Adh-Dhariyat

¹By the [winds] scattering [dust], dispersing [it]

²And the [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

³And the ships sailing with ease

⁴And the [angels] apportioning [each] matter,

⁵Indeed, what you are promised is true.

⁶And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

⁷By the heaven containing pathways,[1535]

⁸Indeed, you are in differing speech.[1536]

⁹Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.

¹⁰Destroyed are the misinformers[1537]

¹¹Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.

¹²They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"

¹³[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire

¹⁴[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

¹⁵Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,

¹⁶Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

¹⁷They used to sleep but little of the night,[1538]

¹⁸And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

¹⁹And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.

²⁰And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

²¹And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

²²And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.

²³Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.

²⁴Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham?[1539] -

²⁵When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."

²⁶Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf.

²⁷And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"

²⁸And he felt from them apprehension.[1540] They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.

²⁹And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

³⁰They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."

³¹[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

³²They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals[1541]

³³To send down upon them stones of clay,

³⁴Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

³⁵So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.

³⁶And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.[1542]

³⁷And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

³⁸And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.[1543]

³⁹But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."

⁴⁰So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

⁴¹And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.[1544]

⁴²It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

⁴³And in Thamūd, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

⁴⁴But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

⁴⁵And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

⁴⁶And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

⁴⁷And the heaven We constructed with strength,[1545] and indeed, We are [its] expander.

⁴⁸And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.

⁴⁹And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.

⁵⁰So flee to Allāh.[1546] Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

⁵¹And do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

⁵²Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

⁵³Did they suggest it to them?[1547] Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

⁵⁴So leave them, [O Muḥammad], for you are not to be blamed.

⁵⁵And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.

⁵⁶And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

⁵⁷I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.

⁵⁸Indeed, it is Allāh who is the [continual] Provider,[1548] the firm possessor of strength.

⁵⁹And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their companions [i.e., predecessors], so let them not impatiently urge Me.

⁶⁰And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.