51:1
وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًۭا ١
By the winds scattering ˹dust˺,
51:2
فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًۭا ٢
and ˹the clouds˺ loaded with rain,
51:3
فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًۭا ٣
and ˹the ships˺ gliding with ease,
51:4
فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا ٤
and ˹the angels˺ administering affairs by ˹Allah’s˺ command!
51:5
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌۭ ٥
Indeed, what you are promised is true.
51:6
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ ٦
And the Judgment will certainly come to pass.
51:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ ٧
˹And˺ by the heavens in their marvellous design!
51:8
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍۢ مُّخْتَلِفٍۢ ٨
Surely you are ˹lost˺ in conflicting views ˹regarding the truth˺.
51:9
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ٩
Only those ˹destined to be˺ deluded are turned away from it.
51:10
قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ ١٠
Condemned are the liars—
51:11
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍۢ سَاهُونَ ١١
those who are ˹steeped˺ in ignorance, totally heedless.
51:12
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٢
They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”
51:13
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ ١٣
˹It is˺ the Day they will be tormented over the Fire.
51:14
ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ١٤
˹They will be told,˺ “Taste your torment! This is what you sought to hasten.”
51:15
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ ١٥
Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs,
51:16
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ ١٦
˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺:
51:17
كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ ١٧
they used to sleep only little in the night,
51:18
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ١٨
and pray for forgiveness before dawn.
51:19
وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ١٩
And in their wealth there was a rightful share ˹fulfilled˺ for the beggar and the poor.
51:20
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌۭ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ ٢٠
There are ˹countless˺ signs on earth for those with sure faith,
51:21
وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٢١
as there are within yourselves. Can you not see?
51:22
وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ٢٢
In heaven is your sustenance and whatever you are promised.
51:23
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّۭ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ ٢٣
Then by the Lord of heaven and earth! ˹All˺ this is certainly as true as ˹the fact that˺ you can speak!
51:24
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ ٢٤
Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
51:25
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًۭا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌۭ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ ٢٥
˹Remember˺ when they entered his presence and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He replied, “Peace ˹be upon you˺!” ˹Then he said to himself,˺ “These people must be strangers!”
51:26
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍۢ سَمِينٍۢ ٢٦
Then he slipped off to his family and brought a fat ˹roasted˺ calf,
51:27
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ٢٧
and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?”
51:28
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةًۭ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍۢ ٢٨
˹They did not eat,˺ so he grew fearful of them. They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid,” and gave him good news of a knowledgeable son.
51:29
فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍۢ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌۭ ٢٩
Then his wife came forward with a cry, clasping her forehead ˹in astonishment˺, exclaiming, “˹A baby from˺ a barren, old woman!”
51:30
قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٣٠
They replied, “Such has your Lord decreed. He is truly the All-Wise, All-Knowing.”
51:31
۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ٣١
˹Later,˺ Abraham asked, “What is your mission, O messenger-angels?”
51:32
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ ٣٢
They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people,
51:33
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن طِينٍۢ ٣٣
to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay,
51:34
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ٣٤
marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”
51:35
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٣٥
Then ˹before the torment˺ We evacuated the believers from the city.
51:36
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ٣٦
But We only found one family that had submitted ˹to Allah˺.
51:37
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ٣٧
And We have left a sign there ˹as a lesson˺ for those who fear the painful punishment.
51:38
وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ٣٨
And in ˹the story of˺ Moses ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent him to Pharaoh with compelling proof,
51:39
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌۭ ٣٩
but Pharaoh was carried away by his power, saying ˹of Moses˺, “A magician or a madman!”
51:40
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌۭ ٤٠
So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them into the sea while he was blameworthy.
51:41
وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ ٤١
And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind.
51:42
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ ٤٢
There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes.
51:43
وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ ٤٣
And in ˹the story of˺ Thamûd ˹was another lesson,˺ when they were told, “Enjoy yourselves ˹only˺ for a ˹short˺ while.”
51:44
فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ٤٤
Still they persisted in defying the commands of their Lord, so they were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast while they were looking on.
51:45
فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍۢ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ ٤٥
Then they were not able to rise up, nor were they helped.
51:46
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا فَـٰسِقِينَ ٤٦
And the people of Noah ˹had also been destroyed˺ earlier. They were truly a rebellious people.
51:47
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍۢ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ٤٧
We built the universe with ˹great˺ might, and We are certainly expanding ˹it˺.
51:48
وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ ٤٨
As for the earth, We spread it out. How superbly did We smooth it out!
51:49
وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٩
And We created pairs of all things so perhaps you would be mindful.
51:50
فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ٥٠
So ˹proclaim, O Prophet˺: “Flee to Allah! I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.
51:51
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ٥١
And do not set up another god with Allah. I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.”
51:52
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ٥٢
Similarly, no messenger came to those before them without being told: “A magician or a madman!”
51:53
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ ٥٣
Have they passed this ˹cliché˺ down to one another? In fact, they have ˹all˺ been a transgressing people.
51:54
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍۢ ٥٤
So ˹now˺ turn away from them ˹O Prophet˺, for you will not be blamed.
51:55
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٥٥
But ˹continue to˺ remind. For certainly reminders benefit the believers.
51:56
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ ٥٦
I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me.
51:57
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍۢ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ ٥٧
I seek no provision from them, nor do I need them to feed Me.
51:58
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ ٥٨
Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ is the Supreme Provider—Lord of all Power, Ever Mighty.
51:59
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًۭا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ٥٩
The wrongdoers will certainly have a share ˹of the torment˺ like that of their predecessors. So do not let them ask Me to hasten ˹it˺.
51:60
فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ٦٠
Woe then to the disbelievers when they face their Day which they are warned of!
