Chapter 51, 60 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By (the winds) that scatter dust.
I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًا
And (the clouds) that bear heavy weight of water.
Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).
فَٱلْحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقْرًا
And (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness.
Then those (ships) that glide easily,
فَٱلْجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسْرًا
And those (angels) who distribute (provisions, rain, and other blessings) by (Allah's) Command.
Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;
فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمْرًا
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.
What you are threatened with is most surely true,
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ
And verily, the Recompense is sure to happen.
And the judgment must most surely come about.
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
By the heaven full of paths,
I swear by the heaven full of ways.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ
Certainly, you have different ideas (about Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur'an).
Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ
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).
He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
Cursed be the liars
Cursed be the liars,
قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ
Who are under a cover of heedlessness (think not about the gravity of the Hereafter),
Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ
They ask: "When will be the Day of Recompense?"
They ask: When is the day of judgment?
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
(It will be) a Day when they will be tried (punished i.e. burnt) over the Fire!
(It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
"Taste you your trial (punishment i.e. burning)! This is what you used to ask to be hastened!"
Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.
ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs (in the Paradise),
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Taking joy in the things which their Lord has given them. Verily, they were before this Muhsinun (good-doers. See V.2:112).
Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
They used to sleep but little by night [invoking their Lord (Allah) and praying, with fear and hope].
They used to sleep but little in the night.
كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allah) for forgiveness.
And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
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) .
And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).
وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
And on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty.
And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ
And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see?
And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And in the heaven is your provision, and that which you are promised.
And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.
وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
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.
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ
Has the story reached you, of the honoured guests [three angels; Jibril (Gabriel) along with another two] of Ibrahim (Abraham)?
Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
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."
When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا قَالَ سَلَٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
Then he turned to his household, and brought out a roasted calf [as the property of Ibrahim (Abraham) was mainly cows].
Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ
And placed it before them, (saying): "Will you not eat?"
So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
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).
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 قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ
Then his wife came forward with a loud voice: she smote her face, and said: "A barren old woman!"
Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!
فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
They said: "Even so says your Lord. Verily, He is the All-Wise, the All-Knower."
They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"
He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
They said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in Allah)
They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
To send down upon them stones of baked clay.
That we may send down upon them stone of clay,
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ
Marked by your Lord for the Musrifun (polytheists, criminals, sinners - those who trespass Allah's set limits in evil-doings by committing great sins).
Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
So We brought out from therein the believers.
Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one [of Lut (Lot) and his two daughters].
But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
And We have left there a sign (i.e. the place of the Dead Sea in Palestine) for those who fear the painful torment.
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
And in Musa (Moses) (too, there is a sign), when We sent him to Fir'aun (Pharaoh) with a manifest authority.
And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.
وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] turned away (from Belief in might) along with his hosts, and said: "A sorcerer, or a madman."
But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
So We took him and his hosts, and dumped them into the sea, for he was blameworthy.
So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.
فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
And in 'Ad (there is also a sign) when We sent against them the barren wind;
And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.
وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ
It spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins.
It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
And in Thamud (there is also a sign), when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while!"
And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord, so the Sa'iqah overtook them while they were looking.
But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.
فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
Then they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves -
فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ
(So were) the people of Nuh (Noah) before them. Verily, they were a people who were Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).
And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ
With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof.
And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
And We have spread out the earth: how Excellent Spreader (thereof) are We!
And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ
And of everything We have created pairs, that you may remember (the Grace of Allah).
And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
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.
Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
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.
And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"
Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
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)!
Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
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).
Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ
And remind (by preaching the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), for verily, the reminding profits the believers.
And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone).
And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
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).
I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong.
Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ
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!
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 ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
Then woe to those who disbelieve (in Allah and His Oneness - Islamic Monotheism) from their Day which they have been promised (for their punishment).
Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ