(51:1) By the winds which scatter dust, (51:2) which carry clouds laden with water, (51:3) which then smoothly speed along, (51:4) and execute the great task of apportioning (rainfall): (51:5) surely what you are being warned against is true, (51:6) and the Judgement shall doubtlessly take place. (51:7) By the heaven with its numerous forms: (51:8) surely you are at variance (about the Hereafter); (51:9) though only those who are averse to the Truth will turn away from (believing in it). (51:10) Doomed are the conjecturers (51:11) who are steeped in ignorance and heedlessness. (51:12) They ask: “When will the Day of Judgement be?” (51:13) It will be the Day when they shall be scourged by the Fire (51:14) (and be told): “Taste your ordeal! This is what you were seeking to hasten.” (51:15) As for the God-fearing, they shall be in the midst of gardens and fountains, (51:16) joyously receiving what their Lord will have granted them. Verily they did good works before (the coming of this Day): (51:17) they used to sleep but little by night, (51:18) and would ask for forgiveness at dawn, (51:19) and in their wealth there was a rightful share for him who would ask and for the destitute. (51:20) There are many Signs on earth for those of sure faith, (51:21) and also in your own selves. Do you not see? (51:22) And in heaven is your provision and also what you are being promised. (51:23) So, by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, this is certainly true, as true as the fact of your speaking. (51:24) (O Prophet), did the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reach you? (51:25) When they came to him, they said: “Peace”; he said: “Peace also be to you; (you seem to be) a group of strangers.” (51:26) Then he went back to his family and brought a fat roasted calf (51:27) and laid it before them, saying: “Will you not eat?” (51:28) Then he became afraid of them. They said: “Fear not,” and announced to him the good news of (the birth of) a boy endowed with knowledge. (51:29) So hearing his wife went forth shouting. She struck her face and exclaimed: “A barren old woman am I.” (51:30) They said: “So has your Lord said (that you shall have a boy). Surely He is Most Wise, All-Knowing.” (51:31) Abraham said: “Envoys (of Allah), what is your errand?” (51:32) They replied: “Behold, we have been sent to a wicked people (51:33) that we may unleash a shower of clay-stones (51:34) marked by your Lord upon those who go beyond the limits.” (51:35) Then We evacuated there from all the believers (51:36) – and We did not find there any, apart from a single house of Muslims – (51:37) and We left therein a Sign for those who fear the grievous chastisement. (51:38) There is also a Sign for you in the story of Moses when We sent him with a clear authority to Pharaoh. (51:39) But Pharaoh turned away, showing arrogance on account of his power, and said (about Moses): “He is either a sorcerer or a madman.” (51:40) So We seized him and his hosts, and cast them into the sea. He became an object of much blame. (51:41) There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Ad, when We let loose upon them an ominous wind (51:42) that left nothing that it came upon without reducing it to rubble. (51:43) There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Thamud. They were told: “Enjoy yourselves for a while.” (51:44) But they brazenly disobeyed their Lord’s command, and then a sudden chastisement overtook them while they looked on. (51:45) They were unable even to stand up or protect themselves. (51:46) Before all these We destroyed the people of Noah: they were a wicked people. ...