Chapter 51, 60 verses
By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والذاريات ذروا
I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]
فالحاملات وقرا
Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).
And those [ships] sailing with ease
فالجاريات يسرا
Then those (ships) that glide easily,
And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter,
فالمقسمات أمرا
Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;
Indeed, what you are promised is true.
إنما توعدون لصادق
What you are threatened with is most surely true,
And indeed, the recompense is to occur.
وإن الدين لواقع
And the judgment must most surely come about.
By the heaven containing pathways,
والسماء ذات الحبك
I swear by the heaven full of ways.
Indeed, you are in differing speech.
إنكم لفي قول مختلف
Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,
Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.
يؤفك عنه من أفك
He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
Destroyed are the falsifiers
قتل الخراصون
Cursed be the liars,
Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.
الذين هم في غمرة ساهون
Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
يسألون أيان يوم الدين
They ask: When is the day of judgment?
[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire
يوم هم على النار يفتنون
(It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.
[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."
ذوقوا فتنتكم هذا الذي كنتم به تستعجلون
Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
إن المتقين في جنات وعيون
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.
Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
آخذين ما آتاهم ربهم ۚ إنهم كانوا قبل ذلك محسنين
Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.
They used to sleep but little of the night,
كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون
They used to sleep but little in the night.
And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
وبالأسحار هم يستغفرون
And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.
وفي أموالهم حق للسائل والمحروم
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 the certain [in faith]
وفي الأرض آيات للموقنين
And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
And in yourselves. Then will you not see?
وفي أنفسكم ۚ أفلا تبصرون
And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.
وفي السماء رزقكم وما توعدون
And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.
Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.
فورب السماء والأرض إنه لحق مثل ما أنكم تنطقون
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.
Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -
هل أتاك حديث ضيف إبراهيم المكرمين
Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?
When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.
إذ دخلوا عليه فقالوا سلاما ۖ قال سلام قوم منكرون
When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf
فراغ إلى أهله فجاء بعجل سمين
Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
فقربه إليهم قال ألا تأكلون
So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?
And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.
فأوجس منهم خيفة ۖ قالوا لا تخف ۖ وبشروه بغلام عليم
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.
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
فأقبلت امرأته في صرة فصكت وجهها وقالت عجوز عقيم
Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!
They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."
قالوا كذلك قال ربك ۖ إنه هو الحكيم العليم
They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
۞ قال فما خطبكم أيها المرسلون
He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals
قالوا إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم مجرمين
They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
To send down upon them stones of clay,
لنرسل عليهم حجارة من طين
That we may send down upon them stone of clay,
Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
مسومة عند ربك للمسرفين
Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.
So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers.
فأخرجنا من كان فيها من المؤمنين
Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.
فما وجدنا فيها غير بيت من المسلمين
But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
وتركنا فيها آية للذين يخافون العذاب الأليم
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.
وفي موسى إذ أرسلناه إلى فرعون بسلطان مبين
And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.
But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."
فتولى بركنه وقال ساحر أو مجنون
But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.
فأخذناه وجنوده فنبذناهم في اليم وهو مليم
So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.
And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.
وفي عاد إذ أرسلنا عليهم الريح العقيم
And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
ما تذر من شيء أتت عليه إلا جعلته كالرميم
It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.
And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."
وفي ثمود إذ قيل لهم تمتعوا حتى حين
And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
فعتوا عن أمر ربهم فأخذتهم الصاعقة وهم ينظرون
But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.
And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.
فما استطاعوا من قيام وما كانوا منتصرين
So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves -
And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.
وقوم نوح من قبل ۖ إنهم كانوا قوما فاسقين
And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.
والسماء بنيناها بأيد وإنا لموسعون
And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.
And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.
والأرض فرشناها فنعم الماهدون
And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember.
ومن كل شيء خلقنا زوجين لعلكم تذكرون
And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
ففروا إلى الله ۖ إني لكم منه نذير مبين
Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
ولا تجعلوا مع الله إلها آخر ۖ إني لكم منه نذير مبين
And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
كذلك ما أتى الذين من قبلهم من رسول إلا قالوا ساحر أو مجنون
Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.
Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.
أتواصوا به ۚ بل هم قوم طاغون
Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.
So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed.
فتول عنهم فما أنت بملوم
Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.
وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين
And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون
And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
ما أريد منهم من رزق وما أريد أن يطعمون
I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.
Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.
إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين
Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
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.
فإن للذين ظلموا ذنوبا مثل ذنوب أصحابهم فلا يستعجلون
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.
And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.
فويل للذين كفروا من يومهم الذي يوعدون
Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.