Chapter 51, 60 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By (the winds) that scatter dust.
Waalththariyati tharwan
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والذاريات ذروا
And (the clouds) that bear heavy weight of water.
Faalhamilati wiqran
فالحاملات وقرا
And (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness.
Faaljariyati yusran
فالجاريات يسرا
And those (angels) who distribute (provisions, rain, and other blessings) by (Allah's) Command.
Faalmuqassimati amran
فالمقسمات أمرا
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.
Innama tooAAadoona lasadiqun
إنما توعدون لصادق
And verily, the Recompense is sure to happen.
Wainna alddeena lawaqiAAun
وإن الدين لواقع
By the heaven full of paths,
Waalssamai thati alhubuki
والسماء ذات الحبك
Certainly, you have different ideas (about Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur'an).
Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin
إنكم لفي قول مختلف
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).
Yufaku AAanhu man ofika
يؤفك عنه من أفك
Cursed be the liars
Qutila alkharrasoona
قتل الخراصون
Who are under a cover of heedlessness (think not about the gravity of the Hereafter),
Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoona
الذين هم في غمرة ساهون
They ask: "When will be the Day of Recompense?"
Yasaloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni
يسألون أيان يوم الدين
(It will be) a Day when they will be tried (punished i.e. burnt) over the Fire!
Yawma hum AAala alnnari yuftanoona
يوم هم على النار يفتنون
"Taste you your trial (punishment i.e. burning)! This is what you used to ask to be hastened!"
Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona
ذوقوا فتنتكم هذا الذي كنتم به تستعجلون
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs (in the Paradise),
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
إن المتقين في جنات وعيون
Taking joy in the things which their Lord has given them. Verily, they were before this Muhsinun (good-doers. See V.2:112).
Akhitheena ma atahum rabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineena
آخذين ما آتاهم ربهم ۚ إنهم كانوا قبل ذلك محسنين
They used to sleep but little by night [invoking their Lord (Allah) and praying, with fear and hope].
Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaAAoona
كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون
And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allah) for forgiveness.
Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona
وبالأسحار هم يستغفرون
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) .
Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi
وفي أموالهم حق للسائل والمحروم
And on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty.
Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena
وفي الأرض آيات للموقنين
And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see?
Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona
وفي أنفسكم ۚ أفلا تبصرون
And in the heaven is your provision, and that which you are promised.
Wafee alssamai rizqukum wama tooAAadoona
وفي السماء رزقكم وما توعدون
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.
Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona
فورب السماء والأرض إنه لحق مثل ما أنكم تنطقون
Has the story reached you, of the honoured guests [three angels; Jibril (Gabriel) along with another two] of Ibrahim (Abraham)?
Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena
هل أتاك حديث ضيف إبراهيم المكرمين
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."
Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroona
إذ دخلوا عليه فقالوا سلاما ۖ قال سلام قوم منكرون
Then he turned to his household, and brought out a roasted calf [as the property of Ibrahim (Abraham) was mainly cows].
Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biAAijlin sameenin
فراغ إلى أهله فجاء بعجل سمين
And placed it before them, (saying): "Will you not eat?"
Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala takuloona
فقربه إليهم قال ألا تأكلون
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).
Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo la takhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleemin
فأوجس منهم خيفة ۖ قالوا لا تخف ۖ وبشروه بغلام عليم
Then his wife came forward with a loud voice: she smote her face, and said: "A barren old woman!"
Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun
فأقبلت امرأته في صرة فصكت وجهها وقالت عجوز عقيم
They said: "Even so says your Lord. Verily, He is the All-Wise, the All-Knower."
Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu
قالوا كذلك قال ربك ۖ إنه هو الحكيم العليم
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"
Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona
۞ قال فما خطبكم أيها المرسلون
They said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in Allah)
Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena
قالوا إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم مجرمين
To send down upon them stones of baked clay.
Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin
لنرسل عليهم حجارة من طين
Marked by your Lord for the Musrifun (polytheists, criminals, sinners - those who trespass Allah's set limits in evil-doings by committing great sins).
Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena
مسومة عند ربك للمسرفين
So We brought out from therein the believers.
Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena
فأخرجنا من كان فيها من المؤمنين
But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one [of Lut (Lot) and his two daughters].
Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena
فما وجدنا فيها غير بيت من المسلمين
And We have left there a sign (i.e. the place of the Dead Sea in Palestine) for those who fear the painful torment.
Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba alaleema
وتركنا فيها آية للذين يخافون العذاب الأليم
And in Musa (Moses) (too, there is a sign), when We sent him to Fir'aun (Pharaoh) with a manifest authority.
Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firAAawna bisultanin mubeenin
وفي موسى إذ أرسلناه إلى فرعون بسلطان مبين
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] turned away (from Belief in might) along with his hosts, and said: "A sorcerer, or a madman."
Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun
فتولى بركنه وقال ساحر أو مجنون
So We took him and his hosts, and dumped them into the sea, for he was blameworthy.
Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun
فأخذناه وجنوده فنبذناهم في اليم وهو مليم
And in 'Ad (there is also a sign) when We sent against them the barren wind;
Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema
وفي عاد إذ أرسلنا عليهم الريح العقيم
It spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins.
Ma tatharu min shayin atat AAalayhi illa jaAAalathu kaalrrameemi
ما تذر من شيء أتت عليه إلا جعلته كالرميم
And in Thamud (there is also a sign), when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while!"
Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaAAoo hatta heenin
وفي ثمود إذ قيل لهم تمتعوا حتى حين
But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord, so the Sa'iqah overtook them while they were looking.
FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona
فعتوا عن أمر ربهم فأخذتهم الصاعقة وهم ينظرون
Then they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena
فما استطاعوا من قيام وما كانوا منتصرين
(So were) the people of Nuh (Noah) before them. Verily, they were a people who were Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).
Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena
وقوم نوح من قبل ۖ إنهم كانوا قوما فاسقين
With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof.
Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona
والسماء بنيناها بأيد وإنا لموسعون
And We have spread out the earth: how Excellent Spreader (thereof) are We!
Waalarda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona
والأرض فرشناها فنعم الماهدون
And of everything We have created pairs, that you may remember (the Grace of Allah).
Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona
ومن كل شيء خلقنا زوجين لعلكم تذكرون
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.
Fafirroo ila Allahi innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
ففروا إلى الله ۖ إني لكم منه نذير مبين
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.
Wala tajAAaloo maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
ولا تجعلوا مع الله إلها آخر ۖ إني لكم منه نذير مبين
Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"
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
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)!
Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona
أتواصوا به ۚ بل هم قوم طاغون
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).
Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin
فتول عنهم فما أنت بملوم
And remind (by preaching the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), for verily, the reminding profits the believers.
Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaAAu almumineena
وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين
And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone).
Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaAAbudooni
وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون
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).
Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni
ما أريد منهم من رزق وما أريد أن يطعمون
Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong.
Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu
إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين
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!
Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaAAjiloona
فإن للذين ظلموا ذنوبا مثل ذنوب أصحابهم فلا يستعجلون
Then woe to those who disbelieve (in Allah and His Oneness - Islamic Monotheism) from their Day which they have been promised (for their punishment).
Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona
فويل للذين كفروا من يومهم الذي يوعدون