| | Maulana Muhammad Ali rendition of Surah The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers(adh-Dhariyat)
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| 51:1 | | By those scattering broadcast! |
| 51:2 | | And those bearing the load! |
| 51:3 | | And those running easily! |
| 51:4 | | And those distributing the Affair! -- |
| 51:5 | | What you are promised is surely true, |
| 51:6 | | And the Judgment will surely come to pass. |
| 51:7 | | By the heaven full of paths! |
| 51:8 | | Surely you are of warying opinion -- |
| 51:9 | | He is turned away from it who would be turned away. |
| 51:10 | | Cursed by the liars! |
| 51:11 | | Who are in an abyss, neglectful; |
| 51:12 | | They ask: When is the day of Judgment? |
| 51:13 | | (It is) the day when they are tried at the Fire. |
| 51:14 | | Taste your persecution! This is what you would hasten on. |
| 51:15 | | Surely the dutiful are amidst Gardens and fountains, |
| 51:16 | | Taking that which their Lord gives them. Surely they were before that the doers of good. |
| 51:17 | | The used to sleep but little at night. |
| 51:18 | | And in the morning they asked (Divine) protection. |
| 51:19 | | And in their wealth there was a due share for the beggar and for one who is denied (good). |
| 51:20 | | And in the earth are signs for those who are sure, |
| 51:21 | | And in yourselves -- do you not see? |
| 51:22 | | And in the heavens is your sustenance and that which you are promised. |
| 51:23 | | So by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is surely the truth, just as you speak. |
| 51:24 | | Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached thee? |
| 51:25 | | When they came to him, they said: Peace! Peace! said he. Strangers! |
| 51:26 | | Then he turned aside to his family and brought a fat calf. |
| 51:27 | | So he placed it before them. He said: Will you not eat? |
| 51:28 | | So he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge. |
| 51:29 | | Then his wife came up in grief, and she smote her face and said: A barren old woman! |
| 51:30 | | They said: Thus says thy Lord. Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing. |
| 51:31 | | He said: What is your errand, O messengers! |
| 51:32 | | They said: We have been sent to a guilty people |
| 51:33 | | That we may send upon them stones of clay. |
| 51:34 | | Marked from thy Lord for the prodigal. |
| 51:35 | | Then we brought forth such believers as were there. |
| 51:36 | | And We found there but a (single) house of Muslims. |
| 51:37 | | And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful chastisement. |
| 51:38 | | And in Moses, when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority. |
| 51:39 | | But he turned away on account of his might and said: An enchanter or a madman! |
| 51:40 | | So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea, and he was blameable. |
| 51:41 | | And in ‘Ad, when We sent upon them the destructive wind. |
| 51:42 | | It spared naught that it came against, but it made it like ashes. |
| 51:43 | | And in Thamud, when it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while. |
| 51:44 | | But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the punishment overtook them, while they saw. |
| 51:45 | | So they were unable to rise up, nor could they defend themselves; |
| 51:46 | | And the people of Noah before. Surely they were a transgressing people. |
| 51:47 | | And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and We are Makers of the vast extent. |
| 51:48 | | And the earth, We have spread it out. How well We prepared it! |
| 51:49 | | And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful. |
| 51:50 | | So flee to Allah. Surely I am a plain warner to you from Him. |
| 51:51 | | And do not set up with Allah another god. Surely I am a plain warner to you from Him. |
| 51:52 | | Thus there came not a messenger to those before them but they said: An enchanter or a madman! |
| 51:53 | | Have they charged each other with this? Nay, they are an inordinate people. |
| 51:54 | | So turn away from them, for thou art not to blame; |
| 51:55 | | And remind, for reminding profits the believers. |
| 51:56 | | And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me. |
| 51:57 | | I desire no sustenance from them, nor do I desire that they should feed Me. |
| 51:58 | | Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong. |
| 51:59 | | Surely the lot of the wrongdoers is as was the lot of their companions, so let them not ask Me to hasten on. |
| 51:60 | | Woe, then, to those who disbelieve because of that day of theirs which they are promised! |
