51. Adh-Dhariyat/The Scatterers

I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah

The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.

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a. And the scatterers, scattering everywhere,

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a. and the bearers with their burden,

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a. and the runners with their gentle ease,

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a. and the distributors by command!

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a. Surely what you are promised is true indeed!

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a. Surely the Time of Final Judgment is sure to come.

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a. And the celestial realm with all its countless tracks!

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a. Surely you are of differing opinions.

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a. Whoever is deluded about it is really deluded.

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a. So doomed be those who just speculate,

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a. those who are oblivious of the realm of the Hereafter.

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a. They mockingly ask:
b. ‘When will be the Time of Final Judgment?’

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a. Tell them:
b. It will definitely come and be ‘The Time when they are going to be tried by the Fire.’

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a. And they will be told:
b. ‘Taste your trial/punishment!
c. This is what you had been seeking to hurry.’

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a. Surely the virtuous will be in the Paradise and flowing springs;

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a. receiving what their Rabb - The Lord will have given them of the reward,
b. for they were definitely seekers of excellence in piety even before the coming of this Time.

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a. For they will sleep only a little of the night as they were in worshipful meditation most of the time,

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a. and in the early hours before dawn, they would seek Allah’s compassion, mercy and
forgiveness.

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a. And of their wealth and possessions there would always be a portion assigned for the needy and the deprived.

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a. And throughout the terrestrial world there are Signs of HIS Creativity and Wonders visible
to all those who are firm in faith.

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a. And even within yourselves are Wondrous Signs of Biological Creativity.
b. Do you not notice them?!

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a. And in the celestial realm is the source of your provision,
b. and also what you are promised.

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a. And so by Rabb - The Lord of the celestial realm and the terrestrial world,
b. all this is real just as real as you speak.

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a. O The Prophet!
b. Has the narrative of Abraham’s honored guests reached you?

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a. When they came in to him and greeted:
b. ‘Salam!’
c. Peace!
d. He returned the greetings:

e. ‘Salam!
f. And said to himself - they are a people unfamiliar to me.’
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a. Then he conned his way to his family and brought a platter of roasted calf/meat.
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a. Then he placed it before them.
b. And invited them to eat, saying:
c. ‘Will you not eat?’
d. They neither responded nor took anything.
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a. Then he began to feel a fear of them.
b. Noting his situation they said:
c. ‘Do not fear!’
d. And they gave him the good news of the birth of a wise/knowledgeable son.
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a. So over-hearing this his wife Sarah came out lamenting,
b. slapping her face/forehead, and exclaimed:
c. ‘An infertile old woman’ like me - am I to give birth to a child who has never given birth to any child?!
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a. They assured:
b. ‘So it shall be!
c. Thus your Rabb - The Lord has decreed.
d. Surely, HE – HE is the All-Wise to bless you with a son in this state, and the All-Knowing’
that you are infertile and old and so is your spouse.
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a. Abraham then inquired:
b. ‘What is then your next task, O the angelic-messengers?’
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a. They said:
b. ‘We have been assigned to a people lost in sinful crime’ – illicit behavior and sinful conduct.
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a. ‘So as to let loose upon them clods of stones of baked clay,
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a. marked by your Rabb - The Lord for those who transgress the bounds of morality set by HIM.
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a. Then WE evacuated from it whoever was of the believers so as to destroy the rest;
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a. though WE did not find there any, except only one household of those who were devoted to Allah.
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a. And WE left in it a Sign of dreadful destruction of sinful people for all those who fear
Allah’s painful punishment.

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a. And there is also a Sign for you in the narrative of Moses,
b. when WE assigned him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

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a. But he - Pharaoh - turned away in disbelief arrogantly along with his supporters and ridiculed him by saying:
b. ‘A magician or insane.’

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a. So in due course, WE seized him and the army of his troops;
b. and flung them into the Red Sea, and
c. he alone was to blame for their end and for his own fate as he belied OUR Messengers and claimed divinity.

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a. And there is also a Sign for you in the destruction of the tribe of ‘Ad,
b. when WE let loose upon them a devastating whirlwind.

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a. It spared nothing that it came upon - every soul, every plantation, and every structure - but left it like decayed ruins.

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a. And there is also a Sign for you in the fate of Thamud,
b. when they were told:
c. ‘Enjoy yourselves for a little while’ here.

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a. But they rebelled against the Command of their Rabb - The Lord;
b. so they were seized by a thunderbolt as they were looking on helplessly.

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a. They could neither withstand it,
b. nor could they defend themselves/help one another.

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a. And before all these, WE had destroyed the People of Noah.
b. They were truly a sinful people.

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a. And the celestial realm - WE built it with OUR Might,
b. and, indeed, WE are constantly expanding it as well.

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a. And the earth, WE laid it out;
b. and how well have WE laid it out!

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a. And WE have created pairs of every living thing – the opposite, for purposes of reproduction and perpetuation of its own species,
b. so that you may realize Allah’s Supreme and Unshared Creative Power.

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a. Tell them:
b. ‘So turn to Allah quickly!
c. Indeed, I am a clear Warner assigned to you from HIM.’

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a. ‘And do not ascribe any other entity of worship to Allah - The One and Only God.
b. Indeed, I am a clear Warner assigned to you from HIM.’

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a. Likewise has it been in the past:
b. never did a Messenger come to those before them, but they would ridicule him saying -
c. ‘A magician or insane.’

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a. Is this the tradition they have passed down from one generation to the other?
b. No!
c. They are a rebellious people.

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a. Once you - O The Prophet - have delivered the Message,
b. then turn away from them/ignore them,
c. for you are not responsible for their disbelief and will not be blamed.

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a. However, keep reminding them of the fate of the past disbelieving communities,
b. for the reminding benefits the believers.

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a. And I did not create the jinn and the humankind except that they should submit to ME in worship.

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a. I do not seek any life provisions from them – the jinn and the human,
b. nor do I want them to feed ME.

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a. Indeed, it is Allah alone WHO is the Sole Provider of life sustenance to all creation.
b. Allah is the Lord of Absolute Power, the Lord of All Supremacy.

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a. The evil-doers will certainly have the same fate as the fate of their predecessors,
b. so they should not seek to hurry ME - MY punishment right away.

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a. Then woe to those who deny and belie the truth of the Time of Final Judgment and its correlatives which they have been promised.