Chapter 51, 60 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By (the winds) that scatter dust.
Waalththariyati tharwan
I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
And (the clouds) that bear heavy weight of water.
Faalhamilati wiqran
Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).
And (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness.
Faaljariyati yusran
Then those (ships) that glide easily,
And those (angels) who distribute (provisions, rain, and other blessings) by (Allah's) Command.
Faalmuqassimati amran
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.
Innama tooAAadoona lasadiqun
What you are threatened with is most surely true,
And verily, the Recompense is sure to happen.
Wainna alddeena lawaqiAAun
And the judgment must most surely come about.
By the heaven full of paths,
Waalssamai thati alhubuki
I swear by the heaven full of ways.
Certainly, you have different ideas (about Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur'an).
Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin
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).
Yufaku AAanhu man ofika
He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
Cursed be the liars
Qutila alkharrasoona
Cursed be the liars,
Who are under a cover of heedlessness (think not about the gravity of the Hereafter),
Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoona
Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
They ask: "When will be the Day of Recompense?"
Yasaloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni
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!
Yawma hum AAala alnnari yuftanoona
(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!"
Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona
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),
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
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).
Akhitheena ma atahum rabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineena
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].
Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaAAoona
They used to sleep but little in the night.
And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allah) for forgiveness.
Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona
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) .
Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi
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.
Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena
And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see?
Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona
And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
And in the heaven is your provision, and that which you are promised.
Wafee alssamai rizqukum wama tooAAadoona
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.
Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona
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)?
Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena
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."
Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroona
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].
Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biAAijlin sameenin
Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
And placed it before them, (saying): "Will you not eat?"
Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala takuloona
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).
Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo la takhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleemin
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!"
Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun
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."
Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu
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?"
Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona
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)
Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena
They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
To send down upon them stones of baked clay.
Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin
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).
Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena
Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.
So We brought out from therein the believers.
Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena
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].
Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena
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.
Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba alaleema
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.
Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firAAawna bisultanin mubeenin
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."
Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun
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.
Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun
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;
Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema
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.
Ma tatharu min shayin atat AAalayhi illa jaAAalathu kaalrrameemi
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!"
Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaAAoo hatta heenin
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.
FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona
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.
Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena
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).
Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena
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.
Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona
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!
Waalarda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona
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).
Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona
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.
Fafirroo ila Allahi innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
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.
Wala tajAAaloo maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
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!"
Kathalika ma ata allatheena min qablihim min rasoolin illa qaloo sahirun aw majnoonun
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)!
Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona
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).
Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin
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.
Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaAAu almumineena
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).
Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaAAbudooni
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).
Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni
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.
Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu
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!
Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaAAjiloona
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).
Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona
Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.