# The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/51. The Scatterers
#### 51. The Scatterers (Al-Dhariyat)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
$^1$ By those scattering broadcast
$^2$ And those bearing the load!
$^3$ And those running easily!
$^4$ And those distributing the Affair! --
$^5$ What you are promised is surely true,
$^6$ And the Judgment will surely come to pass.
$^7$ By the heaven full of paths!
$^8$ Surely you are of varying opinion --
$^9$ He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
$^{10}$ Cursed be the liars!
$^{11}$ Who are in an abyss, neglectful;
$^{12}$ They ask: When is the day of Judgment?
$^{13}$ (It is) the day when they are tried at the Fire.
$^{14}$ Taste your persecution! This is what you would hasten on.
$^{15}$ Surely the dutiful are amidst Gardens and fountains,
$^{16}$ Taking that which their Lord gives them. Surely they were before that the doers of good.
$^{17}$ They used to sleep but little at night.
$^{18}$ And in the morning they asked (Divine) protection.
$^{19}$ And in their wealth there was a due share for the beggar and for one who is denied (good).
$^{20}$ And in the earth are signs for those who are sure,
$^{21}$ And in yourselves do you not see?
$^{22}$ And in the heavens is your sustenance and that which you are promised.
$^{23}$ So by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is surely the truth, just as you speak.
$^{24}$ Has the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee?
$^{25}$ When they came to him, they said Peace! Peace! said he. Strangers!
$^{26}$ Then he turned aside to his family and brought a fat calf.
$^{27}$ So he placed it before them. He said: Will you not eat?
$^{28}$ So he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.
$^{29}$ Then his wife came up in grief, and she smote her face and said: A barren old woman!
$^{30}$ They said: Thus says thy Lord. Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
$^{31}$ He said: What is your errand, O messengers!
$^{32}$ They said: We have been sent to a guilty people
$^{33}$ That we may send upon them stones of clay,
$^{34}$ Marked from thy Lord for the prodigal.
$^{35}$ Then We brought forth such believers as were there.
$^{36}$ And We found there but a (single) house of Muslims.
$^{37}$ And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful chastisement.
$^{38}$ And in Moses, when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.
$^{39}$ But he turned away on account of his might and said: An enchanter or a madman!
$^{40}$ So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea, and he was blameable.
$^{41}$ And in 'Ad, when We sent upon them the destructive wind.
$^{42}$ It spared naught that it came against, but it made it like ashes.
$^{43}$ And in Thamad, when it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
$^{44}$ But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the punishment overtook them, while they saw.
$^{45}$ So they were unable to rise up, nor could they defend themselves;
$^{46}$ And the people of Noah before. Surely they were a transgressing people.
$^{47}$ And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and We are Makers of the vast extent.
$^{48}$ And the earth, We have spread it out. How well We prepared it!
$^{49}$ And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
$^{50}$ So flee to Allah. Surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
$^{51}$ And do not set up with Allah another god. Surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
$^{52}$ Thus there came not a messenger to those before them but they said: An enchanter or a madman!
$^{53}$ Have they charged each other with this? Nay, they are an inordinate people.
$^{54}$ So turn away from them, for thou art not to blame;
$^{55}$ And remind, for reminding profits the believers.
$^{56}$ And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
$^{57}$ I desire no sustenance from them, nor do I desire that they should feed Me.
$^{58}$ Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
$^{59}$ Surely the lot of the wrongdoers is as was the lot of their companions, so let them not ask Me to hasten on.
$^{60}$ Woe, then, to those who disbelieve because of that day of theirs which they are promised!