| | Sher Ali rendition of Surah The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers(adh-Dhariyat)
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| 51:1 | | By those that scatter with a true scattering, |
| 51:2 | | Then carry the load, |
| 51:3 | | Then speed lightly along, |
| 51:4 | | And then distribute by Our command, |
| 51:5 | | Surely, that which you are promised is true, |
| 51:6 | | And Judgment will, surely, come to pass. |
| 51:7 | | And by the heaven full of tracks, |
| 51:8 | | Truly you at variance in what you say. |
| 51:9 | | He alone is turned away from the truth who is decreed to be turned away. |
| 51:10 | | Cursed be the liars, |
| 51:11 | | Who are heedless of truth in the depths of ignorance. |
| 51:12 | | They ask, when will the Day of Judgment be?' |
| 51:13 | | Say, `It will be the day when they will be tormented with the torment of the Fire.' |
| 51:14 | | And it will be said to them, `Taste ye your torment. This is what you asked to be hastened.' |
| 51:15 | | But surely, the righteous will be in the midst of gardens and springs, |
| 51:16 | | Taking what their Lord will bestow upon them; for they used to do good before that; |
| 51:17 | | They slept but a little of the night; |
| 51:18 | | And at dawn they prayed for divine pardon; |
| 51:19 | | And in their wealth was a share for those who asked for help and for those who could not. |
| 51:20 | | And in the earth are Signs for those who have certainty of faith, |
| 51:21 | | And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see? |
| 51:22 | | And in heaven is your sustenance, and also that which you are promised. |
| 51:23 | | And by the Lord of the heaven and the earth it is certainly the truth, just as it is true that you speak. |
| 51:24 | | Has the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee? |
| 51:25 | | When they came to him and said, `Peace !' he said in reply, `On you be peace.' He thought that they were strangers. |
| 51:26 | | And he went quietly to his household, and brought a fatted calf, |
| 51:27 | | And he placed it before them and said, `Will you not eat?' |
| 51:28 | | And he conceived a fear of them. They said, `Fear not.' And they gave him glad tidings of the birth of a son who would be blessed with knowledge. |
| 51:29 | | Then his wife came forward extremely embarrassed and smote her face and said, `I am but a barren old woman !' |
| 51:30 | | They said, `Even so has thy Lord said. Surely, HE is the Wise, the All-Knowing.' |
| 51:31 | | Abraham said, `Now what is your errand, O ye who have been sent?' |
| 51:32 | | They said, `We have been sent to a sinful people, |
| 51:33 | | That we may send down upon them stones of clay, |
| 51:34 | | Marked, with thy Lord, for those guilty of excesses.' |
| 51:35 | | And we brought forth therefrom such of the believers as were there. |
| 51:36 | | And WE found there only one house of those who were obedient to US. |
| 51:37 | | And WE left therein a Sign for those who fear painful punishment. |
| 51:38 | | And in the story of Moses also there was a Sign when WE sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority. |
| 51:39 | | But he turned away from Moses in pride of his might, and said, `A sorcerer, or a madman.' |
| 51:40 | | So WE seized him and his hosts and threw them into the sea; and he was to blame. |
| 51:41 | | And there was a Sign in the story of the tribe of AD, when WE sent against them the destructive wind; |
| 51:42 | | It spared nothing whatever that it came upon but made it like a rotten bone. |
| 51:43 | | And a Sign there was in the story of the tribe of Thamud when it was said to them, `Enjoy yourselves for a while.' |
| 51:44 | | But they rebelled against the command of their Lord. So the thunderbolt overtook them while they gazed; |
| 51:45 | | And they were not able to rise up, nor were they able to defend themselves. |
| 51:46 | | And WE destroyed the people of Noah before them; they were a disobedient people. |
| 51:47 | | And WE have built the heavens with Our own hands, and, verily, WE have vast powers. |
| 51:48 | | And the earth WE have spread out, and how excellently do WE spread it out ! |
| 51:49 | | And of everything have WE created pairs that you may reflect. |
| 51:50 | | Flee ye, therefore, unto ALLAH. Surely, I am a plain Warner unto you from Him. |
| 51:51 | | And do not set up another god along with ALLAH. Surely, I am a plain Warner unto you from HIM. |
| 51:52 | | Even so there came no Messenger to those before them, but they said, `A sorcerer or a madman.' |
| 51:53 | | Have they bequeathed this attitude to one another? Nay, they are all a rebellious people. |
| 51:54 | | So turn away from them; and thou will not be to blame for what they do. |
| 51:55 | | And keep on exhorting; for, verily, exhortation benefits those who would believe. |
| 51:56 | | And I have not created the jinn and the men but that they may worship ME. |
| 51:57 | | I desire of them no provision, neither do I desire that they should feed ME. |
| 51:58 | | Surely, it is ALLAH Himself Who is the Great Sustainer, the Lord of Power, the Strong. |
| 51:59 | | So the fate of those who do wrong shall, surely, be like the fate of their fellows of old; so let them not challenge ME to hasten on the punishment. |
| 51:60 | | Woe, then, to those who disbelieve, because of that day of theirs which they have been promised. |
