51:1 - By those that winnow with a winnowing
51:2 - And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
51:3 - And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
51:4 - And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
51:5 - Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
51:6 - And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
51:7 - By the heaven full of paths,
51:8 - Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
51:9 - He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
51:10 - Accursed be the conjecturers
51:11 - Who are careless in an abyss!
51:12 - They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
51:13 - (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
51:14 - (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
51:15 - Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
51:16 - Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
51:17 - They used to sleep but little of the night,
51:18 - And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
51:19 - And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
51:20 - And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
51:21 - And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?
51:22 - And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
51:23 - And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
51:24 - Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)?
51:25 - When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
51:26 - Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
51:27 - And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?
51:28 - Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
51:29 - Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
51:30 - They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
51:31 - (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
51:32 - They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
51:33 - That we may send upon them stones of clay,
51:34 - Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
51:35 - Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
51:36 - But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
51:37 - And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
51:38 - And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
51:39 - But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
51:40 - So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
51:41 - And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
51:42 - It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
51:43 - And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
51:44 - But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
51:45 - And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
51:46 - And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
51:47 - We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
51:48 - And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
51:49 - And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
51:50 - Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
51:51 - And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
51:52 - Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
51:53 - Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
51:54 - So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
51:55 - And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
51:56 - I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
51:57 - I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
51:58 - Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
51:59 - And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).
51:60 - And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.