51. Adh-Dhariyat

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوࣰ ا

By the winds which scatter dust

فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرࣰ ا

which carry clouds laden with water

فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرࣰ ا

which then smoothly speed along

فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا

and execute the great task of apportioning (rainfall)

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقࣱ‏

surely what you are being warned against is true

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعࣱ‏

and the Judgement shall doubtlessly take place

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ

By the heaven with its numerous forms

إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلࣲ مُّخۡتَلِفࣲ‏

surely you are at variance (about the Hereafter)

يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ

though only those who are averse to the Truth will turn away from (believing in it)

قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّٰصُونَ

Doomed are the conjecturers

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةࣲ سَاهُونَ

who are steeped in ignorance and heedlessness

يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ

They ask: “When will the Day of Judgement be?”

يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ

It will be the Day when they shall be scourged by the Fire

ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ

(and be told): “Taste your ordeal! This is what you were seeking to hasten.”

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ وَعُيُونٍ

As for the God-fearing, they shall be in the midst of gardens and fountains

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ

joyously receiving what their Lord will have granted them. Verily they did good works before (the coming of this Day)

كَانُواْ قَلِيلࣰ ا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ

they used to sleep but little by night

وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ

and would ask for forgiveness at dawn

وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

and in their wealth there was a rightful share for him who would ask and for the destitute

وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتࣱ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ

There are many Signs on earth for those of sure faith

وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

and also in your own selves. Do you not see

وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ

And in heaven is your provision and also what you are being promised

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقࣱّ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ

So, by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, this is certainly true, as true as the fact of your speaking

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ

(O Prophet), did the story of Abraham's honoured guests reach you

إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمࣰ اۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمࣱ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ

When they came to him, they said: “Peace”; he said: “Peace also be to you; (you seem to be) a group of strangers.”

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلࣲ سَمِينࣲ‏

Then he went back to his family and brought a fat roasted calf

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ

and laid it before them, saying: “Will you not eat?”

فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةࣰۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمࣲ‏

Then he became afraid of them. They said: “Fear not,” and announced to him the good news of (the birth of) a boy endowed with knowledge

فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةࣲ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمࣱ‏

So hearing his wife went forth shouting. She struck her face and exclaimed: “A barren old woman am I.”

قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

They said: “So has your Lord said (that you shall have a boy). Surely He is Most Wise, All-Knowing.”

۞قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ

Abraham said: “Envoys (of Allah), what is your errand?”

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِينَ

They replied: “Behold, we have been sent to a wicked people

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن طِينࣲ‏

that we may unleash a shower of clay-stones

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ

marked by your Lord upon those who go beyond the limits.”

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Then We evacuated there from all the believers

فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ

– and We did not find there any, apart from a single house of Muslims –

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةࣰ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ

and We left therein a Sign for those who fear the grievous chastisement

وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنࣲ مُّبِينࣲ‏

There is also a Sign for you in the story of Moses when We sent him with a clear authority to Pharaoh

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونࣱ‏

But Pharaoh turned away, showing arrogance on account of his power, and said (about Moses): “He is either a sorcerer or a madman.”

فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمࣱ‏

So We seized him and his hosts, and cast them into the sea. He became an object of much blame

وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ

There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Ad, when We let loose upon them an ominous wind

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

that left nothing that it came upon without reducing it to rubble

وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينࣲ‏

There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Thamud. They were told: “Enjoy yourselves for a while.”

فَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ

But they brazenly disobeyed their Lord's command, and then a sudden chastisement overtook them while they looked on

فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامࣲ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ

They were unable even to stand up or protect themselves

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمࣰ ا فَٰسِقِينَ

Before all these We destroyed the people of Noah: they were a wicked people

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدࣲ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

And heaven – We made it with Our Own Power and We have the Power to do so

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ

And the earth – We spread it out, and how well have We smoothed it

وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ

And of everything We have created pairs; perhaps you will take heed

فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ‏

Flee, therefore, to Allah. Surely I am a clear warner to you from Him

وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ‏

and do not set up any deity with Allah. Surely I am a clear warner to you from Him

كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ

Thus has it been (in the past): never did a Messenger come to the nations that preceded them but they said: “(He is) a sorcerer, or a mad-man.”

أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ

Have they arrived at a common understanding concerning this? No; but they are a people given to transgression

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومࣲ‏

So turn your attention away from them; you shall incur no blame

وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Do, however, keep exhorting them; for exhortation benefits those endowed with faith

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ

I created the jinn and humans for nothing else but that they may serve Me

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقࣲ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ

I desire from them no provision, nor do I want them to feed Me

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ

Surely Allah is the Bestower of all provision, the Lord of all power, the Strong

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبࣰ ا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ

The wrong-doers shall receive a portion of the chastisements as their fellows (of yore). So let them not rush Me

فَوَيۡلࣱ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

Woe, then, betide those who disbelieved in that Day of theirs which they are being asked to hold in dread