Chapter 51, 60 verses
Waalththariyati tharwan
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والذاريات ذروا
I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing
Faalhamilati wiqran
فالحاملات وقرا
Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).
And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]
Faaljariyati yusran
فالجاريات يسرا
Then those (ships) that glide easily,
And those [ships] sailing with ease
Faalmuqassimati amran
فالمقسمات أمرا
Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;
And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter,
Innama tooAAadoona lasadiqun
إنما توعدون لصادق
What you are threatened with is most surely true,
Indeed, what you are promised is true.
Wainna alddeena lawaqiAAun
وإن الدين لواقع
And the judgment must most surely come about.
And indeed, the recompense is to occur.
Waalssamai thati alhubuki
والسماء ذات الحبك
I swear by the heaven full of ways.
By the heaven containing pathways,
Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin
إنكم لفي قول مختلف
Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,
Indeed, you are in differing speech.
Yufaku AAanhu man ofika
يؤفك عنه من أفك
He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.
Qutila alkharrasoona
قتل الخراصون
Cursed be the liars,
Destroyed are the falsifiers
Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoona
الذين هم في غمرة ساهون
Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.
Yasaloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni
يسألون أيان يوم الدين
They ask: When is the day of judgment?
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
Yawma hum AAala alnnari yuftanoona
يوم هم على النار يفتنون
(It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.
[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire
Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona
ذوقوا فتنتكم هذا الذي كنتم به تستعجلون
Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.
[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
إن المتقين في جنات وعيون
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
Akhitheena ma atahum rabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineena
آخذين ما آتاهم ربهم ۚ إنهم كانوا قبل ذلك محسنين
Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.
Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaAAoona
كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون
They used to sleep but little in the night.
They used to sleep but little of the night,
Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona
وبالأسحار هم يستغفرون
And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi
وفي أموالهم حق للسائل والمحروم
And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).
And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.
Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena
وفي الأرض آيات للموقنين
And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona
وفي أنفسكم ۚ أفلا تبصرون
And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
And in yourselves. Then will you not see?
Wafee alssamai rizqukum wama tooAAadoona
وفي السماء رزقكم وما توعدون
And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.
And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.
Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona
فورب السماء والأرض إنه لحق مثل ما أنكم تنطقون
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.
Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.
Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena
هل أتاك حديث ضيف إبراهيم المكرمين
Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?
Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -
Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroona
إذ دخلوا عليه فقالوا سلاما ۖ قال سلام قوم منكرون
When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.
Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biAAijlin sameenin
فراغ إلى أهله فجاء بعجل سمين
Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf
Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala takuloona
فقربه إليهم قال ألا تأكلون
So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo la takhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleemin
فأوجس منهم خيفة ۖ قالوا لا تخف ۖ وبشروه بغلام عليم
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.
And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.
Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun
فأقبلت امرأته في صرة فصكت وجهها وقالت عجوز عقيم
Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu
قالوا كذلك قال ربك ۖ إنه هو الحكيم العليم
They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."
Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona
۞ قال فما خطبكم أيها المرسلون
He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena
قالوا إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم مجرمين
They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals
Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin
لنرسل عليهم حجارة من طين
That we may send down upon them stone of clay,
To send down upon them stones of clay,
Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena
مسومة عند ربك للمسرفين
Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.
Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena
فأخرجنا من كان فيها من المؤمنين
Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.
So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers.
Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena
فما وجدنا فيها غير بيت من المسلمين
But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.
Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba alaleema
وتركنا فيها آية للذين يخافون العذاب الأليم
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firAAawna bisultanin mubeenin
وفي موسى إذ أرسلناه إلى فرعون بسلطان مبين
And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.
And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.
Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun
فتولى بركنه وقال ساحر أو مجنون
But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."
Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun
فأخذناه وجنوده فنبذناهم في اليم وهو مليم
So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.
So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.
Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema
وفي عاد إذ أرسلنا عليهم الريح العقيم
And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.
And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.
Ma tatharu min shayin atat AAalayhi illa jaAAalathu kaalrrameemi
ما تذر من شيء أتت عليه إلا جعلته كالرميم
It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaAAoo hatta heenin
وفي ثمود إذ قيل لهم تمتعوا حتى حين
And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."
FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona
فعتوا عن أمر ربهم فأخذتهم الصاعقة وهم ينظرون
But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.
But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena
فما استطاعوا من قيام وما كانوا منتصرين
So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves -
And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.
Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena
وقوم نوح من قبل ۖ إنهم كانوا قوما فاسقين
And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.
And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.
Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona
والسماء بنيناها بأيد وإنا لموسعون
And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.
Waalarda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona
والأرض فرشناها فنعم الماهدون
And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.
Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona
ومن كل شيء خلقنا زوجين لعلكم تذكرون
And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember.
Fafirroo ila Allahi innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
ففروا إلى الله ۖ إني لكم منه نذير مبين
Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
Wala tajAAaloo maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
ولا تجعلوا مع الله إلها آخر ۖ 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 do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
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
Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona
أتواصوا به ۚ بل هم قوم طاغون
Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.
Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.
Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin
فتول عنهم فما أنت بملوم
Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed.
Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaAAu almumineena
وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين
And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.
Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaAAbudooni
وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون
And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni
ما أريد منهم من رزق وما أريد أن يطعمون
I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.
I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu
إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين
Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.
Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaAAjiloona
فإن للذين ظلموا ذنوبا مثل ذنوب أصحابهم فلا يستعجلون
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 indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their predecessors, so let them not impatiently urge Me.
Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona
فويل للذين كفروا من يومهم الذي يوعدون
Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.
And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.