— 60 verses
By the winds that scatter the dust
and those that bear the burden [of the rain]
and those speeding along with ease
and distributing the command of God at His behest
What you are promised is certainly true
the Judgement will surely come to pas
by the heaven full of tracks
surely you are deeply at variance [as to what to believe]
he is turned away from [the truth] who is destined to be so turned away
May the conjecturers perish
who flounder in the depths of ignorance
They ask, When will the Day of Judgement come
It will be the Day when they are tormented at the Fire
Taste your trial. This is what you sought to hasten
Surely the God-fearing will find themselves in the midst of gardens and springs
They shall receive what their Lord will bestow on them. They have done good works in the past
sleeping little in the night-time
praying at dawn for God's pardon
and sharing their possessions with the beggars and the deprived
On the earth, and in yourselves
there are signs for firm believers. Do you not see then
In heaven is your sustenance, and also that which you are promised
By the Lord of the heaven and the earth, it is certainly the truth. It is as true as your ability to speak
Have you heard the story of Abrahams honoured guests
When they came to him they said, Peace! He answered, Peace! [saying to himself]. They are strangers
Then he turned quickly to his household, and brought a fatted calf
and placed it before them. Will you not eat? he said
beginning to be afraid of them. But they said, Dont be afraid; and they gave him the good news of a son who would be endowed with knowledge
Then his wife came forward, crying and beating her brow. She said, I am surely a barren, old woman
Such is the will of your Lord, they replied. He is the Wise, the All Knowing
Abraham asked, What is your errand, O messengers
They replied, We have been sent to a sinful people
so that we may bring down upon them a shower of stones of clay
which are marked by your Lord for the punishment of those guilty of excesses
We saved all the faithful in the town
We found in it only one household of true believer
and We left therein a sign for those who fear a painful punishment
There is another sign in Moses: We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority
But he turned his back, he and his courtiers, and said, This is a sorcerer or a madman
Then We seized him and his army and cast them all into the sea: he himself [Pharaoh] was to blame
There is another sign in the [tribe of] Ad, when We sent against them a life-destroying win
and it destroyed everything over which it passed and reduced it to dust
In the Thamud [there was another sign], when they were told, Make the most of your lives for a while
But they rebelled against the command of their Lord. So the thunderbolt overtook them while they looked on
they could not stand up again, nor could they defend themselves
[We destroyed] the people of Noah before them. They were certainly a sinful people
We built the universe with Our might, giving it its vast expanse
We have spread out the earth how well We have spread it out
and We created pairs of all things so that you might reflect
Therefore hasten to God; truly, I am sent by Him to give you clear warning
Do not set up another god, along with God. I come from Him to warn you plainly
Likewise, there came no messenger to those before them, but they said, He is a sorcerer or a madman
Have they handed this down to one another? They are certainly a people who exceed all bounds
so ignore them you are not to blam
but keep on exhorting them, for exhortation benefits the believers
I created the jinn and mankind only so that they might worship Me
I seek no sustenance from them, nor do I want them to feed M
it is God who is the great Sustainer, the Mighty One, the Invincible
The wrongdoers will meet the same fate as their predecessors let them not ask Me to hasten on [the punishment]
woe, then, to those who are bent on denying the truth, when the Day arrives which they have been promised