Al Zariyat

1 Waalththariyati tharwan

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

2 Faalhamilati wiqran

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

3 Faaljariyati yusran

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

4 Faalmuqassimati amran

4 And those who distribute (blessings) by command,

5 Innama tooAAadoona lasadiqun

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

6 Wainna alddeena lawaqiAAun

6 And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.

7 Waalssamai thati alhubuki

7 By the heaven full of paths,

8 Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin

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

9 Yufaku AAanhu man ofika

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

10 Qutila alkharrasoona

10 Accursed be the conjecturers

11 Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoona

11 Who are careless in an abyss!

12 Yasaloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni

12 They ask: When is the Day of Judgment ?

13 Yawma hum AAala alnnari yuftanoona

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

14 Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona

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

15 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

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

16 Akhitheena ma atahum rabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineena

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

17 Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaAAoona

17 They used to sleep but little of the night,

18 Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona

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

19 Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi

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

20 Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena

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

21 Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona

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

22 Wafee alssamai rizqukum wama tooAAadoona

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

23 Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona

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

24 Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena

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

25 Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroona

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

26 Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biAAijlin sameenin

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

27 Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala takuloona

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

28 Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo la takhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleemin

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

29 Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun

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

30 Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu

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

31 Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona

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

32 Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

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

33 Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin

33 That we may send upon them stones of clay,

34 Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena

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

35 Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena

35 Then we brought forth such believers as were there.

36 Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena

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

37 Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba alaleema

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

38 Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firAAawna bisultanin mubeenin

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

39 Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun

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

40 Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun

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

41 Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema

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

42 Ma tatharu min shayin atat AAalayhi illa jaAAalathu kaalrrameemi

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

43 Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaAAoo hatta heenin

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

44 FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona

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

45 Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena

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

46 Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena

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

47 Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona

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

48 Waalarda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona

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

49 Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona

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

50 Fafirroo ila Allahi innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun

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

51 Wala tajAAaloo maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun

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

52 Kathalika ma ata allatheena min qablihim min rasoolin illa qaloo sahirun aw majnoonun

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

53 Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona

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

54 Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin

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

55 Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaAAu almumineena

55 And warn, for warning profiteth believers.

56 Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaAAbudooni

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

57 Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni

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

58 Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu

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

59 Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaAAjiloona

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 Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona

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