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