| Translations | Suras |
| ENGLISH, M.H. SHAKIR | |
51 - The Scatterers | |
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. | |
| 1 | I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide, |
| 2 | Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space). |
| 3 | Then those (ships) that glide easily, |
| 4 | Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command; |
| 5 | What you are threatened with is most surely true, |
| 6 | And the judgment must most surely come about. |
| 7 | 1 swear by the heaven full of ways. |
| 8 | Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say, |
| 9 | He is turned away from it who would be turned away. |
| 10 | Cursed be the liars, |
| 11 | Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful; |
| 12 | They ask: When is the day of judgment? |
| 13 | (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire. |
| 14 | Taste your persecution! this is what.you would hasten on. |
| 15 | Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains. |
| 16 | Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good. |
| 17 | They used to sleep but little in the night. |
| 18 | And in the morning they asked forgiveness. |
| 19 | And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good). |
| 20 | And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure, |
| 21 | And in your own souls (too); will you not then see? |
| 22 | And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with. |
| 23 | And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak. |
| 24 | Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim? |
| 25 | When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people. |
| 26 | Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf, |
| 27 | So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat? |
| 28 | So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge. |
| 29 | Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman! |
| 30 | They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing. |
| 31 | He said: What is your affair then, O messengers! |
| 32 | They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people, |
| 33 | That we may send down upon them stone of clay, |
| 34 | Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant. |
| 35 | Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers. |
| 36 | But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims). |
| 37 | And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment. |
| 38 | And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority. |
| 39 | But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man. |
| 40 | So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable. |
| 41 | And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind. |
| 42 | It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes. |
| 43 | And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while. |
| 44 | But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw. |
| 45 | So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves- |
| 46 | And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people. |
| 47 | And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample. |
| 48 | And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out. |
| 49 | And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful. |
| 50 | Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him. |
| 51 | And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him. |
| 52 | Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man. |
| 53 | Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people. |
| 54 | Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame; |
| 55 | And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers. |
| 56 | And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me |
| 57 | 1 do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me. |
| 58 | Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong. |
| 59 | So surely those who are unjust shall have a portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on. |
| 60 | Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with. |
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