| | Hamid S. Aziz rendition of Surah The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers(adh-Dhariyat)
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| 51:1 | | (I swear) By the wind that scatters far and wide |
| 51:2 | | And those that lift and bear heavy loads |
| 51:3 | | And those that flow with ease and gentleness |
| 51:4 | | And those that distribute and apportion by Our command |
| 51:5 | | That of which you are warned is most surely true |
| 51:6 | | And the judgment must most surely come about |
| 51:7 | | Swear by the heaven (sky) full of paths (orbits) |
| 51:8 | | Most surely you are in doctrines (opinions, teachings, ideologies) discordant (or inconsistent or contradictory) |
| 51:9 | | He is turned away by them from truth, who would be (or wishes to be) turned away |
| 51:10 | | Cursed be the conjecturers (or lie-mongers) |
| 51:11 | | Who flounder heedless in an abyss (of ignorance and confusion) |
| 51:12 | | They ask, "When will be the day of judgment?" |
| 51:13 | | It is the day on which they shall be tried at the Fire |
| 51:14 | | Taste you your torment! This is what you sought to hasten |
| 51:15 | | Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in Gardens and Springs |
| 51:16 | | Taking joy in what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good |
| 51:17 | | They used to sleep but little in the night |
| 51:18 | | And in the morning they prayed for forgiveness |
| 51:19 | | And in their wealth a portion was allotted for him who asked (the needy) and to him who was denied (the outcast, the deprived person or the one who could not ask) |
| 51:20 | | And in the earth there are signs for those who have sure faith |
| 51:21 | | And also in your own souls; will you not then see |
| 51:22 | | And in the heaven is your sustenance and that which you are promised |
| 51:23 | | And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! It is most surely the truth, even as you speak |
| 51:24 | | Has there come to you information about the honoured guests of Abraham |
| 51:25 | | When they entered his presence they said, "Peace. Peace." Said he, "What a strange people." |
| 51:26 | | Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf |
| 51:27 | | And placed it before them. He said, "What! Will you not eat?" |
| 51:28 | | (When they did not eat) he conceived in his mind a fear of them. They said, "Fear not." And they gave him the good news of a son endowed with knowledge |
| 51:29 | | Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said, "An old barren woman!" |
| 51:30 | | They said, "Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing." |
| 51:31 | | He said, "What is your errand then, O Messengers!" |
| 51:32 | | They said, "Surely we are sent to a guilty people |
| 51:33 | | "That we may send down upon them stone of clay (or brimstones) |
| 51:34 | | "Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant (those who transgress beyond bounds)." |
| 51:35 | | Then We brought forth such believers as were therein |
| 51:36 | | But We found not therein but one house of those who had Surrendered (Muslims) |
| 51:37 | | And We left therein a sign for those who fear the grievous penalty |
| 51:38 | | And in Moses (was another sign). When We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority |
| 51:39 | | But he turned away with his forces and said, "A sorcerer or a mad man." |
| 51:40 | | So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and his was the blame |
| 51:41 | | And in A´ad (was another sign). When We sent upon them the destructive wind |
| 51:42 | | It spared naught on which it blew, but made it like dust |
| 51:43 | | And in Thamud (was another sign). When it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a while." |
| 51:44 | | But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling (thunderbolt or stunning noise of an earthquake) overtook them while they looked |
| 51:45 | | And they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves |
| 51:46 | | And the people of Noah (were also a sign) before that, surely they were a transgressing people |
| 51:47 | | And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and it is We that expand the vastness of space (or We are the expanders of it) |
| 51:48 | | And the earth, We have spread it out; how gracious was the Spreader thereof |
| 51:49 | | And of all things have We created pairs, that you may reflect (or receive instruction) |
| 51:50 | | Therefore flee unto Allah, surely I am a plain Warner to you from Him |
| 51:51 | | And set not up with Allah another God: surely I am a plain Warner to you from Him |
| 51:52 | | Thus there did not come to those before them a messenger but they said, "(He is) A sorcerer or a mad man." |
| 51:53 | | Is this the legacy (or tradition) they have transmitted to each other? Nay! They are a people extravagant (transgressing beyond bounds) |
| 51:54 | | Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame |
| 51:55 | | And continue to teach (or remind), for surely the reminder profits the believers |
| 51:56 | | And I have not created the jinn and mankind except to worship (serve) Me |
| 51:57 | | No sustenance do I require from them, nor do I require that they should feed Me |
| 51:58 | | Surely it is Allah Who is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the ever Steadfast |
| 51:59 | | And lo! Those who do wrong shall have a portion like the portion of those of earlier generations, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten |
| 51:60 | | Woe to those who disbelieve because of their Day which they are promised |
