Al Zariyat

1 By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those that winnow with a winnowing

2 And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

2 And those that bear the burden (of the rain)

3 And those [ships] sailing with ease

3 And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)

4 And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter,

4 And those who distribute (blessings) by command,

5 Indeed, what you are promised is true.

5 Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,

6 And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

6 And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.

7 By the heaven containing pathways,

7 By the heaven full of paths,

8 Indeed, you are in differing speech.

8 Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).

9 Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.

9 He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.

10 Destroyed are the falsifiers

10 Accursed be the conjecturers

11 Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.

11 Who are careless in an abyss!

12 They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"

12 They ask: When is the Day of Judgment ?

13 [It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire

13 (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,

14 [And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

14 (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.

15 Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,

15 Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,

16 Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

16 Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;

17 They used to sleep but little of the night,

17 They used to sleep but little of the night,

18 And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

18 And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,

19 And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.

19 And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.

20 And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

20 And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.

21 And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

21 And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see ?

22 And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.

22 And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;

23 Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.

23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.

24 Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -

24 Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad) ?

25 When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.

25 When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).

26 Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf

26 Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;

27 And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"

27 And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat ?

28 And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.

28 Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.

29 And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

29 Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!

30 They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."

30 They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.

31 [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

31 (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah) ?

32 They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

32 They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,

33 To send down upon them stones of clay,

33 That we may send upon them stones of clay,

34 Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

34 Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.

35 So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers.

35 Then we brought forth such believers as were there.

36 And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.

36 But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).

37 And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

37 And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.

38 And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

38 And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,

39 But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."

39 But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.

40 So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

40 So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.

41 And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.

41 And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.

42 It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

42 It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.

43 And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

43 And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.

44 But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

44 But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;

45 And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

45 And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.

46 And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

46 And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.

47 And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

47 We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).

48 And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.

48 And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!

49 And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember.

49 And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.

50 So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

50 Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.

51 And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

51 And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.

52 Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

52 Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!

53 Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

53 Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another ? Nay, but they are froward folk.

54 So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed.

54 So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,

55 And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.

55 And warn, for warning profiteth believers.

56 And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

56 I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.

57 I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.

57 I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.

58 Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.

58 Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.

59 And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their predecessors, so let them not impatiently urge Me.

59 And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).

60 And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.

60 And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.