51. Adh-Dhaariyat سُورَةُ الذَّارِيَاتِ

Yusuf AliBy the (Winds) that scatter broadcast

Yusuf AliAnd those that lift and bear away heavy weights

Yusuf AliAnd those that flow with ease and gentleness

Yusuf AliAnd those that distribute and apportion by Command

Yusuf AliVerily that which ye are promised is true

Yusuf AliAnd verily Judgment and Justice must indeed come to pass

Yusuf AliBy the Sky with (its) numerous Paths

Yusuf AliTruly ye are in a doctrine discordant

Yusuf AliThrough which are deluded (away from the Truth) such as would be deluded

Yusuf AliWoe to the falsehood-mongers

Yusuf AliThose who (flounder) heedless in a flood of confusion

Yusuf AliThey ask, "When will be the Day of Judgment and Justice

Yusuf Ali(It will be) a Day when they will be tried (and tested) over the Fire

Yusuf AliTaste ye your trial! This is what ye used to ask to be hastened

Yusuf AliAs to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs

Yusuf AliTaking joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because, before then, they lived a good life

Yusuf AliThey were in the habit of sleeping but little by night

Yusuf AliAnd in the hour of early dawn, they (were found) praying for Forgiveness

Yusuf AliAnd in their wealth and possessions (was remembered) the right of the (needy,) him who asked, and him who (for some reason) was prevented (from asking)

Yusuf AliOn the earth are signs for those of assured Faith

Yusuf AliAs also in your own selves: Will ye not then see

Yusuf AliAnd in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye are promised

Yusuf AliThen, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very Truth, as much as the fact that ye can speak intelligently to each other

Yusuf AliHas the story reached thee, of the honoured guests of Abraham

Yusuf AliBehold, they entered his presence, and said: "Peace!" He said, "Peace!" (and thought, "These seem) unusual people

Yusuf AliThen he turned quickly to his household, brought out a fatted calf

Yusuf AliAnd placed it before them.. he said, "Will ye not eat

Yusuf Ali(When they did not eat), He conceived a fear of them. They said, "Fear not," and they gave him glad tidings of a son endowed with knowledge

Yusuf AliBut his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead and said: "A barren old woman

Yusuf AliThey said, "Even so has thy Lord spoken: and He is full of Wisdom and Knowledge

Yusuf Ali(Abraham) said: "And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand (now)

Yusuf AliThey said, "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin

Yusuf AliTo bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone)

Yusuf AliMarked as from thy Lord for those who trespass beyond bounds

Yusuf AliThen We evacuated those of the Believers who were there

Yusuf AliBut We found not there any just (Muslim) persons except in one house

Yusuf AliAnd We left there a Sign for such as fear the Grievous Penalty

Yusuf AliAnd in Moses (was another Sign): Behold, We sent him to Pharaoh, with authority manifest

Yusuf AliBut (Pharaoh) turned back with his Chiefs, and said, "A sorcerer, or one possessed

Yusuf AliSo We took him and his forces, and threw them into the sea; and his was the blame

Yusuf AliAnd in the 'Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them the devastating Wind

Yusuf AliIt left nothing whatever that it came up against, but reduced it to ruin and rottenness

Yusuf AliAnd in the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were told, "Enjoy (your brief day) for a little while

Yusuf AliBut they insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning noise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were looking on

Yusuf AliThen they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they help themselves

Yusuf AliSo were the People of Noah before them for they wickedly transgressed

Yusuf AliWith power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of pace

Yusuf AliAnd We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do spread out

Yusuf AliAnd of every thing We have created pairs: That ye may receive instruction

Yusuf AliHasten ye then (at once) to God: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open

Yusuf AliAnd make not another an object of worship with God: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open

Yusuf AliSimilarly, no apostle came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed

Yusuf AliIs this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds

Yusuf AliSo turn away from them: not thine is the blame

Yusuf AliBut teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers

Yusuf AliI have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me

Yusuf AliNo Sustenance do I require of them, nor do I require that they should feed Me

Yusuf AliFor God is He Who gives (all) Sustenance,- Lord of Power,- Steadfast (for ever)

Yusuf AliFor the Wrong-doers, their portion is like unto the portion of their fellows (of earlier generations): then let them not ask Me to hasten (that portion)

Yusuf AliWoe, then, to the Unbelievers, on account of that Day of theirs which they have been promised