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