English - Chapter 51 - Adh-Dhariyat

By the winds scattering ˹dust˺

and ˹the clouds˺ loaded with rain

and ˹the ships˺ gliding with ease

and ˹the angels˺ administering affairs by ˹Allah’s˺ command

Indeed, what you are promised is true

And the Judgment will certainly come to pass

˹And˺ by the heavens in their marvellous design

Surely you are ˹lost˺ in conflicting views ˹regarding the truth˺

Only those ˹destined to be˺ deluded are turned away from it

Condemned are the liars—

those who are ˹steeped˺ in ignorance, totally heedless

They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”

˹They will be told,˺ “Taste your torment! This is what you sought to hasten.”

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs

˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺

they used to sleep only little in the night

and pray for forgiveness before dawn

And in their wealth there was a rightful share ˹fulfilled˺ for the beggar and the poor

There are ˹countless˺ signs on earth for those with sure faith

as there are within yourselves. Can you not see

In heaven is your sustenance and whatever you are promised

Then by the Lord of heaven and earth! ˹All˺ this is certainly as true as ˹the fact that˺ you can speak

Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you ˹O Prophet˺

˹Remember˺ when they entered his presence and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He replied, “Peace ˹be upon you˺!” ˹Then he said to himself,˺ “˹These are˺ an unfamiliar people.”

Then he slipped off to his family and brought a fat ˹roasted˺ calf

and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?”

˹They did not eat,˺ so he grew fearful of them. They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid,” and gave him good news of a knowledgeable son

Then his wife came forward with a cry, clasping her forehead ˹in astonishment˺, exclaiming, “˹A baby from˺ a barren, old woman!”

They replied, “Such has your Lord decreed. He is truly the All-Wise, All-Knowing.”

˹Later,˺ Abraham asked, “What is your mission, O messengers?”

They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people

to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay

marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”

Then ˹before the torment˺ We evacuated the believers from the city

But We only found one family that had submitted ˹to Allah˺

And We have left a sign there ˹as a lesson˺ for those who fear the painful punishment

And in ˹the story of˺ Moses ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent him to Pharaoh with compelling proof

but Pharaoh was carried away by his power, saying ˹of Moses˺, “A magician or a madman!”

So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them into the sea while he was blameworthy

And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind

There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes

And in ˹the story of˺ Thamûd ˹was another lesson,˺ when they were told, “Enjoy yourselves ˹only˺ for a ˹short˺ while.”

Still they persisted in defying the commands of their Lord, so they were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast while they were looking on

Then they were not able to rise up, nor were they helped

And the people of Noah ˹had also been destroyed˺ earlier. They were truly a rebellious people

We built the universe with ˹great˺ might, and We are certainly expanding ˹it˺

As for the earth, We spread it out. How superbly did We smooth it out

And We created pairs of all things so perhaps you would be mindful

So ˹proclaim, O Prophet˺: “Flee to Allah! I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you

And do not set up another god with Allah. I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.”

Similarly, no messenger came to those before them without being told: “A magician or a madman!”

Have they passed this ˹cliché˺ down to one another? In fact, they have ˹all˺ been a transgressing people

So ˹now˺ turn away from them ˹O Prophet˺, for you will not be blamed

But ˹continue to˺ remind. For certainly reminders benefit the believers

I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me

I seek no provision from them, nor do I need them to feed Me

Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ is the Supreme Provider—Lord of all Power, Ever Mighty

The wrongdoers will certainly have a share ˹of the torment˺ like that of their predecessors. So do not let them ask Me to hasten ˹it˺

Woe then to the disbelievers when they face their Day which they are warned of