al-Dhāriyāt

By the scattering [winds] that scatter [the clouds];

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by the [rain] bearing [clouds] laden [with water];

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by [the ships] which move gently [on the sea];

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by [the angels] who dispense [livelihood] by [His] command:

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indeed what you are promised is true,

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and indeed the retribution will surely come to pass!

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By the sky full of adornment [with stars],

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indeed you are of different opinions!

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He who has been turned away [from the truth] is turned away from it.

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Perish the liars,

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who are heedless in a stupor!

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They ask, ‘When will be the Day of Retribution?’

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It is the day when they will be tormented in the Fire,

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[and will be told]: ‘Taste your torment. This is what you used to hasten.’

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Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and springs,

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receiving what their Lord has given them, for they had been virtuous aforetime.

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They used to sleep a little during the night,

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and at dawns they would plead for forgiveness,

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and there was a share in their wealth for the beggar and the deprived.

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In the earth are signs for those who have conviction,

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and in your souls [as well]. Will you not then perceive?

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And in the sky is your provision and what you are promised.

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By the Lord of the sky and the earth, it is indeed the truth, just as [it is a fact that] you speak.

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Did you receive the story of Abraham’s honoured guests?

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When they entered into his presence, they said, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’ He answered, ‘[You are] an unfamiliar folk.’

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Then he retired to his family and brought a fat [roasted] calf,

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and put it near them. He said, ‘Will you not eat?’

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Then he felt a fear of them. They said, ‘Do not be afraid!’ and they gave him the good news of a wise son.

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Then his wife came forward crying [with joy]. She beat her face, and said, ‘A barren old woman!’

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They said, ‘So has your Lord said. Indeed He is the All-wise, the All-knowing.’

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He said, ‘O messengers, what is now your errand?’

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They said, ‘We have been sent toward a guilty people,

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that We may rain upon them stones of clay,

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sent for the transgressors from your Lord.

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So We picked out those who were in it of the faithful,

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but We did not find there other than one house of Muslims,

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and We have left therein a sign for those who fear a painful punishment.’

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And in Moses [too there is a sign] when We sent him to Pharaoh with a manifest authority.

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But he turned away assured of his might, and said, ‘A magician or a crazy man!’

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So We seized him and his hosts, and cast them into the sea, while he was blameworthy.

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And in ‘Ad when We unleashed upon them a barren wind.

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It left nothing that it came upon without making it like decayed bones.

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And in Thamud, when they were told, ‘Enjoy for a while.’

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Then they defied the command of their Lord; so the thunderbolt seized them as they looked on.

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So they were neither able to rise up, nor to come to one another’s aid.

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And the people of Noah aforetime. Indeed, they were a transgressing lot.

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We have built the heaven with might, and indeed it is We who are its expanders.

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And We have spread out the earth, so how excellent spreaders We have been!

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In all things We have created pairs so that you may take admonition.

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‘So flee toward Allah. Indeed, I am from Him a manifest warner to you.

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Do not set up another god besides Allah. Indeed I am from Him a manifest warner to you.’

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So it was that there did not come any apostle to those who were before them but they said, ‘A magician,’ or ‘A crazy man!’

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Did they enjoin this upon one another?! Rather, they were a rebellious lot.

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So turn away from them, as you will not be blameworthy.

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And admonish, for admonition indeed benefits the faithful.

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I did not create the jinn and the humans except that they may worship Me.

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I desire no provision from them, nor do I desire that they should feed Me.

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Indeed it is Allah who is the All-provider, Powerful and All-strong.

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Indeed the lot of those who do wrong [now] will be like the lot of their [earlier] counterparts. So let them not ask Me to hasten on [that fate].

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Woe to the faithless for the day they are promised!

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