[51:1] I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,

[51:2] Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).

[51:3] Then those (ships) that glide easily,

[51:4] Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;

[51:5] What you are threatened with is most surely true,

[51:6] And the judgment must most surely come about.

[51:7] I swear by the heaven full of ways.

[51:8] Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,

[51:9] He is turned away from it who would be turned away.

[51:10] Cursed be the liars,

[51:11] Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;

[51:12] They ask: When is the day of judgment?

[51:13] (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.

[51:14] Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.

[51:15] Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.

[51:16] Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.

[51:17] They used to sleep but little in the night.

[51:18] And in the morning they asked forgiveness.

[51:19] And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).

[51:20] And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,

[51:21] And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?

[51:22] And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.

[51:23] And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.

[51:24] Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?

[51:25] When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.

[51:26] Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,

[51:27] So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?

[51:28] So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.

[51:29] Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!

[51:30] They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.

[51:31] He said: What is your affair then, O messengers!

[51:32] They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,

[51:33] That we may send down upon them stone of clay,

[51:34] Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.

[51:35] Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.

[51:36] But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).

[51:37] And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

[51:38] And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.

[51:39] But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.

[51:40] So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.

[51:41] And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.

[51:42] It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.

[51:43] And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.

[51:44] But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.

[51:45] So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves-

[51:46] And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.

[51:47] And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.

[51:48] And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.

[51:49] And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.

[51:50] Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.

[51:51] And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.

[51:52] Thus there did not come to those before them a messenger but they said: A magician or a mad man.

[51:53] Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.

[51:54] Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;

[51:55] And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.

[51:56] And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.

[51:57] I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.

[51:58] Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.

[51:59] So surely those who are unjust shall have a portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on.

[51:60] Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.