| | N J Dawood (2014) rendition of Surah The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers(adh-Dhariyat)
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| 51:1 | | BY THE dust-scattering wind |
| 51:2 | | and the heavily-laden clouds |
| 51:3 | | by the smoothly-gliding ships |
| 51:4 | | and by the angels who deal out as commanded |
| 51:5 | | that which you are promised shall truly be fulfilled |
| 51:6 | | and the Last Judgement shall surely come to pass |
| 51:7 | | By the heaven with its starry highways |
| 51:8 | | the words you utter are inconsistent |
| 51:9 | | None but the perverse turn away from the Truth |
| 51:10 | | Perish the liars |
| 51:11 | | who dwell in darkness and are heedless of the life to come |
| 51:12 | | When will the Day of Judgement be?‘ they ask |
| 51:13 | | On that day they shall be scourged in the Fire |
| 51:14 | | Taste this, the punishment you sought to hasten!&lsquo |
| 51:15 | | The righteous shall dwell amidst gardens and fountain |
| 51:16 | | and shall receive what their Lord will give them. For they did good works before |
| 51:17 | | sleeping but little in the night-time |
| 51:18 | | praying at dawn for God‘s pardon |
| 51:19 | | and sharing their goods with the beggars and the dispossessed |
| 51:20 | | On earth there are signs for firm believers |
| 51:21 | | and in your own souls. Can you not see |
| 51:22 | | Heaven holds your sustenance and all that you are promised |
| 51:23 | | I swear by the Lord of heaven and earth that this is true, as true as you are speaking now |
| 51:24 | | Have you heard the story of Abraham‘s honoured guests |
| 51:25 | | They went in to him and said: ‘Peace!‘ ‘Peace!‘ he said and, seeing that they were strangers |
| 51:26 | | betook himself to his family and returned with a fatted calf |
| 51:27 | | He placed it before them, saying: ‘Will you not eat?&lsquo |
| 51:28 | | He grew afraid of them, but they said, ‘Have no fear,‘ and told him he was to have a son endowed with knowledge |
| 51:29 | | His wife came crying and beating her face. ‘Surely I am a barren old woman,‘ she said |
| 51:30 | | Such is the will of your Lord,‘ they said. ‘He surely is the Wise One, the All-knowing.&lsquo |
| 51:31 | | Messengers,‘ said he, ‘what is your errand?&lsquo |
| 51:32 | | They said: ‘We are sent forth to a perverted people |
| 51:33 | | that we may bring down on them a shower of clay-stone |
| 51:34 | | marked by your Lord for the destruction of the sinful.&lsquo |
| 51:35 | | We led all the believers out of the town ― |
| 51:36 | | We found but one household of true Muslims ― |
| 51:37 | | and left therein a Sign for those who fear the woeful scourge |
| 51:38 | | And in Moses there was a sign. We sent him forth to Pharaoh with manifest authority |
| 51:39 | | but he turned his back, he and his nobles, saying: ‘A sorcerer, or a man possessed.&lsquo |
| 51:40 | | So We seized him and his warriors, and cast them into the sea. Indeed, he deserved much blame |
| 51:41 | | In the fate of ‘Ād there was another sign. We let loose on them a blighting wind |
| 51:42 | | which pounded into dust all that it swept before it |
| 51:43 | | And in Thamūd. They had been told: ‘Enjoy yourselves till a time decreed;&lsquo |
| 51:44 | | but they disobeyed the commandments of their Lord. The thunderbolt struck them as they looked on |
| 51:45 | | they could not rise up from their fall, nor did they gain their end |
| 51:46 | | And the people of Noah before them. Surely they too were a degenerate people |
| 51:47 | | The heaven We built with mighty hands, giving it a vast expanse |
| 51:48 | | and stretched the earth beneath it: gracious is He who spread it out |
| 51:49 | | And all things We have made in pairs, so that you may take thought |
| 51:50 | | Therefore seek God. From Him I come to you with clear warning |
| 51:51 | | You shall not set up another deity besides God. From Him I come to you with a clear warning |
| 51:52 | | Thus no apostle ever came to those before them¹ but that they said: ‘Sorcerer!‘ or ‘A man possessed!&lsquo |
| 51:53 | | Have they handed down this down from one generation to the next? Surely they are transgressors all |
| 51:54 | | Pay no heed to them; you shall incur no blame |
| 51:55 | | Exhort them; exhortation helps the true believers |
| 51:56 | | I created the jinn and mankind only that they might worship Me |
| 51:57 | | I demand no livelihood of them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me |
| 51:58 | | God alone is the Munificent Giver, the Mighty One, the Invincible |
| 51:59 | | The wrongdoers‘ sins are like the sins of those that sinned before them; so let them not hurry Me on |
| 51:60 | | Woe betide then the unbelievers when their promised day is come |
