English - Chapter 51 - Adh-Dhariyat

By the scatterers as they scatter

and by those that bear a burden

by those that course with ease

and by those that apportion the Command

verily what you are promised is true

and truly the judgment shall come to pass

By Heaven possessed of paths

truly you are of differing claims

Whosoever has been turned away shall from it be turned away

Perish those who conjecture

Those who blunder along in a stupor

asking, “When is the Day of Judgment?”

A day when they are tried upon the Fire

Taste your trial! This is what you sought to hasten

Truly the reverent shall be amidst gardens and springs

partaking of that which their Lord has given them. Truly they were virtuous aforetime

Little of the night did they slumber

and ere dawn would seek forgiveness

And in their wealth was a due for the beggar and the deprived

Upon the earth are signs for those possessing certainty

and within your souls. Do you not then behold

And in Heaven is your provision and that which you were promised

So by the Lord of Heaven and earth, it is indeed true—as it is that you are endowed with speech

Hast thou heard tell of Abraham’s honored guests

when they entered upon him and said, “Peace!” he said, “Peace—an unfamiliar folk.”

Then he went quietly to his family and came with a fattened calf

He placed it close to them, saying, “Will you not eat?”

Then he conceived a fear of them. They said, “Fear not!” and gave him glad tidings of a knowing son

Then his wife came forward with a loud cry; she struck her face and said, “A barren old woman!”

They said, “Thus has thy Lord decreed. Truly He is the Wise, the Knowing.”

He said, “What is your errand, O messengers?”

They said, “We have been sent unto a guilty people

to send upon them stones of clay

marked by thy Lord for the prodigal.”

So We brought forth those among them who were believers

yet We did not find therein but one house of submitters

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

And in Moses [We left a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with a manifest authority

But he turned away with his court and said, “A sorcerer or one possessed.”

And in ?Ad [We left a sign], when We sent upon them the barren wind

Naught did it leave that it came upon, but that it made it as bones decayed

And in Thamud [We left a sign], when it was said unto them, “Enjoy yourselves for a time.”

Then they insolently defied the Command of their Lord, and the thunderbolt seized them as they looked on

So they were not able to rise; nor could they help one another

As for the people of Noah before, truly they were an iniquitous people

And the sky We established with might; truly We make vast

And the earth We laid out—what excellent spreaders

And of all things We created pairs, that haply you may remember

So flee unto God. Truly I am a clear warner unto you from Him

And do not set up another god along with God. Truly I am a clear warner unto you from Him

Likewise, there came no messenger unto those before them, but that they said, “A sorcerer or one possessed.”

Do they exhort one another to it? Nay, they are a rebellious people

So turn away from them, for thou shalt not be blamed

And remind, for truly the Reminder benefits the believers

I did not create jinn and mankind, save to worship Me

I desire no provision from them; nor do I desire that they should feed Me

Truly God is the Provider, the Possessor of Strength, the Firm

And surely for those who do wrong are sins like unto the sins of their companions; so let them not seek to hasten

Woe unto those who disbelieve on account of the Day that they are promised