Did you notice?
You can SEARCH IslamAwakened:
51:1
BY THE dust-scattering wind
51:2
and the heavily-laden clouds
51:3
by the smoothly-gliding ships
51:4
and by the angels who deal out as commanded
51:5
that which you are promised shall truly be fulfilled
51:6
and the Last Judgement shall surely come to pass
51:7
By the heaven with its starry highways
51:8
the words you utter are inconsistent
51:9
None but the perverse turn away from the Truth
51:11
who dwell in darkness and are heedless of the life to come
51:12
When will the Day of Judgement be?‘ they ask
51:13
On that day they shall be scourged in the Fire
51:14
Taste this, the punishment you sought to hasten!‘
51:15
The righteous shall dwell amidst gardens and fountain
51:16
and shall receive what their Lord will give them. For they did good works before
51:17
sleeping but little in the night-time
51:18
praying at dawn for God‘s pardon
51:19
and sharing their goods with the beggars and the dispossessed
51:20
On earth there are signs for firm believers
51:21
and in your own souls. Can you not see
51:22
Heaven holds your sustenance and all that you are promised
51:23
I swear by the Lord of heaven and earth that this is true, as true as you are speaking now
51:24
Have you heard the story of Abraham‘s honoured guests
51:25
They went in to him and said: ‘Peace!‘ ‘Peace!‘ he said and, seeing that they were strangers
51:26
betook himself to his family and returned with a fatted calf
51:27
He placed it before them, saying: ‘Will you not eat?‘
51:28
He grew afraid of them, but they said, ‘Have no fear,‘ and told him he was to have a son endowed with knowledge
51:29
His wife came crying and beating her face. ‘Surely I am a barren old woman,‘ she said
51:30
Such is the will of your Lord,‘ they said. ‘He surely is the Wise One, the All-knowing.‘
51:31
Messengers,‘ said he, ‘what is your errand?‘
51:32
They said: ‘We are sent forth to a perverted people
51:33
that we may bring down on them a shower of clay-stone
51:34
marked by your Lord for the destruction of the sinful.‘
51:35
We led all the believers out of the town ―
51:36
We found but one household of true Muslims ―
51:37
and left therein a Sign for those who fear the woeful scourge
51:38
And in Moses there was a sign. We sent him forth to Pharaoh with manifest authority
51:39
but he turned his back, he and his nobles, saying: ‘A sorcerer, or a man possessed.‘
51:40
So We seized him and his warriors, and cast them into the sea. Indeed, he deserved much blame
51:41
In the fate of ‘Ād there was another sign. We let loose on them a blighting wind
51:42
which pounded into dust all that it swept before it
51:43
And in Thamūd. They had been told: ‘Enjoy yourselves till a time decreed;‘
51:44
but they disobeyed the commandments of their Lord. The thunderbolt struck them as they looked on
51:45
they could not rise up from their fall, nor did they gain their end
51:46
And the people of Noah before them. Surely they too were a degenerate people
51:47
The heaven We built with mighty hands, giving it a vast expanse
51:48
and stretched the earth beneath it: gracious is He who spread it out
51:49
And all things We have made in pairs, so that you may take thought
51:50
Therefore seek God. From Him I come to you with clear warning
51:51
You shall not set up another deity besides God. From Him I come to you with a clear warning
51:52
Thus no apostle ever came to those before them¹ but that they said: ‘Sorcerer!‘ or ‘A man possessed!‘
51:53
Have they handed down this down from one generation to the next? Surely they are transgressors all
51:54
Pay no heed to them; you shall incur no blame
51:55
Exhort them; exhortation helps the true believers
51:56
I created the jinn and mankind only that they might worship Me
51:57
I demand no livelihood of them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me
51:58
God alone is the Munificent Giver, the Mighty One, the Invincible
51:59
The wrongdoers‘ sins are like the sins of those that sinned before them; so let them not hurry Me on
51:60
Woe betide then the unbelievers when their promised day is come
Your support helps pay our hosting costs, and
- with a little bit extra -
lets us pay transcribers and proofreaders.
If you can help, Click here to become a Patreon:
www.patreon.com/IslamAwakened
Thank you!