرْضِ آيَاتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ
And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
وَفِي أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And in yourselves. Then will you not see?
And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.
وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.
فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ
Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.
Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ
Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -
When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَامٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.
Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ فَجَاءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ
Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf
So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?
فَقَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
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.
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ
And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.
Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!
فَأَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
قَالُوا كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ
They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."
He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!
۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals
That we may send down upon them stone of clay,
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ
To send down upon them stones of clay,
Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers.
But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَا آيَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.
وَفِي مُوسَىٰ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.
But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِ وَقَالَ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."
So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.
فَأَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.
And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.
وَفِي عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ
And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.
It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."
But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.
فَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves -
فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنتَصِرِينَ
And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.
And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ
And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.
And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.
وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.
And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
وَالْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَاهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمَاهِدُونَ
And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.
And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
وَمِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember.
Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.
كَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.
أَتَوَاصَوْا بِهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.
Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَا أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ
So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed.
And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.
And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.
مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ
Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.
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.
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their predecessors, so let them not impatiently urge Me.
Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن يَوْمِهِمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.