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
By the (Winds) that scatter broadcast;
And (the clouds) that bear heavy weight of water.
فالحاملات وقرا
And those that lift and bear away heavy weights;
And (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness.
فالجاريات يسرا
And those that flow with ease and gentleness;
And those (angels) who distribute (provisions, rain, and other blessings) by (Allah's) Command.
فالمقسمات أمرا
And those that distribute and apportion by 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
Verily that which ye are promised is true;
And verily, the Recompense is sure to happen.
وإن الدين لواقع
And verily Judgment and Justice must indeed come to pass.
By the heaven full of paths,
والسماء ذات الحبك
By the Sky with (its) numerous Paths,
Certainly, you have different ideas (about Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur'an).
إنكم لفي قول مختلف
Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant,
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
Through which are deluded (away from the Truth) such as would be deluded.
Cursed be the liars
قتل الخراصون
Woe to the falsehood - mongers, -
Who are under a cover of heedlessness (think not about the gravity of the Hereafter),
الذين هم في غمرة ساهون
Those who (flounder) heedless in a flood of confusion:
They ask: "When will be the Day of Recompense?"
يسألون أيان يوم الدين
They ask, "When will be the Day of Judgment and Justice?"
(It will be) a Day when they will be tried (punished i.e. burnt) over the Fire!
يوم هم على النار يفتنون
(It will be) a Day when they will be tried (and tested) over 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 ye your trial! This is what ye used to ask to be hastened!"
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
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs,
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 joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because, before then, they lived a good life.
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 were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,
And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allah) for forgiveness.
وبالأسحار هم يستغفرون
And in the hour of early dawn, they (were found) praying for 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 wealth and possessions (was remembered) the right of the (needy,) him who asked, and him who (for some reason) was prevented (from asking).
And on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty.
وفي الأرض آيات للموقنين
On the earth are signs for those of assured Faith,
And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see?
وفي أنفسكم ۚ أفلا تبصرون
As also in your own selves: Will ye not then see?
And in the heaven is your provision, and that which you are promised.
وفي السماء رزقكم وما توعدون
And in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye are promised.
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
Then, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very Truth, as much as the fact that ye can speak intelligently to each other.
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 the story reached thee, of the honoured guests of Abraham?
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
Behold, they entered his presence, and said: "Peace!" He said, "Peace!" (and thought, "These seem) unusual 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 quickly to his household, brought out a fatted calf,
And placed it before them, (saying): "Will you not eat?"
فقربه إليهم قال ألا تأكلون
And placed it before them.. he said, "Will ye 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
(When they did not eat), He conceived a fear of them. They said, "Fear not," and they gave him glad tidings of a son endowed with 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
But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead and said: "A barren old 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, "Even so has thy Lord spoken: and He is full of Wisdom and Knowledge."
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"
۞ قال فما خطبكم أيها المرسلون
(Abraham) said: "And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand (now)?"
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, "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin; -
To send down upon them stones of baked clay.
لنرسل عليهم حجارة من طين
"To bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone),
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
"Marked as from thy Lord for those who trespass beyond bounds."
So We brought out from therein the believers.
فأخرجنا من كان فيها من المؤمنين
Then We evacuated those of the Believers who were there,
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 found not there any just (Muslim) persons except in one house:
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 there a Sign for such as fear the Grievous Penalty.
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 Moses (was another Sign): Behold, We sent him to Pharaoh, with authority manifest.
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 (Pharaoh) turned back with his Chiefs, and said, "A sorcerer, or one possessed!"
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 took him and his forces, and threw them into the sea; and his was the blame.
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 the 'Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them the devastating 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 left nothing whatever that it came up against, but reduced it to ruin and rottenness.
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 the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were told, "Enjoy (your brief day) for a little 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 insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning noise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were looking on.
Then they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
فما استطاعوا من قيام وما كانوا منتصرين
Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they help 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
So were the People of Noah before them for they wickedly transgressed.
With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof.
والسماء بنيناها بأيد وإنا لموسعون
With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of pace.
And We have spread out the earth: how Excellent Spreader (thereof) are We!
والأرض فرشناها فنعم الماهدون
And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do spread 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 every thing We have created pairs: That ye may receive instruction.
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
Hasten ye then (at once) to Allah: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open!
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 make not another an object of worship with Allah: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open!
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
Similarly, no messenger came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!
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
Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!
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
So turn away from them: not thine is the 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
But teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers.
And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone).
وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون
I have only created Jinns and men, that they may 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
No Sustenance do I require of them, nor do I require that they should feed Me.
Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong.
إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين
For Allah is He Who gives (all) Sustenance, - Lord of Power, - Steadfast (for ever).
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
For the Wrong - doers, their portion is like unto the portion of their fellows (of earlier generations): then let them not ask Me to hasten (that portion)!
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
Woe, then, to the Unbelievers, on account of that Day of theirs which they have been promised!