QuranIslamAccepted ScriptureArabicShareQuran 51George Sale - EnglishMoreVersion - 3 availableGeorge SaleRodwellTanzil Uthmani ArabicGeorge SaleRodwellArabicLanguageEnglishEspañol‹Quran 1Quran 2Quran 3Quran 4Quran 5Quran 6Quran 7Quran 8Quran 9Quran 10Quran 11Quran 12Quran 13Quran 14Quran 15Quran 16Quran 17Quran 18Quran 19Quran 20Quran 21Quran 22Quran 23Quran 24Quran 25Quran 26Quran 27Quran 28Quran 29Quran 30Quran 31Quran 32Quran 33Quran 34Quran 35Quran 36Quran 37Quran 38Quran 39Quran 40Quran 41Quran 42Quran 43Quran 44Quran 45Quran 46Quran 47Quran 48Quran 49Quran 50Quran 51Quran 52Quran 53Quran 54Quran 55Quran 56Quran 57Quran 58Quran 59Quran 60Quran 61Quran 62Quran 63Quran 64Quran 65Quran 66Quran 67Quran 68Quran 69Quran 70Quran 71Quran 72Quran 73Quran 74Quran 75Quran 76Quran 77Quran 78Quran 79Quran 80Quran 81Quran 82Quran 83Quran 84Quran 85Quran 86Quran 87Quran 88Quran 89Quran 90Quran 91Quran 92Quran 93Quran 94Quran 95Quran 96Quran 97Quran 98Quran 99Quran 100Quran 101Quran 102Quran 103Quran 104Quran 105Quran 106Quran 107Quran 108Quran 109Quran 110Quran 111Quran 112Quran 113Quran 114›Quran 51Quran 51ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1BY the winds dispersing and scattering the dust;h and by the clouds bearing a load of rain;i by the ships running swiftly in the sea;k 2and by the angels who distribute things necessary for the support of all creatures;l verily that wherewith ye are threatened is certainly true; and the last judgment will surely come. By the heaven furnished with paths;m ye widely differ in what ye say.n He will be turned aside from the faith, who shall be turned aside by the divine decree. Cursed be the liars; who wade in deep waters of ignorance, neglecting their salvation. They ask, When will the day of judgment come? On that day shall they be burned in hell fire; and it shall be said unto them, Taste your punishment; this is what ye demanded to be hastened. But the pious shall dwell among gardens and fountains, receiving that which their LORD shall give them; because they were righteous doers before this day. They slept but a small part of the night;o and early in the morning they asked pardon of God: and a due portion of their wealth was given unto him who asked, and unto him who was forbidden by shame to ask. There are signs of the divine power and goodness in the earth, unto men of sound understanding; and also in your own selves: will ye not therefore consider? Your sustenance is in the heaven; 3and also that which ye are promised.p Wherefore by the LORD of heaven and earth I swear that this is certainly the truth; according to what ye yourselves speak.q Hath not the story of Abraham's honoured guestsr come to thy knowledge? When they went in unto him, and said, Peace: he answered Peace; saying within himself, These are unknown people. And he went privately unto his family, and brought a fatted calf. And he set it before them, and when he saw they touched it not, he said, Do ye not eat? And he began to entertain a fear of them. They said, Fear not:s and they declared unto him the promise of a wise youth. And his wife drew near with exclamation, and she smote her face,t and said, I am an old woman, and barren. The angels answered, Thus saith thy LORD: verily he is the wise, the knowing. And Abraham said unto them, What is your errand, therefore, O messengers of God? They answered, Verily we are sent unto a wicked people: that we may send down upon them stones of baked clay, marked from thy LORD, for the destruction of transgressors. And we brought forth the true believers who were in the city: but we found not therein more than one family of Moslems. 4And we overthrew the same, and left a sign therein unto those who dread the severe chastisement of God. In Moses also was a sign: when we sent him unto Pharaoh with manifest power. But he turned back, with his princes, saying, This man is a sorceror, or a madman. 5Wherefore we took him and his forces, and cast them into the sea: and he was one worthy of reprehension. And in the tribe of Ad also was a sign: when we sent against them a destroying wind;u it touched not aught whereon it came, but it rendered the same as a thing rotten, and reduced to dust. In Thamud likewise was a sign: when it was said unto them, Enjoy yourselves for a time.x But they insolently transgressed the command of their LORD: wherefore a terrible noise from heaven assailed them, while they looked on;y and they were not able to stand on their feet, neither did they save themselves from destruction. And the people of Noah did we destroy before these: for they were a people who enormously transgressed. We have built the heaven with might; and we have given it a large extent: and we have stretched forth the earth beneath; and how evenly have we spread the same! And of everything have we created two kinds,z that peradventure ye may consider. Fly, therefore, unto GOD; verily I am a public warner unto you, from him. And set not up another god with the true GOD: verily I am a public warner unto you, from him. 6In like manner there came no apostle unto their predecessors, but they said, This man is a magician, or a madman. Have they bequeathed this behavior successively the one to the other? Yea; they are a people who enormously transgress. Wherefore withdraw from them; and thou shalt not be blameworthy in so doing. Yet continue to admonish: for admonition profiteth the true believers. I have not created genii and men for any other end than that they should serve me. I require not any sustenance from them; neither will I that they feed me. Verily GOD is he who provideth for all creatures; possessed of mighty power. Unto those who shall injure our apostle shall be given a portion like unto the portion of those who behaved like them in times past; and they shall not wish the same to be hastened. Woe, therefore, to the unbelievers, because of their day with which they are threatened! ‹Previous chapterQuran 50Next chapterQuran 52›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsQuran 51 across 3 versionsShow all 3George Sale - George SaleRodwell - RodwellArabic - Tanzil Uthmani ArabicTap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States via Project Gutenberg