Chapter 51, 60 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By (the winds) that scatter dust.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والذاريات ذروا
I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
And (the clouds) that bear heavy weight of water.
فالحاملات وقرا
Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).
And (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness.
فالجاريات يسرا
Then those (ships) that glide easily,
And those (angels) who distribute (provisions, rain, and other blessings) by (Allah's) Command.
فالمقسمات أمرا
Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;
Verily, that which you are promised (i.e. Resurrection in the Hereafter and receiving the reward or punishment of good or bad deeds) is surely true.
إنما توعدون لصادق
What you are threatened with is most surely true,
And verily, the Recompense is sure to happen.
وإن الدين لواقع
And the judgment must most surely come about.
By the heaven full of paths,
والسماء ذات الحبك
I swear by the heaven full of ways.
Certainly, you have different ideas (about Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur'an).
إنكم لفي قول مختلف
Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,
Turned aside therefrom (i.e. from Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur'an) is he who is turned aside (by the Decree and Preordainment القضاء والقدر of Allah).
يؤفك عنه من أفك
He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
Cursed be the liars
قتل الخراصون
Cursed be the liars,
Who are under a cover of heedlessness (think not about the gravity of the Hereafter),
الذين هم في غمرة ساهون
Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
They ask: "When will be the Day of Recompense?"
يسألون أيان يوم الدين
They ask: When is the day of judgment?
(It will be) a Day when they will be tried (punished i.e. burnt) over the Fire!
يوم هم على النار يفتنون
(It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.
"Taste you your trial (punishment i.e. burning)! This is what you used to ask to be hastened!"
ذوقوا فتنتكم هذا الذي كنتم به تستعجلون
Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs (in the Paradise),
إن المتقين في جنات وعيون
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.
Taking joy in the things which their Lord has given them. Verily, they were before this Muhsinun (good-doers. See V.2:112).
آخذين ما آتاهم ربهم ۚ إنهم كانوا قبل ذلك محسنين
Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.
They used to sleep but little by night [invoking their Lord (Allah) and praying, with fear and hope].
كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون
They used to sleep but little in the night.
And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allah) for forgiveness.
وبالأسحار هم يستغفرون
And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
And in their properties there was the right of the Sa'il (the beggar who asks) and the Mahrum (the poor who does not ask others) .
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 on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty.
وفي الأرض آيات للموقنين
And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see?
وفي أنفسكم ۚ أفلا تبصرون
And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
And in the heaven is your provision, and that which you are promised.
وفي السماء رزقكم وما توعدون
And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.
Then by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, it is the truth (i.e. what has been promised to you), just as it is the truth that you can speak.
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.
Has the story reached you, of the honoured guests [three angels; Jibril (Gabriel) along with another two] of Ibrahim (Abraham)?
هل أتاك حديث ضيف إبراهيم المكرمين
Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?
When they came in to him and said: "Salam, (peace be upon you)!" He answered: "Salam, (peace be upon you)," and said: "You are a people unknown to me."
إذ دخلوا عليه فقالوا سلاما ۖ قال سلام قوم منكرون
When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
Then he turned to his household, and brought out a roasted calf [as the property of Ibrahim (Abraham) was mainly cows].
فراغ إلى أهله فجاء بعجل سمين
Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
And placed it before them, (saying): "Will you not eat?"
فقربه إليهم قال ألا تأكلون
So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?
Then he conceived fear of them (when they ate not). They said: "Fear not." And they gave him glad tidings of a son having knowledge (about Allah and His religion of True Monotheism).
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.
Then his wife came forward with a loud voice: she smote her face, and said: "A barren old woman!"
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!
They said: "Even so says your Lord. Verily, He is the All-Wise, the All-Knower."
قالوا كذلك قال ربك ۖ إنه هو الحكيم العليم
They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"
۞ قال فما خطبكم أيها المرسلون
He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!
They said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in Allah)
قالوا إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم مجرمين
They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
To send down upon them stones of baked clay.
لنرسل عليهم حجارة من طين
That we may send down upon them stone of clay,
Marked by your Lord for the Musrifun (polytheists, criminals, sinners - those who trespass Allah's set limits in evil-doings by committing great sins).
مسومة عند ربك للمسرفين
Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.
So We brought out from therein the believers.
فأخرجنا من كان فيها من المؤمنين
Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.
But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one [of Lut (Lot) and his two daughters].
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 have left there a sign (i.e. the place of the Dead Sea in Palestine) for those who fear the painful torment.
وتركنا فيها آية للذين يخافون العذاب الأليم
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
And in Musa (Moses) (too, there is a sign), when We sent him to Fir'aun (Pharaoh) with a manifest authority.
وفي موسى إذ أرسلناه إلى فرعون بسلطان مبين
And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] turned away (from Belief in might) along with his hosts, and said: "A sorcerer, or a madman."
فتولى بركنه وقال ساحر أو مجنون
But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
So We took him and his hosts, and dumped them into the sea, for he was blameworthy.
فأخذناه وجنوده فنبذناهم في اليم وهو مليم
So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.
And in 'Ad (there is also a sign) when We sent against them the barren wind;
وفي عاد إذ أرسلنا عليهم الريح العقيم
And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.
It spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins.
ما تذر من شيء أتت عليه إلا جعلته كالرميم
It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.
And in Thamud (there is also a sign), when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while!"
وفي ثمود إذ قيل لهم تمتعوا حتى حين
And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord, so the Sa'iqah overtook them while they were looking.
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.
Then they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
فما استطاعوا من قيام وما كانوا منتصرين
So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves -
(So were) the people of Nuh (Noah) before them. Verily, they were a people who were Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).
وقوم نوح من قبل ۖ إنهم كانوا قوما فاسقين
And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.
With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof.
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 We have spread out the earth: how Excellent Spreader (thereof) are We!
والأرض فرشناها فنعم الماهدون
And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
And of everything We have created pairs, that you may remember (the Grace of Allah).
ومن كل شيء خلقنا زوجين لعلكم تذكرون
And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
So flee to Allah (from His Torment to His Mercy - Islamic Monotheism). Verily, I (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) am a plain warner to you from Him.
ففروا إلى الله ۖ إني لكم منه نذير مبين
Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
And set not up (or worship not) any other ilah (god) along with Allah [Glorified be He (Alone), Exalted above all that they associate as partners with Him]. Verily, I (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) am a plain warner to you from Him.
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.
Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"
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.
Have they (the people of the past) transmitted this saying to these (Quraish pagans)? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds (in disbelief)!
أتواصوا به ۚ بل هم قوم طاغون
Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.
So turn away (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) from them (Quraish pagans), you are not blame-worthy (as you have conveyed Allah's Message).
فتول عنهم فما أنت بملوم
Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
And remind (by preaching the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), for verily, the reminding profits the believers.
وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين
And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone).
وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون
And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
I seek not any provision from them (i.e. provision for themselves or for My creatures) nor do I ask that they should feed Me (i.e. feed themselves or My creatures).
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.
Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong.
إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين
Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a portion of torment like to the evil portion of torment (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on!
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.
Then woe to those who disbelieve (in Allah and His Oneness - Islamic Monotheism) from their Day which they have been promised (for their punishment).
فويل للذين كفروا من يومهم الذي يوعدون
Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.