51. Adh-Dhaariyat

1 By those that winnow with a winnowing

2 And those that bear the burden (of the rain)

3 And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)

4 And those who distribute (blessings) by command

5 Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true

6 And lo! the judgment will indeed befall

7 By the heaven full of paths

8 Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth)

9 He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse

10 Accursed be the conjecturers

11 Who are careless in an abyss

12 They ask: When is the Day of Judgment

13 (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire

14 (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten

15 Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings

16 Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good

17 They used to sleep but little of the night

18 And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness

19 And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share

20 And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure

21 And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see

22 And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised

23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak

24 Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)

25 When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me)

26 Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf

27 And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat

28 Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son

29 Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman

30 They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower

31 (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)

32 They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk

33 That we may send upon them stones of clay

34 Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton

35 Then we brought forth such believers as were there

36 But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah)

37 And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom

38 And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant

39 But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman

40 So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate

41 And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them

42 It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust

43 And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile

44 But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed

45 And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves

46 And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk

47 We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof)

48 And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)

49 And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect

50 Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him

51 And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him

52 Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman

53 Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk

54 So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy

55 And warn, for warning profiteth believers

56 I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me

57 I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me

58 Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might

59 And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day)

60 And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised