Al Zariyat

Yusuf Ali

1 By the (Winds) that scatter broadcast;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By (the winds) that scatter dust.

Shakir

1 I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,

Yusuf Ali

2 And those that lift and bear away heavy weights;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And (the clouds) that bear heavy weight of water.

Shakir

2 Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).

Yusuf Ali

3 And those that flow with ease and gentleness;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness.

Shakir

3 Then those (ships) that glide easily,

Yusuf Ali

4 And those that distribute and apportion by Command; -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And those (angels) who distribute (provisions, rain, and other blessings) by (Allah's) Command.

Shakir

4 Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;

Yusuf Ali

5 Verily that which ye are promised is true;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 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.

Shakir

5 What you are threatened with is most surely true,

Yusuf Ali

6 And verily Judgment and Justice must indeed come to pass.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 And verily, the Recompense is sure to happen.

Shakir

6 And the judgment must most surely come about.

Yusuf Ali

7 By the Sky with (its) numerous Paths,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 By the heaven full of paths,

Shakir

7 I swear by the heaven full of ways.

Yusuf Ali

8 Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 Certainly, you have different ideas (about Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur'an).

Shakir

8 Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,

Yusuf Ali

9 Through which are deluded (away from the Truth) such as would be deluded.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 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).

Shakir

9 He is turned away from it who would be turned away.

Yusuf Ali

10 Woe to the falsehood - mongers, -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Cursed be the liars

Shakir

10 Cursed be the liars,

Yusuf Ali

11 Those who (flounder) heedless in a flood of confusion:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 Who are under a cover of heedlessness (think not about the gravity of the Hereafter),

Shakir

11 Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;

Yusuf Ali

12 They ask, "When will be the Day of Judgment and Justice?"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 They ask: "When will be the Day of Recompense?"

Shakir

12 They ask: When is the day of judgment?

Yusuf Ali

13 (It will be) a Day when they will be tried (and tested) over the Fire!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 (It will be) a Day when they will be tried (punished i.e. burnt) over the Fire!

Shakir

13 (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.

Yusuf Ali

14 "Taste ye your trial! This is what ye used to ask to be hastened!"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 "Taste you your trial (punishment i.e. burning)! This is what you used to ask to be hastened!"

Shakir

14 Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.

Yusuf Ali

15 As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs (in the Paradise),

Shakir

15 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.

Yusuf Ali

16 Taking joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because, before then, they lived a good life.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Taking joy in the things which their Lord has given them. Verily, they were before this Muhsinun (good-doers. See V.2:112).

Shakir

16 Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.

Yusuf Ali

17 They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 They used to sleep but little by night [invoking their Lord (Allah) and praying, with fear and hope].

Shakir

17 They used to sleep but little in the night.

Yusuf Ali

18 And in the hour of early dawn, they (were found) praying for Forgiveness;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allah) for forgiveness.

Shakir

18 And in the morning they asked forgiveness.

Yusuf Ali

19 And in their wealth and possessions (was remembered) the right of the (needy,) him who asked, and him who (for some reason) was prevented (from asking).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 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) .

Shakir

19 And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).

Yusuf Ali

20 On the earth are signs for those of assured Faith,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 And on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty.

Shakir

20 And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,

Yusuf Ali

21 As also in your own selves: Will ye not then see?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see?

Shakir

21 And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?

Yusuf Ali

22 And in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye are promised.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 And in the heaven is your provision, and that which you are promised.

Shakir

22 And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.

Yusuf Ali

23 Then, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very Truth, as much as the fact that ye can speak intelligently to each other.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 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.

Shakir

23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.

Yusuf Ali

24 Has the story reached thee, of the honoured guests of Abraham?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Has the story reached you, of the honoured guests [three angels; Jibril (Gabriel) along with another two] of Ibrahim (Abraham)?

Shakir

24 Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?

Yusuf Ali

25 Behold, they entered his presence, and said: "Peace!" He said, "Peace!" (and thought, "These seem) unusual people."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 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."

Shakir

25 When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.

Yusuf Ali

26 Then he turned quickly to his household, brought out a fatted calf,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 Then he turned to his household, and brought out a roasted calf [as the property of Ibrahim (Abraham) was mainly cows].

Shakir

26 Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,

Yusuf Ali

27 And placed it before them.. he said, "Will ye not eat?"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And placed it before them, (saying): "Will you not eat?"

Shakir

27 So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?

Yusuf Ali

28 (When they did not eat), He conceived a fear of them. They said, "Fear not," and they gave him glad tidings of a son endowed with knowledge.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 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).

Shakir

28 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.

Yusuf Ali

29 But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead and said: "A barren old woman!"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Then his wife came forward with a loud voice: she smote her face, and said: "A barren old woman!"

Shakir

29 Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!

Yusuf Ali

30 They said, "Even so has thy Lord spoken: and He is full of Wisdom and Knowledge."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 They said: "Even so says your Lord. Verily, He is the All-Wise, the All-Knower."

Shakir

30 They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.

Yusuf Ali

31 (Abraham) said: "And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand (now)?"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"

Shakir

31 He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!

Yusuf Ali

32 They said, "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin; -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 They said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in Allah)

Shakir

32 They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,

Yusuf Ali

33 "To bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone),

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 To send down upon them stones of baked clay.

Shakir

33 That we may send down upon them stone of clay,

Yusuf Ali

34 "Marked as from thy Lord for those who trespass beyond bounds."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 Marked by your Lord for the Musrifun (polytheists, criminals, sinners - those who trespass Allah's set limits in evil-doings by committing great sins).

Shakir

34 Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.

Yusuf Ali

35 Then We evacuated those of the Believers who were there,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 So We brought out from therein the believers.

Shakir

35 Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.

Yusuf Ali

36 But We found not there any just (Muslim) persons except in one house:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one [of Lut (Lot) and his two daughters].

Shakir

36 But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).

Yusuf Ali

37 And We left there a Sign for such as fear the Grievous Penalty.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 And We have left there a sign (i.e. the place of the Dead Sea in Palestine) for those who fear the painful torment.

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

38 And in Moses (was another Sign): Behold, We sent him to Pharaoh, with authority manifest.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 And in Musa (Moses) (too, there is a sign), when We sent him to Fir'aun (Pharaoh) with a manifest authority.

Shakir

38 And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.

Yusuf Ali

39 But (Pharaoh) turned back with his Chiefs, and said, "A sorcerer, or one possessed!"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] turned away (from Belief in might) along with his hosts, and said: "A sorcerer, or a madman."

Shakir

39 But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.

Yusuf Ali

40 So We took him and his forces, and threw them into the sea; and his was the blame.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 So We took him and his hosts, and dumped them into the sea, for he was blameworthy.

Shakir

40 So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.

Yusuf Ali

41 And in the 'Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them the devastating Wind:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

41 And in 'Ad (there is also a sign) when We sent against them the barren wind;

Shakir

41 And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.

Yusuf Ali

42 It left nothing whatever that it came up against, but reduced it to ruin and rottenness.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 It spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins.

Shakir

42 It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.

Yusuf Ali

43 And in the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were told, "Enjoy (your brief day) for a little while!"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

43 And in Thamud (there is also a sign), when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while!"

Shakir

43 And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.

Yusuf Ali

44 But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning noise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were looking on.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

44 But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord, so the Sa'iqah overtook them while they were looking.

Shakir

44 But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.

Yusuf Ali

45 Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they help themselves.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

45 So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves -

Yusuf Ali

46 So were the People of Noah before them for they wickedly transgressed.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

46 (So were) the people of Nuh (Noah) before them. Verily, they were a people who were Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).

Shakir

46 And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.

Yusuf Ali

47 With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of pace.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

47 With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof.

Shakir

47 And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.

Yusuf Ali

48 And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do spread out!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

48 And We have spread out the earth: how Excellent Spreader (thereof) are We!

Shakir

48 And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.

Yusuf Ali

49 And of every thing We have created pairs: That ye may receive instruction.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

49 And of everything We have created pairs, that you may remember (the Grace of Allah).

Shakir

49 And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.

Yusuf Ali

50 Hasten ye then (at once) to Allah: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

50 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.

Shakir

50 Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.

Yusuf Ali

51 And make not another an object of worship with Allah: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

51 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.

Shakir

51 And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.

Yusuf Ali

52 Similarly, no messenger came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

52 Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"

Shakir

52 Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.

Yusuf Ali

53 Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

53 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)!

Shakir

53 Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.

Yusuf Ali

54 So turn away from them: not thine is the blame.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

54 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).

Shakir

54 Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;

Yusuf Ali

55 But teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

55 And remind (by preaching the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), for verily, the reminding profits the believers.

Shakir

55 And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.

Yusuf Ali

56 I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

56 And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone).

Shakir

56 And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.

Yusuf Ali

57 No Sustenance do I require of them, nor do I require that they should feed Me.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

57 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).

Shakir

57 I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.

Yusuf Ali

58 For Allah is He Who gives (all) Sustenance, - Lord of Power, - Steadfast (for ever).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

58 Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong.

Shakir

58 Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.

Yusuf Ali

59 For the Wrong - doers, their portion is like unto the portion of their fellows (of earlier generations): then let them not ask Me to hasten (that portion)!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

59 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!

Shakir

59 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.

Yusuf Ali

60 Woe, then, to the Unbelievers, on account of that Day of theirs which they have been promised!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

60 Then woe to those who disbelieve (in Allah and His Oneness - Islamic Monotheism) from their Day which they have been promised (for their punishment).

Shakir

60 Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.