English - Chapter 51 - Adh-Dhariyat

By the scatterers scattering

and those bearing weighty loads

and those speeding along with ease

and those apportioning the command

what you are promised is certainly true —

the Judgement will certainly take place

By Heaven with its oscillating orbits

you certainly have differing beliefs

Averted from it is he who is averted

Death to the conjecturers

those who flounder in a glut of ignorance

asking, ´When is the Day of Judgement?´

On the Day they are tormented by the Fire

´Taste your torment! This is what you were trying to hasten!´

The people with taqwa will be among Gardens and Fountains

receiving what their Lord has given them. Certainly before that they were good-doers

The part of the night they spent asleep was small

and they would seek forgiveness before the dawn

And beggars and the destitute received a due share of their wealth

There are certainly Signs in the earth for people with certainty

and in yourselves as well. Do you not then see

Your provision is in heaven — and what you are promised

By the Lord of heaven and earth, it is certainly the truth, just as you have speech

Has the story reached you of the honoured guests of Ibrahim

When they entered his dwelling and said, ´Peace!´ he said, ´Peace, to people we do not know.´

So he slipped off to his household and brought a fattened calf

He offered it to them and then exclaimed, ´Do you not then eat?´

He felt afraid of them but they said, ´Do not be afraid!´ and gave him the good news of a son imbued with knowledge

His wife came up with a shriek and struck her face and said, ´What, and me a barren old woman!´

They said, ´That is what your Lord says. He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing.´

He inquired, ´What, then, is your business, messengers?´

They said, ´We have been sent to a people of evildoers

to unleash upon them lumps of clay

earmarked by your Lord for the profligate.´

We brought out all the muminun who were there

but found in it only one house of Muslims

And We left a Sign in it for those who fear the painful punishment

But he turned away with his forces, saying, ´A magician or a madman!´

So We seized him and his armies and hurled them into the sea, and he was to blame

And also in ´Ad when We unleashed against them the barren wind

which left nothing it touched without turning it to dust

And also in Thamud, when they were told: ´Enjoy yourselves a while!´

But they spurned their Lord´s command, so the Blast seized them as they looked

They could not stand upright and they were not helped

And the people of Nuh before, they were a people of deviators

As for heaven — We built it with great power and gave it its vast expanse

And the earth — We spread it like a carpet and how well We smoothed it out

And We created all things in pairs so that hopefully you would pay heed

So flee to Allah. Truly I bring you a clear warning from Him

Do not set up another god together with Allah. Truly I bring you a clear warning from Him

Equally, no Messenger came to those before them without their saying, ´A magician or a madman!´

Did they bequeathe this to one another? Indeed they are an unbridled people

So turn away from them, for you are not to blame

And remind them, for truly the muminun benefit from being reminded

I only created jinn and man to worship Me

I do not require any provision from them and I do not require them to nourish Me

Truly Allah, He is the Provider, the Possessor of Strength, the Sure

Those who do wrong will have their due, the same as that of their friends. So they should not hurry Me

Woe then to those who are kafir on account of the Day they have been promised