| | Farook Malik rendition of Surah The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers(adh-Dhariyat)
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| 51:1 | | By the dust scattering winds; |
| 51:2 | | then by the heavy laden clouds; |
| 51:3 | | then by their swift gliding; |
| 51:4 | | then by those who distribute the big affair (rain); |
| 51:5 | | surely, that which you are being promised is true; |
| 51:6 | | and surely, the Day of Judgment shall come to pass. |
| 51:7 | | By the sky full of orbits, |
| 51:8 | | surely you contradict one another in what you say, |
| 51:9 | | only the perverse persons turn away from the truth. |
| 51:10 | | Woe to those who judge by conjecture, |
| 51:11 | | those who are engulfed in ignorance and heedlessness. |
| 51:12 | | They ask: "When will the Day of Judgment be?" |
| 51:13 | | It will be the Day when they will be punished in the fire, |
| 51:14 | | and it will be said: "Taste your chastisement! This is what you were seeking to hasten." |
| 51:15 | | As to the righteous, they will be in the midst of gardens and springs, |
| 51:16 | | joyfully receiving what their Lord shall give them; for they were before that (during their life on earth) righteous people, |
| 51:17 | | They used to sleep but little in the night time, |
| 51:18 | | pray for forgiveness in the early morning, |
| 51:19 | | and share their wealth with the needy who asked for it, and those who did not ask. |
| 51:20 | | In the earth, there are signs for the firm believers, |
| 51:21 | | and also in your own selves; can you not see? |
| 51:22 | | In heaven is your sustenance and all that you are promised. |
| 51:23 | | I swear by the Lord of heaven and earth that this is true, as certain as you are speaking now! |
| 51:24 | | Have you heard the story of Abraham’s honored guests? |
| 51:25 | | When they came to him and said: "Peace be upon you!" "Peace be upon you also!" he answered, and seeing that they were strangers, |
| 51:26 | | he went quietly to his family, brought a roasted calf |
| 51:27 | | and placed it before them saying: "Will you not eat?" |
| 51:28 | | When he saw them not eating, he became afraid of them. They said: "Have no fear," and they gave him good news of a son endowed with knowledge. |
| 51:29 | | Hearing this his wife came forward, with astonishment she smote her forehead and said: "A son to a barren old woman!" |
| 51:30 | | They replied: "Thus has said your Lord: surely He is the Wise, the Knowledgeable." |
| 51:31 | | Abraham asked: "O Divine Messengers, what is your errand?" |
| 51:32 | | They replied: "We have been sent to a guilty nation (people of Lot, who were homosexuals), |
| 51:33 | | to shower upon them brimstone, |
| 51:34 | | marked by your Lord for the transgressors." |
| 51:35 | | Then We saved all those who were believers in the town |
| 51:36 | | - We found none but one household of true Muslims |
| 51:37 | | - We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment. |
| 51:38 | | There is also a sign for you in the story of Moses: when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority, |
| 51:39 | | but he turned his back along with his chiefs, saying: "He (Moses) is a sorcerer or a madman." |
| 51:40 | | Consequently, We seized him and his warriors, and cast them into the sea. Indeed he deserved much blame. |
| 51:41 | | There is also a sign in the story of 'Ad: when We let loose on them a blighting wind |
| 51:42 | | which made rotten everything that it blew on. |
| 51:43 | | Likewise the story of Thamud, when it was said to them: "Enjoy yourselves for a while," |
| 51:44 | | but they disobeyed the commandment of their Lord; consequently they were overtaken by the thunderbolt even while they were looking on. |
| 51:45 | | So neither they could stand up on their feet nor could they defend themselves. |
| 51:46 | | And We destroyed the people of Noah before them because they too were transgressors. |
| 51:47 | | We have built the heavens with Our hands, for We have the power to do so. |
| 51:48 | | We have spread out the earth; how excellent a spreader We are! |
| 51:49 | | We have created everything in pairs, so that you may learn a lesson from it. |
| 51:50 | | O Prophet, say to mankind: "Rush towards Allah, surely I am assigned by Him as a plain Warner to you all. |
| 51:51 | | Do not set up another god besides Allah, surely I am assigned by Him as a plain Warner to you all." |
| 51:52 | | It has been the case that whenever a Messenger came to the peoples before them, they said about him: "He is a sorcerer or a madman." |
| 51:53 | | Have they transmitted this statement from one generation to the next? Nay, but they are all a rebellious people. |
| 51:54 | | So, O Prophet, ignore them; you are not at fault. |
| 51:55 | | But keep on admonishing them, for admonition is beneficial to the true believers. |
| 51:56 | | We have not created jinns and mankind except to worship Me. |
| 51:57 | | I require no sustenance from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me. |
| 51:58 | | Surely it is Allah Who is the giver of all sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Invincible. |
| 51:59 | | Surely those who are wrongdoers, shall have their portion of torment similar to the portion of their predecessors; so let them not challenge Me to hurry it on. |
| 51:60 | | Woe then to the unbelievers, on that Day with which they are being threatened! |
