Surah 51

1 By those that winnow with a winnowing

2 And those that bear the burden (of the rain)

3 And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)

4 And those who distribute (blessings) by command,

5 See! that wherewith you are threatened is indeed true,

6 And see! the judgment will indeed befall.

7 By the heaven full of paths,

8 See! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).

9 He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.

10 Accursed be the conjecturers

11 Who are careless in an abyss!

12 They ask: When is the Day of Judgment ?

13 (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,

14 (And it will be said to them): Taste your torment (which you inflicted). This is what you sought to hasten.

15 See! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,

16 Taking that which their Lord gives them; for see! aforetime they were doers of good;

17 They used to sleep but little of the night,

18 And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,

19 And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.

20 And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.

21 And (also) in yourselves. Can you then not see ?

22 And in the heaven is your providence and that which you are promised;

23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that you speak.

24 Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you (O Muhammad) ?

25 When they came in to him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).

26 Then he went apart to his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;

27 And he set it before them, saying: Will you not eat ?

28 Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.

29 Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!

30 They said: Even so said your Lord. See! He is the Wise, the Knower.

31 (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O you sent (from Allah) ?

32 They said: See! we are sent to a guilty folk,

33 That we may send upon them stones of clay,

34 Marked by your Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.

35 Then we brought forth such believers as were there.

36 But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).

37 And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.

38 And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear warrant,

39 But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.

40 So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.

41 And in (the tribe of) A’ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.

42 It spared nothing that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.

43 And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.

44 But they rebelled against their Lord’s decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;

45 And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.

46 And the folk of Noah aforetime. See! they were licentious folk.

47 We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).

48 And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!

49 And all things We have created by pairs, that haply you may reflect.

50 Therefore flee to Allah; see! I am a plain warner to you from him.

51 And set not any other god along with Allah; see! I am a plain warner to you from Him.

52 Even so there came no messenger to those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!

53 Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one to another ? No, but they are contrary folk.

54 So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for you are in no wise blameworthy,

55 And warn, for warning profiteth believers.

56 I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.

57 I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.

58 See! Allah! He it is that gives livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.

59 And see! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like to the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).

60 And woe to those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.