وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ ٧
51:7 | By the heaven containing pathways, ¹
Footnote 51:7 (1):🅧
Explained as tracks, layers or orbits.
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍۢ مُّخْتَلِفٍۢ ٨
51:8 | Indeed, you are in differing speech. ¹
Footnote 51:8 (1):🅧
About Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) and the Qur’ān.
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ٩
51:9 | Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.
قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ ١٠
51:10 | Destroyed are the misinformers ¹
Footnote 51:10 (1):🅧
Or "May they be destroyed" or "cursed."
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍۢ سَاهُونَ ١١
51:11 | Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٢
51:12 | They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ ١٣
51:13 | [It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire.
ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ١٤
51:14 | [And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ ١٥
51:15 | Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ ١٦
51:16 | Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ ١٧
51:17 | They used to sleep but little of the night, ¹
Footnote 51:17 (1):🅧
i.e., spending a portion of the night in prayer and supplication.
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ١٨
51:18 | And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ١٩
51:19 | And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌۭ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ ٢٠
51:20 | And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٢١
51:21 | And in yourselves. Then will you not see?
وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ٢٢
51:22 | And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّۭ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ ٢٣
51:23 | Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ ٢٤
51:24 | Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? ¹ -
Footnote 51:24 (1):🅧
Who were angels given honored positions by Allāh.
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًۭا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌۭ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ ٢٥
51:25 | When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍۢ سَمِينٍۢ ٢٦
51:26 | Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf.
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ٢٧
51:27 | And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةًۭ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍۢ ٢٨
51:28 | And he felt from them apprehension. ¹ They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.
Footnote 51:28 (1):🅧
Traditionally, if a guest refused to eat, it meant that he harbored ill will toward the host or intended him harm.
فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍۢ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌۭ ٢٩
51:29 | And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٣٠
51:30 | They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."