PART
26
The
Wind-Curved Sandhills
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[46:1]
Ha. Mim.
[46:2]
The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah
the Mighty, the Wise.
[46:3]
We created not the heavens and the earth and all
that is between them save with truth, and for a term appointed. But those who
disbelieve turn away from that whereof they are warned.
[46:4]
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Have ye thought on
all that ye invoke beside Allah ? Show me what they
have created of the earth. Or have they any portion in the heavens
? Bring me a scripture before this (Scripture), or some vestige of
knowledge (in support of what ye say), if ye are truthful.
[46:5]
And who is further astray than those who,
instead of Allah, pray unto such as hear not their prayer until the Day of
Resurrection, and are unconscious of their prayer,
[46:6]
And when mankind are
gathered (to the Judgment) will become enemies for them, and will become
deniers of having been worshipped.
[46:7]
And when Our clear
revelations are recited unto them, those who disbelieve say of the Truth when
it reacheth them: This is mere magic.
[46:8]
Or say they: He hath invented it
? Say (O Muhammad): If I have invented it, still ye have no power to
support me against Allah. He is Best Aware of what ye
say among yourselves concerning it. He sufficeth for a witness between me and
you. And He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
[46:9]
Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of
Allah), nor know I what will be done with me or with you. I do but follow that
which is inspired in me, and I am but a plain warner.
[46:10]
Bethink you: If it is from Allah and ye
disbelieve therein, and a witness of the Children of
[46:11]
And those who disbelieve say of those who
believe: If it had been (any) good, they would not have been before us in
attaining it. And since they will not be guided by it, they say: This is an
ancient lie;
[46:12]
When before it there was the Scripture of Moses,
an example and a mercy; and this is a confirming Scripture in the Arabic
language, that it may warn those who do wrong and bring good tidings for the
righteous.
[46:13]
Lo! those who say: Our Lord is Allah, and
thereafter walk aright, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they
grieve.
[46:14]
Such are rightful owners of the Garden, immortal
therein, as a reward for what they used to do.
[46:15]
And We have commended unto man kindness toward
parents. His mother beareth him with reluctance, and bringeth him forth with
reluctance, and the bearing of him and the weaning of him is thirty months,
till, when he attaineth full strength and reacheth forty years, he saith: My
Lord! Arouse me that I may give thanks for the favour wherewith Thou hast
favoured me and my parents, and that I may do right acceptable unto Thee. And
be gracious unto me in the matter of my seed. Lo! I have turned unto Thee
repentant, and lo! I am of those who surrender (unto Thee).
[46:16]
Those are they from whom We accept the best of
what they do, and overlook their evil deeds. (They are) among the owners of the
Garden. This is the true promise which they were promised (in the world).
[46:17]
And whoso saith unto his parents: Fie upon you
both! Do ye threaten me that I shall be brought forth (again) when generations
before me have passed away ? And they twain cry unto Allah for help (and say):
Woe unto thee! Believe! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. But he saith: This is
naught save fables of the men of old:
[46:18]
Such are those on whom the Word concerning
nations of the jinn and mankind which have passed away before them hath effect.
Lo! they are the losers.
[46:19]
And for all there will be ranks from what they
do, that He may pay them for their deeds; and they will not be wronged.
[46:20]
And on the day when those who disbelieve are
exposed to the Fire (it will be said): Ye squandered your good things in the
life of the world and sought comfort therein. Now this day ye are rewarded with
the doom of ignominy because ye were disdainful in the land without a right,
and because ye used to transgress.
[46:21]
And make mention (O Muhammad) of the brother of
A’ad when he warned his folk among the wind-curved sandhills - and verily
warners came and went before and after him - saying: Serve none but Allah. Lo!
I fear for you the doom of a tremendous Day.
[46:22]
They said: Hast come to turn us away from our
gods ? Then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us, if thou art of
the truthful.
[46:23]
He said: The knowledge is with Allah only. I
convey unto you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see you are a folk that
know not.
[46:24]
Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud
coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay,
but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,
[46:25]
Destroying all things by commandment of its
Lord. And morning found them so that naught could be seen save their dwellings.
Thus do We reward the guilty folk.
[46:26]
And verily We had empowered them with that
wherewith We have not empowered you, and had assigned them ears and eyes and
hearts; but their ears and eyes and hearts availed them naught since they
denied the revelations of Allah; and what they used to mock befell them.
[46:27]
And verily We have destroyed townships round
about you, and displayed (for them) Our revelation, that haply they might
return.
[46:28]
Then why did those whom they had chosen for gods
as a way of approach (unto Allah) not help them ? Nay, but they did fail them
utterly. And (all) that was their lie, and what they used to invent.
[46:29]
And when We inclined toward thee (Muhammad)
certain of the jinn, who wished to hear the Qur’an and, when they were in its
presence, said: Give ear! and, when it was finished, turned back to their
people, warning.
[46:30]
They said: O our people! Lo! we have heard a
scripture which hath been revealed after Moses, confirming that which was
before it, guiding unto the truth and a right road.
[46:31]
O our people! respond to Allah’s summoner and
believe in Him. He will forgive you some of your sins and guard you from a
painful doom.
[46:32]
And whoso respondeth not to Allah’s summoner he
can nowise escape in the earth, and he hath no protecting friends instead of
Him. Such are in error manifest.
[46:33]
Have they not seen that Allah, Who created the
heavens and the earth and was not wearied by their creation, is Able to give
life to the dead ? Aye, He verily is Able to do all things.
[46:34]
And on the day when those who disbelieve are
exposed to the Fire (they will be asked): Is not this real ? They will say:
Yea, by our Lord. He will say: Then taste the doom for that ye disbelieved.
[46:35]
Then have patience (O Muhammad) even as the
stout of heart among the messengers (of old) had patience, and seek not to
hasten on (the doom) for them. On the day when they see that which they are
promised (it will seem to them) as though they had tarried but an hour of
daylight. A clear message. Shall any be destroyed save evil-living folk ?
Muhammad
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[47:1]
Those who disbelieve and turn (men) from the way
of Allah, He rendereth their actions vain.
[47:2]
And those who believe and do good works and
believe in that which is revealed unto Muhammad - and it is the truth from
their Lord - He riddeth them of their ill-deeds and improveth their state.
[47:3]
That is because those who disbelieve follow
falsehood and because those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus
Allah coineth their similitudes for mankind.
[47:4]
Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve,
then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making
fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its
burdens. That (is the ordinance). And if Allah willed He could have punished
them (without you) but (thus it is ordained) that He may try some of you by
means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He rendereth not
their actions vain.
[47:5]
He will guide them and improve their state,
[47:6]
And bring them in unto the Garden which He hath
made known to them.
[47:7]
O ye who believe! If ye help Allah, He will help
you and will make your foothold firm.
[47:8]
And those who disbelieve, perdition is for them,
and He will make their actions vain.
[47:9]
That is because they are averse to that which
Allah hath revealed, therefor maketh He their actions fruitless.
[47:10]
Have they not travelled in the land to see the
nature of the consequence for those who were before them ? Allah wiped them
out. And for the disbelievers there will be the like thereof.
[47:11]
That is because Allah is patron of those who
believe, and because the disbelievers have no patron.
[47:12]
Lo! Allah will cause those who believe and do
good works to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow; while those who
disbelieve take their comfort in this life and eat even as the cattle eat, and
the Fire is their habitation.
[47:13]
And how many a township stronger than thy
township (O Muhammad) which hath cast thee out, have We destroyed, and they had
no helper!
[47:14]
Is he who relieth on a clear proof from his Lord
like those for whom the evil that they do is beautified while they follow their
own lusts ?
[47:15]
A similitude of the Garden which those who keep
their duty (to Allah) are promised: Therein are rivers of water unpolluted, and
rivers of milk whereof the flavour changeth not, and rivers of wine delicious
to the drinkers, and rivers of clear-run honey; therein for them is every kind
of fruit, with pardon from their Lord. (Are those who enjoy all this) like
those who are immortal in the Fire and are given boiling water to drink so that
it teareth their bowels ?
[47:16]
Among them are some who give ear unto thee
(Muhammad) till, when they go forth from thy presence they say unto those who
have been given knowledge: What was that he said just now ? Those are they
whose hearts Allah hath sealed, and they follow their own lusts.
[47:17]
While as for those who walk aright, He addeth to
their guidance, and giveth them their protection (against evil).
[47:18]
Await they aught save the Hour, that it should
come upon them unawares ? And the beginnings thereof have already come. But
how, when it hath come upon them, can they take their warning ?
[47:19]
So know (O Muhammad) that there is no God save Allah,
and ask forgiveness for thy sin and for believing men and believing women.
Allah knoweth (both) your place of turmoil and your place of rest.
[47:20]
And those who believe say: If only a surah were
revealed! But when a decisive surah is revealed and war is mentioned therein,
thou seest those in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee with the look of
men fainting unto death. Therefor woe unto them!
[47:21]
Obedience and a civil word. Then, when the
matter is determined, if they are loyal to Allah it will be well for them.
[47:22]
Would ye then, if ye were given the command,
work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship ?
[47:23]
Such are they whom Allah curseth so that He
deafeneth them and maketh blind their eyes.
[47:24]
Will they then not meditate on the Qur’an, or
are there locks on the hearts ?
[47:25]
Lo! those who turn back after the guidance hath
been manifested unto them, Satan hath seduced them, and He giveth them the
rein.
[47:26]
That is because they say unto those who hate what
Allah hath revealed: We will obey you in some matters; and Allah knoweth their
secret talk.
[47:27]
Then how (will it be with them) when the angels
gather them, smiting their faces and their backs!
[47:28]
That will be because they followed that which angereth
Allah, and hated that which pleaseth Him. Therefor He hath made their actions
vain.
[47:29]
Or do those in whose hearts is a disease deem
that Allah will not bring to light their (secret) hates ?
[47:30]
And if We would, We could show them unto thee
(Muhammad) so that thou shouldst know them surely by their marks. And thou
shalt know them by the burden of their talk. And Allah knoweth your deeds.
[47:31]
And verily We shall try you till We know those
of you who strive hard (for the cause of Allah) and the steadfast, and till We
test your record.
[47:32]
Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way
of Allah and oppose the messenger after the guidance hath been manifested unto
them, they hurt Allah not a jot, and He will make their actions fruitless.
[47:33]
O ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the
messenger, and render not your actions vain.
[47:34]
Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way
of Allah and then die disbelievers, Allah surely will not pardon them.
[47:35]
So do not falter and cry out for peace when ye
(will be) the uppermost, and Allah is with you, and He will not grudge (the
reward of) your actions.
[47:36]
The life of the world is but a sport and a
pastime. And if ye believe and ward off (evil). He will give you your wages,
and will not ask of you your wordly wealth.
[47:37]
If He should ask it of you and importune you, ye
would hoard it, and He would bring to light your (secret) hates.
[47:38]
Lo! ye are those who are called to spend in the
way of Allah, yet among you there are some who hoard. And as for him who
hoardeth, he hoardeth only from his soul. And Allah is the Rich, and ye are the
poor. And if ye turn away He will exchange you for some other folk, and they
will not be the likes of you.
Victory
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[48:1]
Lo! We have given thee (O Muhammad) a signal
victory,
[48:2]
That Allah may forgive thee of thy sin that
which is past and that which is to come, and may perfect His favour unto thee,
and may guide thee on a right path,
[48:3]
And that Allah may help thee with strong help -
[48:4]
He it is Who sent down peace of reassurance into
the hearts of the believers that they might add faith unto their faith. Allah’s
are the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is ever Knower, Wise -
[48:5]
That He may bring the believing men and the
believing women into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will
abide, and may remit from them their evil deeds - That, in the sight of Allah,
is the supreme triumph -
[48:6]
And may punish the hypocritical men and the
hypocritical women, and the idolatrous men and the idolatrous women, who think
an evil thought concerning Allah. For them is the evil turn of fortune, and
Allah is wroth against them and hath cursed them, and hath made ready for them
hell, a hapless journey’s end.
[48:7]
Allah’s are the hosts of the heavens and the
earth, and Allah is ever Mighty, Wise.
[48:8]
Lo! We have sent thee (O Muhammad) as a witness and
a bearer of good tidings and a warner,
[48:9]
That ye (mankind) may believe in Allah and His
messenger, and may honour Him, and may revere Him, and may glorify Him at early
dawn and at the close of day.
[48:10]
Lo! those who swear allegiance unto thee (Muhammad),
swear allegiance only unto Allah. The Hand of Allah is above their hands. So
whosoever breaketh his oath, breaketh it only to his soul’s hurt; while
whosoever keepeth his covenant with Allah, on him will He bestow immense
reward.
[48:11]
Those of the wandering Arabs who were left
behind will tell thee: Our possessions and our households occupied us, so ask
forgiveness for us! They speak with their tongues that which is not in their
hearts. Say: Who can avail you aught against Allah, if He intend you hurt or
intend you profit ? Nay, but Allah is ever Aware of what ye do.
[48:12]
Nay, but ye deemed that the messenger and the
believers would never return to their own folk, and that was made fairseeming
in your hearts, and ye did think an evil thought, and ye were worthless folk.
[48:13]
And so for him who believeth not in Allah and
His messenger - Lo! We have prepared a flame for disbelievers.
[48:14]
And Allah’s is the Sovereignty of the heavens
and the earth. He forgiveth whom He will, and punisheth whom He will. And Allah
is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
[48:15]
Those who were left behind will say, when ye set
forth to capture booty: Let us go with you. They fain would change the verdict
of Allah. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Ye shall not go with us. Thus hath Allah
said beforehand. Then they will say: Ye are envious of us. Nay, but they
understand not, save a little.
[48:16]
Say unto those of the wandering Arabs who were
left behind: Ye will be called against a folk of mighty prowess, to fight them until
they surrender; and if ye obey, Allah will give you a fair reward; but if ye
turn away as ye did turn away before, He will punish you with a painful doom.
[48:17]
There is no blame for the blind, nor is there
blame for the lame, nor is there blame for the sick (that they go not forth to
war). And whoso obeyeth Allah and His messenger, He will make him enter Gardens
underneath which rivers flow; and whoso turneth back, him will He punish with a
painful doom.
[48:18]
Allah was well pleased with the believers when
they swore allegiance unto thee beneath the tree, and He knew what was in their
hearts, and He sent down peace of reassurance on them, and hath rewarded them
with a near victory;
[48:19]
And much booty that they will capture. Allah is
ever Mighty, Wise.
[48:20]
Allah promiseth you much booty that ye will
capture, and hath given you this in advance, and hath withheld men’s hands from
you, that it may be a token for the believers, and that He may guide you on a
right path.
[48:21]
And other (gain), which ye have not been able to
achieve, Allah will compass it, Allah is Able to do all things.
[48:22]
And if those who disbelieve join battle with you
they will take to flight, and afterward they will find no protecting friend nor
helper.
[48:23]
It is the law of Allah which hath taken course
aforetime. Thou wilt not find for the law of Allah aught of power to change.
[48:24]
And He it is Who hath withheld men’s hands from
you, and hath withheld your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca, after He
had made you victors over them. Allah is Seer of what ye do.
[48:25]
These it was who disbelieved and debarred you
from the
[48:26]
When those who disbelieve had set up in their
hearts zealotry, the zealotry of the Age of Ignorance, then Allah sent down His
peace of reassurance upon His messenger and upon the believers and imposed on
them the word of self-restraint, for they were worthy of it and meet for it.
And Allah is Aware of all things.
[48:27]
Allah hath fulfilled the vision for His
messenger in very truth. Ye shall indeed enter the
[48:28]
He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the
guidance and the religion of truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all
religion. And Allah sufficeth as a Witness.
[48:29]
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those
with him are hard against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. Thou
(O Muhammad) seest them bowing and falling prostrate (in worship), seeking
bounty from Allah and (His) acceptance. The mark of them is on their foreheads
from the traces of prostration. Such is their likeness in the Torah and their
likeness in the Gospel - like as sown corn that sendeth forth its shoot and
strengtheneth it and riseth firm upon its stalk, delighting the sowers - that
He may enrage the disbelievers wiith (the sight of) them. Allah hath promised,
unto such of them as believe and do good works, forgiveness and immense reward.
The
Private Apartments
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[49:1]
O ye who believe! Be not forward in the presence
of Allah and His messenger, and keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Hearer,
Knower.
[49:2]
O ye who believe! Lift not up your voices above
the voice of the Prophet, nor shout when speaking to him as ye shout one to
another, lest your works be rendered vain while ye perceive not.
[49:3]
Lo! they who subdue their voices in the presence
of the messenger of Allah, those are they whose hearts Allah hath proven unto
righteousness. Theirs will be forgiveness and immense reward.
[49:4]
Lo! those who call thee from behind the private
apartments, most of them have no sense.
[49:5]
And if they had had patience till thou camest forth
unto them, it had been better for them. And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[49:6]
O ye who believe! If an evil-liver bring you
tidings, verify it, lest ye smite some folk in ignorance and afterward repent
of what ye did.
[49:7]
And know that the messenger of Allah is among
you. If he were to obey you in much of the government, ye would surely be in
trouble; but Allah hath endeared the faith to you and hath beautified it in
your hearts, and hath made disbelief and lewdness and rebellion hateful unto you.
Such are they who are the rightly guided.
[49:8]
(It is) a bounty and a grace from Allah; and
Allah is Knower, Wise.
[49:9]
And if two parties of believers fall to
fighting, then make peace between them. And if one party of them doeth wrong to
the other, fight ye that which doeth wrong till it return unto the ordinance of
Allah; then, if it return, make peace between them justly, and act equitably.
Lo! Allah loveth the equitable.
[49:10]
The believers are naught else than brothers.
Therefore make peace between your brethren and observe your duty to Allah that
haply ye may obtain mercy.
[49:11]
O ye who believe! Let not a folk deride a folk
who may be better than they (are), not let women (deride) women who may be
better than they are; neither defame one another, nor insult one another by
nicknames. Bad is the name of lewdness after faith. And whoso turneth not in
repentance, such are evil-doers.
[49:12]
O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo!
some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one
of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother ? Ye abhor that (so abhor the
other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting, Merciful.
[49:13]
O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and
female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo!
the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is
Knower, Aware.
[49:14]
The wandering Arabs say: We believe. Say (unto
them, O Muhammad): Ye believe not, but rather say "We submit," for
the faith hath not yet entered into your hearts. Yet, if ye obey Allah and His
messenger, He will not withhold from you aught of (the reward of) your deeds.
Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[49:15]
The (true) believers are those only who believe
in Allah and His messenger and afterward doubt not, but strive with their
wealth and their lives for the cause of Allah. Such are the sincere.
[49:16]
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Would ye teach
Allah your religion, when Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that
is in the earth, and Allah is Aware of all things ?
[49:17]
They make it a favour unto thee (Muhammad) that
they have surrendered (unto Him). Say: Deem not your Surrender a favour unto
me; but Allah doth confer a favour on you, inasmuch as He hath led you to the
Faith, if ye are earnest.
[49:18]
Lo! Allah knoweth the Unseen of the heavens and
the earth. And Allah is Seer of what ye do.
Qâf
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[50:1]
Qaf. By the Glorious Qur’an,
[50:2]
Nay, but they marvel that a warner of their own
hath come unto them; and the disbelievers say: This is a strange thing:
[50:3]
When we are dead and have become dust (shall we
be brought back again) ? That would be a far return!
[50:4]
We know that which the earth taketh of them, and
with Us is a recording Book.
[50:5]
Nay, but they have denied the truth when it came
unto them, therefor they are now in troubled case.
[50:6]
Have they not then observed the sky above them,
how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts
therein ?
[50:7]
And the earth have We spread out, and have flung
firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,
[50:8]
A vision and a reminder for every penitent
slave.
[50:9]
And We send down from the sky blessed water
whereby We give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops,
[50:10]
And lofty date-palms with ranged clusters,
[50:11]
Provision (made) for men; and therewith We
quicken a dead land. Even so will be the resurrection of the dead.
[50:12]
The folk of Noah denied (the truth) before them,
and (so did) the dwellers at Ar-Rass and (the tribe of) Thamud,
[50:13]
And (the tribe of) A’ad, and Pharaoh, and the
brethren of
[50:14]
And the dwellers in the wood, and the folk of Tubb’a:
every one denied their messengers, therefor My threat took effect.
[50:15]
Were We then worn out by the first creation ?
Yet they are in doubt about a new creation.
[50:16]
We verily created man and We know what his soul
whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
[50:17]
When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on
the right hand and on the left,
[50:18]
He uttereth no word but there is with him an
observer ready.
[50:19]
And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it
is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun.
[50:20]
And the trumpet is blown. This is the threatened
Day.
[50:21]
And every soul cometh, along with it a driver
and a witness.
[50:22]
(And unto the evil-doer it is said): Thou wast
in heedlessness of this. Now We have removed from thee thy covering, and
piercing is thy sight this day.
[50:23]
And (unto the evil-doer) his comrade saith: This
is that which I have ready (as testimony).
[50:24]
(And it is said): Do ye twain hurl to hell each
rebel ingrate,
[50:25]
Hinderer of good, transgressor, doubter,
[50:26]
Who setteth up another god along with Allah. Do
ye twain hurl him to the dreadful doom.
[50:27]
His comrade saith: Our Lord! I did not cause him
to rebel, but he was (himself) far gone in error.
[50:28]
He saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had
already proffered unto you the warning.
[50:29]
The sentence that cometh from Me cannot be
changed, and I am in no wise a tyrant unto the slaves.
[50:30]
On the day when We say unto hell: Art thou
filled ? and it saith: Can there be more to come ?
[50:31]
And the Garden is brought nigh for those who
kept from evil, no longer distant.
[50:32]
(And it is said): This is that which ye were
promised. (It is) for every penitent and heedful one,
[50:33]
Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh
with a contrite heart.
[50:34]
Enter it in peace. This is the day of
immortality.
[50:35]
There they have all that they desire, and there
is more with Us.
[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.
[51:7]
By the heaven full of paths,
[51:8]
Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion
(concerning the truth).
[51:9]
He is made to turn away from it who is (himself)
averse.
[51:10]
Accursed be the conjecturers
[51:11]
Who are careless in an abyss!
[51:12]
They ask: When is the Day of Judgment ?
[51:13]
(It is) the day when they will be tormented at
the Fire,
[51:14]
(And it will be said unto them): Taste your
torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
[51:15]
Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid
gardens and watersprings,
[51:16]
Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for
lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
[51:17]
They used to sleep but little of the night,
[51:18]
And ere the dawning of each day would seek
forgiveness,
[51:19]
And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast
had due share.
[51:20]
And in the earth are portents for those whose
faith is sure.
[51:21]
And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see ?
[51:22]
And in the heaven is your providence and that
which ye are promised;
[51:23]
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it
is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
[51:24]
Hath the story of Abraham’s honoured guests
reached thee (O Muhammad) ?
[51:25]
When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he
answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
[51:26]
Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that
they brought a fatted calf;
[51:27]
And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not
eat ?
[51:28]
Then he conceived a fear of them. They said:
Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
[51:29]
Then his wife came forward, making moan, and
smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
[51:30]
They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the
Wise, the Knower.