{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/yaq/yaq051.htm","path":"isl/yaq/yaq051.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/yaq/yaq051.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\nIn the name of God, Most Gracious,\n Most Merciful.\n1. By the (Winds)\n That scatter broadcast;\n2. And those that\n Lift and bear away\n Heavy weights;\n3. And those that\n Flow with ease\n And gentleness;\n4. And those that\n Distribute and apportion\n By Command;\u2014\n5. Verily that which ye\n Are promised is true;\n6. And verily Judgment\n And Justice must\n Indeed come to pass.\n7. By the Sky\n With (its) numerous Paths,\n8. Truly ye are in\n A doctrine discordant,\n9. Through which are deluded (away\n From the Truth) such\n As would be deluded.\n10. Woe to the falsehood-mongers,\u2014\n11. Those who (flounder) heedless\n In a flood of confusion:\n12. They ask, \"When will be\n The Day of Judgment\n And Justice?\"\n13. (It will be) a Day\n When they will be tried\n (And tested) over the Fire!\n14. \"Taste ye your trial!\n This is what ye used\n To ask to be hastened!\n15. As to the Righteous,\n They will be in the midst\n Of Gardens and Springs,\n16. Taking joy in the things\n Which their Lord gives them,\n Because, before then, they\n Lived a good life.\n17. They were in the habit\n Of sleeping but little\n By night,\n18. And in the hours\n Of early dawn,\nThey (were found) praying\n For Forgiveness;\n19. And in their wealth\n And possessions (was remembered)\n The right of the (needy,)\n Him who asked, and him\n Who (for some reason) was\n Prevented (from asking).\n20. On the earth\n Are Signs for those\n Of assured Faith,\n21. As also in your, own\n Selves: will ye not\n Then see?\n22. And in heaven is\n Your Sustenance, as (also)\n That which ye are promised.\n23. Then, by the Lord\n Of heaven and earth,\n This is the very Truth,\n As much as the fact\n That ye can speak\n Intelligently to each other.\n24. Has the story\n Reached thee, of the honoured\n Guests of Abraham?\n25. Behold, they entered\n His presence, and said:\n \"Peace!\" He said, \"Peace\"\n (And thought, \"These seem)\n Unusual people.\"\n26. Then he turned quickly\n To his household, brought\n Out a fatted calf,\n27. And placed it before them\u2026\n He said, \"Will ye not\n Eat?\"\n28. (When they did not eat),\n He conceived a fear of them.\n They said, \"Fear not,\"\n And they gave him\n Glad tidings of a son\n Endowed with knowledge.\n29. But his wife came forward\n (Laughing) aloud: she smote\n Her forehead and said:\n \"A barren old woman!\"\n30. They said, \"Even so\n Has thy Lord spoken:\n And He is full\n Of Wisdom and Knowledge.\"\n31. (Abraham) said: \"And what,\n O ye Messengers,\n Is your errand (now)?\"\n32. They said, \"We have\n Been sent to a people\n (Deep) in sin;\u2014\n33. \"To bring on, on them,\n (A shower of) stones\n Of clay (brimstone),\n34. \"Marked as from thy Lord\n For those who trespass\n Beyond bounds.\"\n35. Then We evacuated\n Those of the Believers\n Who were there,\n36. But We found not there\n Any just (Muslim) persons\n Except in one house:\n37. And We left there\n A Sign for such as\n Fear the Grievous Penalty.\n38. And in Moses\n (Was another Sign):\n Behold, We sent him\n To Pharaoh, with authority\n Manifest.\n39. But (Pharaoh) turned back\n With his Chiefs, and said,\n \"A sorcerer, or\n One possessed!\"\n40. So We took him\n And his forces, and\n Threw them into the sea;\n And his was the blame:\n41. And in the \u2018\u0100d (people)\n (Was another Sign):\n Behold, We sent against them\n The devastating Wind:\n42. It left nothing whatever\n That it came up against,\n But reduced it to ruin\n And rottenness.\n43. And in the Tham\u016bd\n (Was another Sign):\n Behold, they were told,\n \"Enjoy (your brief day)\n For a little while!\"\n44. But they insolently defied\n The Command of their Lord:\n So the stunning noise\n (Of an earthquake) seized\n Them, even while they\n Were looking on.\n45. Then they could not\n Even stand (on their feet),\n Nor could they help themselves.\n46. So were the People\n Of Noah before them:\n For they wickedly transgressed.\n47. With power and skill\n Did We construct\n The Firmament:\n For it is We Who create\n The vastness of Space.\n48. And We have spread out\n The (spacious) earth:\n How excellently\n We do spread out!\n49. And of every thing\n We have created pairs\n That ye may receive\n Instruction.\n50. Hasten ye then (at once)\n To God: I am from Him\n A Warner to you,\n Clear and open!\n51. And make not another\n An object of worship\n With God:\n I am from Him\n A Warner to you,\n Clear and open!\n52. Similarly, no apostle came\n To the Peoples before them,\n But they said (of him)\n In like manner,\n \"A sorcerer, or\n One possessed\"!\n53. Is this the legacy\n They have transmitted,\nOne to another\n Nay, they are themselves\n A people transgressing\n Beyond bounds!\n54. So turn away\n From them: not thine\n Is the blame.\n55. But teach (thy Message):\n For teaching benefits\n The Believers.\n56. I have only created\n Jinns and men, that\n They may serve Me.\n57. No Sustenance do I require\n Of them, nor do I\n Require that they should\n Feed Me.\n58. For God is He Who\n Gives (all) Sustenance,\u2014\n Lord of Power,\u2014\n Steadfast (for ever).\n59. For the wrong-doers,\n Their portion is like\nUnto the portion of their\n Fellows (of earlier generations):\n Then let them not ask Me\n To hasten (that portion)!\n60. Woe, then, to the Unbelievers,\n On account of that Day\n Of theirs which they\n Have been promised!","title":"The Holy Quran: S\u016bra LI. 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