English - Chapter 51 - Adh-Dhariyat

By the winds dispersing and scattering the dust

and by the clouds bearing a load of rain

by the ships running swiftly in the sea

and by the angels who distribute things necessary for the support of all creatures

Verily that wherewith ye are threatened is certainly true

and the last judgment will surely come

By the heaven furnished with paths

ye widely differ in what ye say

He will be turned aside from the faith, who shall be turned aside by the divine decree

Cursed be the liars

who wade in deep waters of ignorance, neglecting their salvation

They ask, when will the day of judgment come

On that day shall they be burned in hell fire

and it shall be said unto them, taste your punishment; this is what ye demanded to be hastened

But the pious shall dwell among gardens and fountains

receiving that which their Lord shall give them; because they were righteous doers before this day

They slept but a small part of the night

and early in the morning they asked pardon of God

And a due portion of their wealth was given unto him who asked, and unto him who was forbidden by shame to ask

There are signs of the divine power and goodness in the earth, unto men of sound understanding

and also in your own selves: Will ye not therefore consider

Your sustenance is in the heaven; and also that which ye are promised

Wherefore by the Lord of heaven and earth I swear that this is certainly the truth; according to what yourselves speak

Hath not the story of Abraham's honoured guests come to thy knowledge

When they went in unto him, and said, peace: He answered, peace; saying within himself, these are unknown people

And he went privately unto his family, and brought a fatted calf

And he set it before them, and when he saw they touched it not, he said, do ye not eat

And he began to entertain a fear of them. They said, fear not: And they declared unto him the promise of a wise youth

And his wife drew near with exclamation, and she smote her face, and said, I am an old woman, and barren

The angels answered, thus saith thy Lord: Verily He is the wise, the knowing

And Abraham said unto them, what is your errand, therefore O messengers of God

They answered, verily we are sent unto a wicked people

That we may send down upon them stones of baked clay

marked from thy Lord, for the destruction of transgressors

And we brought forth the true believers who were in the city

But we found not therein more than one family of Moslems

And we overthrew the same, and left a sign therein unto those who dread the severe chastisement of God

In Moses also was a sign: When We sent him unto Pharaoh with manifest power

But he turned back, with his princes, saying, this man is a sorcerer, or a madman

Wherefore We took him and his forces, and cast them into the sea: And he was one worthy of reprehension

And in the tribe of Ad also was a sign: When We sent against them a destroying wind

it touched not ought, whereon it came, but it rendered the same as a thing rotten and reduced to dust

In Thamud likewise was a sign: When it was said unto them, enjoy yourselves for a time

But they insolently transgressed the command of their Lord: Wherefore a terrible noise from heaven assailed them, while they looked on

and they were not able to stand on their feet, neither did they save themselves from destruction

And the people of Noah did We destroy before these: For they were a people who enormously transgressed

We have built the heaven with might; and We have given it a large extent

And of every thing have We created two kinds, that peradventure ye may consider

Fly, therefore, unto God; verily I am a public warner unto you, from Him

And set not up another god with the true God: Verily I am a public warner unto you, from Him

In like manner there came no apostle unto their predecessors, but they said, this man is a magician, or a madman

Have they bequeathed this behaviour successively the one to the other? Yea; they are a people who enormously transgress

Wherefore withdraw from them; and thou shalt not be blameworthy in so doing

Yet continue to admonish: For admonition profiteth the true believers

I have not created genii and men for any other end than that they should serve Me

I require not any sustenance from them; neither will I that they feed Me

Verily God is He who provideth for all creatures; possessed of mighty power

Unto those who shall injure our apostle shall be given a portion like unto the portion of those who behaved like them in times past; and they shall not wish the same to be hastened

Woe, therefore, to the unbelievers, because of their day with which they are threatened