51:1  By the scattering [winds] that scatter [the clouds];

51:2  by the [rain] bearing [clouds] laden [with water];

51:3  by [the ships] which move gently [on the sea];

51:4  by [the angels] who dispense [livelihood] by [His] command:

51:5  indeed what you are promised is true,

51:6  and indeed the retribution will surely come to pass!

51:7  By the sky full of adornment [with stars],

51:8  indeed you are of different opinions!

51:9  He who has been turned away [from the truth] is turned away from it.

51:10  Perish the liars,

51:11  who are heedless in a stupor!

51:12  They ask, ‘When will be the Day of Retribution?’

51:13  It is the day when they will be tormented in the Fire,

51:14  [and will be told]: ‘Taste your torment. This is what you used to hasten.’

51:15  Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and springs,

51:16  receiving what their Lord has given them, for they had been virtuous aforetime.

51:17  They used to sleep a little during the night,

51:18  and at dawns they would plead for forgiveness,

51:19  and there was a share in their wealth for the beggar and the deprived.

51:20  In the earth are signs for those who have conviction,

51:21  and in your souls [as well]. Will you not then perceive?

51:22  And in the sky is your provision and what you are promised.

51:23  By the Lord of the sky and the earth, it is indeed the truth, just as [it is a fact that] you speak.

51:24  Did you receive the story of Abraham’s honoured guests?

51:25  When they entered into his presence, they said, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’ He answered, ‘[You are] an unfamiliar folk.’

51:26  Then he retired to his family and brought a fat [roasted] calf,

51:27  and put it near them. He said, ‘Will you not eat?’

51:28  Then he felt a fear of them. They said, ‘Do not be afraid!’ and they gave him the good news of a wise son.

51:29  Then his wife came forward crying [with joy]. She beat her face, and said, ‘A barren old woman!’

51:30  They said, ‘So has your Lord said. Indeed He is the All-wise, the All-knowing.’

51:31  He said, ‘O messengers, what is now your errand?’

51:32  They said, ‘We have been sent toward a guilty people,

51:33  that We may rain upon them stones of clay,

51:34  sent for the transgressors from your Lord.

51:35  So We picked out those who were in it of the faithful,

51:36  but We did not find there other than one house of Muslims,

51:37  and We have left therein a sign for those who fear a painful punishment.’

51:38  And in Moses [too there is a sign] when We sent him to Pharaoh with a manifest authority.

51:39  But he turned away assured of his might, and said, ‘A magician or a crazy man!’

51:40  So We seized him and his hosts, and cast them into the sea, while he was blameworthy.

51:41  And in ‘Ad when We unleashed upon them a barren wind.

51:42  It left nothing that it came upon without making it like decayed bones.

51:43  And in Thamud, when they were told, ‘Enjoy for a while.’

51:44  Then they defied the command of their Lord; so the thunderbolt seized them as they looked on.

51:45  So they were neither able to rise up, nor to come to one another’s aid.

51:46  And the people of Noah aforetime. Indeed, they were a transgressing lot.

51:47  We have built the heaven with might, and indeed it is We who are its expanders.

51:48  And We have spread out the earth, so how excellent spreaders We have been!

51:49  In all things We have created pairs so that you may take admonition.

51:50  ‘So flee toward Allah. Indeed, I am from Him a manifest warner to you.

51:51  Do not set up another god besides Allah. Indeed I am from Him a manifest warner to you.’

51:52  So it was that there did not come any apostle to those who were before them but they said, ‘A magician,’ or ‘A crazy man!’

51:53  Did they enjoin this upon one another?! Rather, they were a rebellious lot.

51:54  So turn away from them, as you will not be blameworthy.

51:55  And admonish, for admonition indeed benefits the faithful.

51:56  I did not create the jinn and the humans except that they may worship Me.

51:57  I desire no provision from them, nor do I desire that they should feed Me.

51:58  Indeed it is Allah who is the All-provider, Powerful and All-strong.

51:59  Indeed the lot of those who do wrong [now] will be like the lot of their [earlier] counterparts. So let them not ask Me to hasten on [that fate].

51:60  Woe to the faithless for the day they are promised!