English - Chapter 51 - Adh-Dhariyat

By the clouds which scatter with SCATTERING

And those which bear their load

And by those which speed lightly along

And those which apportion by command

True, indeed, is that with which ye are threatened

And lo! the judgment will surely come

By the star-tracked heaven

Ye are discordant in what ye say

But whose turneth him from the truth, is turned from it by a divine decree

Perish the liars

Who are bewildered in the depths of ignorance

They ask, "When this day of judgment

Taste ye of this your torment, whose speedy coming ye challenged

But the God-fearing shall dwell amid gardens and fountains

Enjoying what their Lord hath given them, because, aforetime they were well-doers

But little of the night was it that they slept

And at dawn they prayed for pardon

And gave due share of their wealth to the suppliant and the outcast

On Earth are signs for men of firm belief

And also in your own selves: Will ye not then behold them

The Heaven hath sustenance for you, and it containeth that which you are promised

By the Lord then of the heaven and of the earth, I swear that this is the truth, even as ye speak yourselves

Hath the story reached thee of Abraham's honoured guests

When they went in unto him and said, "Peace!" he replied, "Peace: - they are strangers

And he went apart to his family, and brought a fatted calf

And set it before them. He said, "Eat ye not

And he conceived a fear of them. They said to him, "Fear not;" and announced to him a wise son

His wife came up with outcry: she smote her face and said, "What I, old and barren

They said, "Thus saith thy Lord. He truly is the Wise, the Knowing

Said he, "And what, O messengers, is your errand

They said, "To a wicked people are we sent

To hurl upon them stones of clay

Destined by thy Lord for men guilty of excesses

And we brought forth the believers who were in the city

But we found not in it but one family of Muslims

And signs we left in it for those who dread the afflictive chastisement

And in Moses: when we sent him to Pharaoh with manifest power

But relying on his forces he turned his back and said, "Sorcerer, or Possessed

So we seized him and his hosts and cast them into the sea; for of all blame was he worthy

And in Ad: when we sent against them the desolating blast

It touched not aught over which it came, but it turned it to dust

And in Themoud: when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for yet a while

But they rebelled against their Lord's command: so the tempest took them as they watched its coming

They were not able to stand upright, and could not help themselves

And we destroyed the people of Noah, before them; for an impious people were they

And the Heaven - with our hands have we built it up, and given it its expanse

And the Earth - we have stretched it out like a carpet; and how smoothly have we spread it forth

And of everything have we created pairs: that haply ye may reflect

Fly then to God: I come to you from him a plain warner

And set not up another god with God: I come to you from him a plain warner

Even thus came there no apostle to those who flourished before them, but they exclaimed, "Sorcerer, or Possessed

Have they made a legacy to one another of this scoff? Yes, they are a rebel people

Turn away, then, from them, and thou shalt not incur reproach

Yet warn them, for, in truth, warning will profit the believers

I have not created Djinn and men, but that they should worship me

I require not sustenance from them, neither require I that they feed me

Verily, God is the sole sustainer: possessed of might: the unshaken

Therefore to those who injure thee shall be a fate like the fate of their fellows of old. Let them not challenge me to hasten it

Woe then to the infidels, because of their threatened day