Chapter 51, 60 verses
By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والذاريات ذروا
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By (the winds) that scatter dust.
And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]
فالحاملات وقرا
And (the clouds) that bear heavy weight of water.
And those [ships] sailing with ease
فالجاريات يسرا
And (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness.
And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter,
فالمقسمات أمرا
And those (angels) who distribute (provisions, rain, and other blessings) by (Allah's) Command.
Indeed, what you are promised is true.
إنما توعدون لصادق
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.
And indeed, the recompense is to occur.
وإن الدين لواقع
And verily, the Recompense is sure to happen.
By the heaven containing pathways,
والسماء ذات الحبك
By the heaven full of paths,
Indeed, you are in differing speech.
إنكم لفي قول مختلف
Certainly, you have different ideas (about Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur'an).
Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.
يؤفك عنه من أفك
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).
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 under a cover of heedlessness (think not about the gravity of the Hereafter),
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
يسألون أيان يوم الدين
They ask: "When will be the Day of Recompense?"
[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire
يوم هم على النار يفتنون
(It will be) a Day when they will be tried (punished i.e. burnt) over 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 you your trial (punishment i.e. burning)! This is what you used to ask to be hastened!"
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
إن المتقين في جنات وعيون
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs (in the Paradise),
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 joy in the things which their Lord has given them. Verily, they were before this Muhsinun (good-doers. See V.2:112).
They used to sleep but little of the night,
كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون
They used to sleep but little by night [invoking their Lord (Allah) and praying, with fear and hope].
And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
وبالأسحار هم يستغفرون
And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allah) for forgiveness.
And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.
وفي أموالهم حق للسائل والمحروم
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) .
And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
وفي الأرض آيات للموقنين
And on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty.
And in yourselves. Then will you not see?
وفي أنفسكم ۚ أفلا تبصرون
And also in your ownselves. 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 provision, and that which you are promised.
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
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.
Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -
هل أتاك حديث ضيف إبراهيم المكرمين
Has the story reached you, of the honoured guests [three angels; Jibril (Gabriel) along with another two] of Ibrahim (Abraham)?
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 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."
Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf
فراغ إلى أهله فجاء بعجل سمين
Then he turned to his household, and brought out a roasted calf [as the property of Ibrahim (Abraham) was mainly cows].
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
فقربه إليهم قال ألا تأكلون
And placed it before them, (saying): "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
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).
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 forward with a loud voice: she smote her face, and said: "A barren old 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: "Even so says your Lord. Verily, He is the All-Wise, the All-Knower."
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
۞ قال فما خطبكم أيها المرسلون
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals
قالوا إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم مجرمين
They said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in Allah)
To send down upon them stones of clay,
لنرسل عليهم حجارة من طين
To send down upon them stones of baked clay.
Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
مسومة عند ربك للمسرفين
Marked by your Lord for the Musrifun (polytheists, criminals, sinners - those who trespass Allah's set limits in evil-doings by committing great sins).
So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers.
فأخرجنا من كان فيها من المؤمنين
So We brought out from therein the believers.
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.
فما وجدنا فيها غير بيت من المسلمين
But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one [of Lut (Lot) and his two daughters].
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
وتركنا فيها آية للذين يخافون العذاب الأليم
And We have left there a sign (i.e. the place of the Dead Sea in Palestine) for those who fear the painful torment.
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 (Moses) (too, there is a sign), when We sent him to Fir'aun (Pharaoh) with a manifest authority.
But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."
فتولى بركنه وقال ساحر أو مجنون
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] turned away (from Belief in might) along with his hosts, and said: "A sorcerer, or a madman."
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 took him and his hosts, and dumped them into the sea, for he was blameworthy.
And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.
وفي عاد إذ أرسلنا عليهم الريح العقيم
And in 'Ad (there is also a sign) when We sent against them the barren 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 spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins.
And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."
وفي ثمود إذ قيل لهم تمتعوا حتى حين
And in Thamud (there is also a sign), when they were told: "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 insolently defied the Command of their Lord, so the Sa'iqah overtook them while they were looking.
And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.
فما استطاعوا من قيام وما كانوا منتصرين
Then they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.
وقوم نوح من قبل ۖ إنهم كانوا قوما فاسقين
(So were) the people of Nuh (Noah) before them. Verily, they were a people who were Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.
والسماء بنيناها بأيد وإنا لموسعون
With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof.
And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.
والأرض فرشناها فنعم الماهدون
And We have spread out the earth: how Excellent Spreader (thereof) are We!
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 remember (the Grace of Allah).
So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
ففروا إلى الله ۖ إني لكم منه نذير مبين
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.
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 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.
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
Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"
Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.
أتواصوا به ۚ بل هم قوم طاغون
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)!
So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed.
فتول عنهم فما أنت بملوم
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).
And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.
وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين
And remind (by preaching the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), for verily, the reminding profits the believers.
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون
And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone).
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 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).
Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.
إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين
Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most 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
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!
And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.
فويل للذين كفروا من يومهم الذي يوعدون
Then woe to those who disbelieve (in Allah and His Oneness - Islamic Monotheism) from their Day which they have been promised (for their punishment).