Holy Quran Verses

Holy Quran Verses from Pickthall's Translation

Surah Zaarayaat: The Winnowing Winds

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

051.001	By those that winnow with a winnowing
051.002	And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
051.003	And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
051.004	And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
051.005	Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
051.006	And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
051.007	By the heaven full of paths,
051.008	Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
051.009	He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
051.010	Accursed be the conjecturers
051.011	Who are careless in an abyss!
051.012	They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
051.013	(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
051.014	(And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
051.015	Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
051.016	Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
051.017	They used to sleep but little of the night,
051.018	And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
051.019	And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
051.020	And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
051.021	And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?
051.022	And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
051.023	And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
051.024	Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)?
051.025	When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
051.026	Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
051.027	And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?
051.028	Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
051.029	Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
051.030	They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
051.031	(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
051.032	They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
051.033	That we may send upon them stones of clay,
051.034	Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
051.035	Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
051.036	But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
051.037	And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
051.038	And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
051.039	But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
051.040	So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
051.041	And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
051.042	It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
051.043	And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
051.044	But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
051.045	And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
051.046	And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
051.047	We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
051.048	And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
051.049	And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
051.050	Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
051.051	And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
051.052	Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
051.053	Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
051.054	So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
051.055	And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
051.056	I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
051.057	I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
051.058	Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
051.059	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).
051.060	And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.

Let us pray (Sura 20, Ayat 114) 'Ya Rabbi Zidni Ilma!' ('O Lord! Increase me in knowledge.') and seek spiritual help (ta'yid) to understand our great faith.

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