SURAH
51: AL DHARIYAT (The Winds that Scatter).
In the name of Allah, the Gracious,
the Merciful
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By the wind that scatters;
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And those that lift and bear away heavy weights;
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And those that flow with ease and gentleness;
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And those that distribute and apportion by command;
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Truly that which you are promised is true;
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And truly judgment and justice must indeed come to pass.
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By the sky with numerous paths,
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Truly you have a divergent viewpoint,
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By which are deluded such as would be deluded.
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Woe to those who fabricate,
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Those who are heedless in a flood of confusion:
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They ask, When will be the day of judgment and justice?
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A day when they will be tried over the fire!
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Taste your trial! This is what you used to ask to be hastened!
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As to the righteous, they will be in the midst of gardens and springs,
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Taking joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because, before then,
they lived a good life.
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They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,
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And in the hours of early dawn, they were praying for forgiveness;
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And in their wealth and possessions they remembered the beggar and the needy.
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On the earth are signs for those of assured faith,
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As also in your own selves: will you not then see?
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And in heaven is your sustenance which you are promised.
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Then, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very truth, as much as the
fact that you can speak intelligently to each other.
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Has the story reached you, of the honoured guests of Ibrahim?
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Behold, they entered his presence, and said: Peace! He said, Peace to you,
strangers!
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Then he turned quickly to his household, brought out a fatted calf,
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And placed it before them. He said, Will you not eat?
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He became afraid of them. They said, Fear not, and they gave him glad tidings
of a son endowed with knowledge.
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But his wife came forward, laughing aloud: she smote her forehead and said: I am a barren old woman!
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They said, Even so has your Lord spoken: and he is full of wisdom and
knowledge.
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Ibrahim said: "And what, O messengers, is
your errand?"
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They said, We have been sent to a people in sin;
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To bring on them stones of clay,
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Marked as from your Lord for those who trespass beyond bounds.
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Then we evacuated those of the believers who were there,
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But we found no righteous people there except in one house:
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And we left there a sign for such as fear the grievous penalty.
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And also Musa. We sent him to Firaun with
clear authority.
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But Firaun turned back with his chiefs, and said, A sorcerer, or one possessed!
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So we took him and his forces, and threw them into the sea; and his was the
blame.
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And the Aad people: We sent against them a devastating wind:
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It left nothing that it came up against, but reduced it to ruin and rottenness.
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And Thamud: They were told, Enjoy for a little while!
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But they insolently defied the command of their Lord: so the stunning noise
seized them, even while they were looking on.
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Then they could not even stand, nor could they help themselves.
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So were the people of Nuh before them: for
they wickedly transgressed.
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With power and skill did we construct the sky: for it is we who create the
vastness of outer space.
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And we have spread out the earth: how excellently we do spread out!
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And of every thing we have created pairs: that you may receive instruction.
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Hasten then to Allah: I
am from him a warner to you, clear and open!
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And make not another an object of worship with Allah: I am from him a warner to you,
clear and open!
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Similarly, no messenger came to the peoples before them, but they said in like
manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!
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Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? No, they are
themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!
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So turn away from them: not yours is the blame.
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But teach, for teaching benefits the believers.
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I have only
created Jinns and men, that they may serve me.
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No sustenance do I
require of them, nor do I
require that they should feed me.
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For Allah is he who gives sustenance, Lord of power, steadfast.
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For the wrongdoers, their portion is like the portion of their fellows: then
let them not ask me to hasten!
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Woe, then, to the unbelievers, on account of that day of theirs which they have
been promised!