# 51. adh-Dhariyat: The Scatterers

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> 51. adh-Dhariyat: The Scatterers
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> 1 By those that winnow with a winnowing 
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> 2 And those that bear the burden (of the rain) 
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> 3 And those that glide with ease (upon the sea) 
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> 4 And those who distribute (blessings) by command, 
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> 5 Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true, 
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> 6 And lo! the judgment will indeed befall. 
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> 7 By the heaven full of paths, 
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> 8 Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth). 
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> 9 He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse. 
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> 10 Accursed be the conjecturers 
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> 11 Who are careless in an abyss! 
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> 12 They ask: When is the Day of Judgment ? 
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> 13 (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire, 
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> 14 (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten. 
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> 15 Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings, 
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> 16 Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good; 
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> 17 They used to sleep but little of the night, 
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> 18 And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness, 
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> 19 And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share. 
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> 20 And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure. 
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> 21 And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see ? 
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> 22 And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised; 
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> 23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak. 
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> 24 Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad) ? 
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> 25 When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me). 
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> 26 Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf; 
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> 27 And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat ? 
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> 28 Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son. 
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> 29 Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman! 
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> 30 They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower. 
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> 31 (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah) ? 
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> 32 They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk, 
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> 33 That we may send upon them stones of clay, 
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> 34 Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton. 
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> 35 Then we brought forth such believers as were there. 
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> 36 But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah). 
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> 37 And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom. 
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> 38 And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant, 
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> 39 But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman. 
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> 40 So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate. 
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> 41 And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them. 
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> 42 It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust. 
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> 43 And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile. 
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> 44 But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed; 
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> 45 And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves. 
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> 46 And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk. 
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> 47 We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof). 
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> 48 And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)! 
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> 49 And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect. 
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> 50 Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him. 
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> 51 And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him. 
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> 52 Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman! 
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> 53 Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another ? Nay, but they are froward folk. 
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> 54 So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy, 
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> 55 And warn, for warning profiteth believers. 
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> 56 I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me. 
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> 57 I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me. 
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> 58 Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might. 
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> 59 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). 
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> 60 And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.
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> — *51. adh-Dhariyat: The Scatterers*