| Surah 51. Az-Zariyat | |||
| 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 tittle of the night, | ||
| 18 | And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness, | ||
| 19 | And in their wealth the beggar 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 honored 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 | Thee 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 ) Aad ( 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 was 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. | ||