| | George Sale rendition of Surah The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers(adh-Dhariyat)
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| 51:1 | | By the winds dispersing and scattering the dust; |
| 51:2 | | and by the clouds bearing a load of rain; |
| 51:3 | | by the ships running swiftly in the sea; |
| 51:4 | | and by the angels who distribute things necessary for the support of all creatures: |
| 51:5 | | Verily that wherewith ye are threatened is certainly true; |
| 51:6 | | and the last judgment will surely come. |
| 51:7 | | By the heaven furnished with paths; |
| 51:8 | | ye widely differ in what ye say. |
| 51:9 | | He will be turned aside from the faith, who shall be turned aside by the divine decree. |
| 51:10 | | Cursed be the liars; |
| 51:11 | | who wade in deep waters of ignorance, neglecting their salvation. |
| 51:12 | | They ask, when will the day of judgment come? |
| 51:13 | | On that day shall they be burned in hell fire; |
| 51:14 | | and it shall be said unto them, taste your punishment; this is what ye demanded to be hastened. |
| 51:15 | | But the pious shall dwell among gardens and fountains, |
| 51:16 | | receiving that which their Lord shall give them; because they were righteous doers before this day. |
| 51:17 | | They slept but a small part of the night; |
| 51:18 | | and early in the morning they asked pardon of God: |
| 51:19 | | And a due portion of their wealth was given unto him who asked, and unto him who was forbidden by shame to ask. |
| 51:20 | | There are signs of the divine power and goodness in the earth, unto men of sound understanding; |
| 51:21 | | and also in your own selves: Will ye not therefore consider? |
| 51:22 | | Your sustenance is in the heaven; and also that which ye are promised. |
| 51:23 | | Wherefore by the Lord of heaven and earth I swear that this is certainly the truth; according to what yourselves speak. |
| 51:24 | | Hath not the story of Abraham's honoured guests come to thy knowledge? |
| 51:25 | | When they went in unto him, and said, peace: He answered, peace; saying within himself, these are unknown people. |
| 51:26 | | And he went privately unto his family, and brought a fatted calf. |
| 51:27 | | And he set it before them, and when he saw they touched it not, he said, do ye not eat? |
| 51:28 | | And he began to entertain a fear of them. They said, fear not: And they declared unto him the promise of a wise youth. |
| 51:29 | | And his wife drew near with exclamation, and she smote her face, and said, I am an old woman, and barren. |
| 51:30 | | The angels answered, thus saith thy Lord: Verily He is the wise, the knowing. |
| 51:31 | | And Abraham said unto them, what is your errand, therefore O messengers of God? |
| 51:32 | | They answered, verily we are sent unto a wicked people: |
| 51:33 | | That we may send down upon them stones of baked clay, |
| 51:34 | | marked from thy Lord, for the destruction of transgressors. |
| 51:35 | | And we brought forth the true believers who were in the city: |
| 51:36 | | But we found not therein more than one family of Moslems. |
| 51:37 | | And we overthrew the same, and left a sign therein unto those who dread the severe chastisement of God. |
| 51:38 | | In Moses also was a sign: When We sent him unto Pharaoh with manifest power. |
| 51:39 | | But he turned back, with his princes, saying, this man is a sorcerer, or a madman. |
| 51:40 | | Wherefore We took him and his forces, and cast them into the sea: And he was one worthy of reprehension. |
| 51:41 | | And in the tribe of Ad also was a sign: When We sent against them a destroying wind; |
| 51:42 | | it touched not ought, whereon it came, but it rendered the same as a thing rotten and reduced to dust. |
| 51:43 | | In Thamud likewise was a sign: When it was said unto them, enjoy yourselves for a time. |
| 51:44 | | But they insolently transgressed the command of their Lord: Wherefore a terrible noise from heaven assailed them, while they looked on; |
| 51:45 | | and they were not able to stand on their feet, neither did they save themselves from destruction. |
| 51:46 | | And the people of Noah did We destroy before these: For they were a people who enormously transgressed. |
| 51:47 | | We have built the heaven with might; and We have given it a large extent: |
| 51:48 | | And We have stretched forth the earth beneath; and how evenly have We spread the same! |
| 51:49 | | And of every thing have We created two kinds, that peradventure ye may consider. |
| 51:50 | | Fly, therefore, unto God; verily I am a public warner unto you, from Him. |
| 51:51 | | And set not up another god with the true God: Verily I am a public warner unto you, from Him. |
| 51:52 | | In like manner there came no apostle unto their predecessors, but they said, this man is a magician, or a madman. |
| 51:53 | | Have they bequeathed this behaviour successively the one to the other? Yea; they are a people who enormously transgress. |
| 51:54 | | Wherefore withdraw from them; and thou shalt not be blameworthy in so doing. |
| 51:55 | | Yet continue to admonish: For admonition profiteth the true believers. |
| 51:56 | | I have not created genii and men for any other end than that they should serve Me. |
| 51:57 | | I require not any sustenance from them; neither will I that they feed Me. |
| 51:58 | | Verily God is He who provideth for all creatures; possessed of mighty power. |
| 51:59 | | Unto those who shall injure our apostle shall be given a portion like unto the portion of those who behaved like them in times past; and they shall not wish the same to be hastened. |
| 51:60 | | Woe, therefore, to the unbelievers, because of their day with which they are threatened! |
