[50:36]

And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came) ?

[50:37]

Lo! therein verily is a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth ear with full intelligence.

[50:38]

And verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us.

[50:39]

Therefor (O Muhammad) bear with what they say, and hymn the praise of thy Lord before the rising and before the setting of the sun;

[50:40]

And in the night-time hymn His praise, and after the (prescribed) prostrations.

[50:41]

And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place,

[50:42]

The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves).

[50:43]

Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying.

[50:44]

On the day when the earth splitteth asunder from them, hastening forth (they come). That is a gathering easy for Us (to make).

[50:45]

We are Best Aware of what they say, and thou (O Muhammad) art in no wise a compeller over them. But warn by the Qur’an him who feareth My threat.

The Winnowing Winds

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[51:1]

By those that winnow with a winnowing

[51:2]

And those that bear the burden (of the rain)

[51:3]

And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)

[51:4]

And those who distribute (blessings) by command,

[51:5]

Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,

[51:6]

And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.