| | Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar rendition of Surah The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers(adh-Dhariyat)
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| 51:1 | | By the winnowing winds of ones that winnow |
| 51:2 | | by the burden-bearers, the ones who carry a heavy burden |
| 51:3 | | and the ones that run with ease |
| 51:4 | | and the ones who distribute the command, |
| 51:5 | | truly, what you are promised is that which is sincere. |
| 51:6 | | And, truly, the judgment is that which falls. |
| 51:7 | | By the heaven that is full of tracks, |
| 51:8 | | you are ones who are at variance in your sayings. |
| 51:9 | | He is misled there by he who was misled. |
| 51:10 | | Perdition to those who guess, |
| 51:11 | | ones who are inattentive because of obstinacy. |
| 51:12 | | They ask: When will the Day of Judgment be? |
| 51:13 | | A Day when they are tried over the fire: |
| 51:14 | | Experience your test. This is that for which you had been seeking to hasten. |
| 51:15 | | Truly, the ones who are Godfearing will be in the Garden and springs, |
| 51:16 | | ones who take what their Lord gave them. Truly, they had been before this—ones who are doers of good. |
| 51:17 | | They had been slumbering little during the night. |
| 51:18 | | And at the breaking of the day, they ask for forgiveness. |
| 51:19 | | And there is an obligation from their wealth for the one who begs and the one who is deprived. |
| 51:20 | | On the earth are signs, for the ones that are certain |
| 51:21 | | and in yourselves. Will you not, then, perceive? |
| 51:22 | | And in the heaven is your provision as you are promised |
| 51:23 | | by the Lord of the heaven and the earth. It is, truly, The Truth just as you yourselves speak. |
| 51:24 | | Truly, approached thee the discourse of guests of Abraham, the ones who are honored? |
| 51:25 | | When they entered to him they said: Peace. He said: Peace, to a folk, ones who are unknown. |
| 51:26 | | Then, he turned upon his people and brought about a fattened calf |
| 51:27 | | so he brought it near to them. He said: Will you not eat? |
| 51:28 | | Then, he sensed a fear of them; they said: Be not in awe. They gave him good tidings of a knowing boy. |
| 51:29 | | Then, his woman came forward with a loud cry. She slapped her face and said: I am an old barren woman! |
| 51:30 | | They said: Thus, spoke thy Lord. Truly, He is The Wise, The Knowing. |
| 51:31 | | Abraham said: O ones who are sent, what is your business? |
| 51:32 | | They said: That we were sent to a folk, ones who sin, |
| 51:33 | | to send on them rocks of clay, |
| 51:34 | | ones distinguished by thy Lord for ones who are excessive. |
| 51:35 | | So We brought out whoever had been in it of the ones who believe. |
| 51:36 | | But We found in it nothing but a house of ones who submit to God. |
| 51:37 | | And We left a sign in it for those who fear the painful punishment. |
| 51:38 | | And in Moses, then, We sent him to Pharaoh with a clear authority. |
| 51:39 | | Then, Pharaoh turned away to his court. He said: One who is a sorcerer, one who is possessed! |
| 51:40 | | So We took him and his armies and cast them forth into the water of the sea and he is one who is answerable. |
| 51:41 | | And in Ad, when We sent against them the withering wind. |
| 51:42 | | It forsakes not anything it approached, but made it like it was decayed. |
| 51:43 | | And in Thamud, when it was said to them: Take joy for a while. |
| 51:44 | | Yet they defied the command of their Lord so the thunderbolt took them while they look on. |
| 51:45 | | They were neither able to stand up nor had they been ones who are aided. |
| 51:46 | | And the folk of Noah from before. Truly, they had been a folk, ones who disobey. |
| 51:47 | | And We built the heaven with potency. And, truly, We are ones who extend wide. |
| 51:48 | | And the earth, We spread it forth. How excellent are the ones who spread! |
| 51:49 | | And of everything We created pairs so that perhaps you will recollect. |
| 51:50 | | So run away towards God. Truly, I am to you a clear warner from Him. |
| 51:51 | | And make not with God any other god. Truly, I am to you a clear warner from Him. |
| 51:52 | | There approached not those who were before them any Messenger but that they said: One who is a sorcerer or one who is possessed! |
| 51:53 | | Counseled they this to one another? Nay! They are a folk, ones who are defiant! |
| 51:54 | | So turn thou away from them that thou be not one who is reproached. |
| 51:55 | | And remind, for, truly, the reminder profits the ones who believe. |
| 51:56 | | And I created not jinn and humankind but that they worship Me. |
| 51:57 | | I want no provision from them nor want I that they feed Me. |
| 51:58 | | Truly, God, He is The Provider, The Possessor of Strength, The Sure. |
| 51:59 | | And, truly, the impiety of those who did wrong is like the impiety of their companions. So let them not seek to hasten the Judgment. |
| 51:60 | | Then, woe to those who disbelieved in that Day of theirs that they are promised. |
