| | Aisha Bewley rendition of Surah The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers(adh-Dhariyat)
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| 51:1 | | By the scatterers scattering, |
| 51:2 | | and those bearing weighty loads, |
| 51:3 | | and those speeding along with ease, |
| 51:4 | | and those apportioning the command: |
| 51:5 | | what you are promised is certainly true — |
| 51:6 | | the Judgement will certainly take place! |
| 51:7 | | By Heaven with its oscillating orbits, |
| 51:8 | | you certainly have differing beliefs. |
| 51:9 | | Averted from it is he who is averted. |
| 51:10 | | Death to the conjecturers: |
| 51:11 | | those who flounder in a glut of ignorance, |
| 51:12 | | asking, ´When is the Day of Judgement?´ |
| 51:13 | | On the Day they are tormented by the Fire: |
| 51:14 | | ´Taste your torment! This is what you were trying to hasten!´ |
| 51:15 | | The people with taqwa will be among Gardens and Fountains, |
| 51:16 | | receiving what their Lord has given them. Certainly before that they were good-doers. |
| 51:17 | | The part of the night they spent asleep was small |
| 51:18 | | and they would seek forgiveness before the dawn. |
| 51:19 | | And beggars and the destitute received a due share of their wealth. |
| 51:20 | | There are certainly Signs in the earth for people with certainty; |
| 51:21 | | and in yourselves as well. Do you not then see? |
| 51:22 | | Your provision is in heaven — and what you are promised. |
| 51:23 | | By the Lord of heaven and earth, it is certainly the truth, just as you have speech. |
| 51:24 | | Has the story reached you of the honoured guests of Ibrahim? |
| 51:25 | | When they entered his dwelling and said, ´Peace!´ he said, ´Peace, to people we do not know.´ |
| 51:26 | | So he slipped off to his household and brought a fattened calf. |
| 51:27 | | He offered it to them and then exclaimed, ´Do you not then eat?´ |
| 51:28 | | He felt afraid of them but they said, ´Do not be afraid!´ and gave him the good news of a son imbued with knowledge. |
| 51:29 | | His wife came up with a shriek and struck her face and said, ´What, and me a barren old woman!´ |
| 51:30 | | They said, ´That is what your Lord says. He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing.´ |
| 51:31 | | He inquired, ´What, then, is your business, messengers?´ |
| 51:32 | | They said, ´We have been sent to a people of evildoers |
| 51:33 | | to unleash upon them lumps of clay |
| 51:34 | | earmarked by your Lord for the profligate.´ |
| 51:35 | | We brought out all the muminun who were there |
| 51:36 | | but found in it only one house of Muslims. |
| 51:37 | | And We left a Sign in it for those who fear the painful punishment. |
| 51:38 | | And also in Musa when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority. |
| 51:39 | | But he turned away with his forces, saying, ´A magician or a madman!´ |
| 51:40 | | So We seized him and his armies and hurled them into the sea, and he was to blame. |
| 51:41 | | And also in ´Ad when We unleashed against them the barren wind, |
| 51:42 | | which left nothing it touched without turning it to dust. |
| 51:43 | | And also in Thamud, when they were told: ´Enjoy yourselves a while!´ |
| 51:44 | | But they spurned their Lord´s command, so the Blast seized them as they looked. |
| 51:45 | | They could not stand upright and they were not helped. |
| 51:46 | | And the people of Nuh before, they were a people of deviators. |
| 51:47 | | As for heaven — We built it with great power and gave it its vast expanse. |
| 51:48 | | And the earth — We spread it like a carpet and how well We smoothed it out! |
| 51:49 | | And We created all things in pairs so that hopefully you would pay heed. |
| 51:50 | | So flee to Allah. Truly I bring you a clear warning from Him. |
| 51:51 | | Do not set up another god together with Allah. Truly I bring you a clear warning from Him. |
| 51:52 | | Equally, no Messenger came to those before them without their saying, ´A magician or a madman!´ |
| 51:53 | | Did they bequeathe this to one another? Indeed they are an unbridled people. |
| 51:54 | | So turn away from them, for you are not to blame. |
| 51:55 | | And remind them, for truly the muminun benefit from being reminded. |
| 51:56 | | I only created jinn and man to worship Me. |
| 51:57 | | I do not require any provision from them and I do not require them to nourish Me. |
| 51:58 | | Truly Allah, He is the Provider, the Possessor of Strength, the Sure. |
| 51:59 | | Those who do wrong will have their due, the same as that of their friends. So they should not hurry Me! |
| 51:60 | | Woe then to those who are kafir on account of the Day they have been promised! |
