| | T.B.Irving rendition of Surah The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers(adh-Dhariyat)
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| 51:1 | | By the Winnowing [Winds] |
| 51:2 | | and those bearing a burden |
| 51:3 | | and the ones blowing gently |
| 51:4 | | and those delivering a command, |
| 51:5 | | whatever you are promised is certain! |
| 51:6 | | Doom is about to occur! |
| 51:7 | | By the sky full of orbits, |
| 51:8 | | you (all) have different ways of saying things, |
| 51:9 | | to brush off anyone who may be brushed off. |
| 51:10 | | Damned will be guessers |
| 51:11 | | who are dazed with excitement. |
| 51:12 | | They ask: "When will Doomsday be?" |
| 51:13 | | Some day they will be tested over the Fire: |
| 51:14 | | Taste your test! This is what you wanted to hurry up. |
| 51:15 | | The heedful will be in gardens and by springs |
| 51:16 | | partaking of whatever their Lord has given them. They had acted kindly even before that; |
| 51:17 | | they used to slumber only a portion of the night |
| 51:18 | | while in vigils towards dawning they sought forgiveness. |
| 51:19 | | The beggar and the destitute had some right to their wealth. |
| 51:20 | | On earth there are signs for the convinced, |
| 51:21 | | and even within yourselves; do you not notice them? |
| 51:22 | | In the sky is your sustenance and whatever you are promised; |
| 51:23 | | so by the Lord of Heaven and Earth, it is the Truth just the same as you have been uttering! |
| 51:24 | | Has the report of Abraham´s honored guests ever come to you, |
| 51:25 | | when they entered his home and said: "Peace [be upon you]!"? He said: "[On you be] peace!" [even though] they were people he did not know. |
| 51:26 | | So he slipped off to his family and fetched a fattened calf, |
| 51:27 | | and brought it up to them. He said: "Will you not eat?" |
| 51:28 | | He felt a fear concerning them. They said: "Don´t be afraid," and gave him the news of a clever lad. |
| 51:29 | | His wife came up sighing, and struck her face and said: "[I´m] a barren old hag!" |
| 51:30 | | They said: "Even so did your Lord say. He is the Wise, the Aware! |
| 51:31 | | He said: "Yet what is your errand, 0 emissaries?" |
| 51:32 | | They said: "We have been sent to a criminal folk, |
| 51:33 | | to launch clay pellets on them |
| 51:34 | | marked by your Lord for the dissipated." |
| 51:35 | | So We brought out anyone there who were believers, |
| 51:36 | | though We found only one house with Muslims in it. |
| 51:37 | | We left a sign there for those who fear painful torment. |
| 51:38 | | And with Moses when We sent him off with clear authority to Pharaoh, |
| 51:39 | | who turned away with his warlords and said: "[He´s either] a magician or a madman!" |
| 51:40 | | We seized him and his troops and hurled them into the deep while he was to blame. |
| 51:41 | | And with Ad, when We loosed a devastating wind on them: |
| 51:42 | | it left nothing that it chanced upon without turning it into rubble. |
| 51:43 | | And with Thamud when someone told them: "Enjoy things for a while!" |
| 51:44 | | They strutted around against their Lord´s command, as the Thunderbolt caught them while they were looking on. |
| 51:45 | | They were unable to withstand it nor were they supported. |
| 51:46 | | And Noah´s people had already been such immoral folk. |
| 51:47 | | The sky We have built firmly and We are extending it. |
| 51:48 | | The earth have We spread out; how Blissful is the One Who has smoothed it off! |
| 51:49 | | With everything We have created pairs so that you may be reminded; |
| 51:50 | | so flee to God: "I am a plain warner to you from Him! |
| 51:51 | | "Do not place any other deity alongside God [Alone]: I am a plain warner to you from Him. |
| 51:52 | | Thus no messenger ever came to those who preceded them unless they said: ´[He´s] a magician or a madman!´ |
| 51:53 | | Do they recommend it to one another? Yet they are such arrogant folk. |
| 51:54 | | Turn away from them; you are not to blame! |
| 51:55 | | Remind, for reminding benefits believers." |
| 51:56 | | I have only created sprites and men so they may worship Me; |
| 51:57 | | I do not want any sustenance from them nor do I need them to feed me. |
| 51:58 | | God is the Provider, wielding sturdy strength. |
| 51:59 | | The ones who do wrong have offences just like their companions´ offences, so do not let them ask Me to hurry things up. |
| 51:60 | | It will be too bad for those who disbelieve on their day which has been promised them! |
