Drivers of the Winds (Al-Dhaareyaat)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By (the winds) that scatter dust. 1 And (the clouds) that bear heavy weight of water; 2 and those speeding along with ease, 3 and those that apportion [the gift of life] at [God's] behest! 4 surely that you are promised is true, 5 and the Day of Judgment will inevitably take place. 6 I swear by the heaven full of ways. 7 your ideas are confused. 8 perverted in his views thereon is he who would deceive himself! 9 Woe to the liars 10 Those who are in heedlessness neglectful. 11 They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?" 12 [It will be] a Day when they will be sorely tried by the fire, 13 (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten. 14 Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings, 15 receiving what their Lord will give them because before this they were gooddoers. 16 They used to sleep but little of the night, 17 and would ask for forgiveness at dawn, 18 And the beggar and the destitute had a share in their wealth. 19 And on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty, 20 And in your own selves; so can you not perceive? 21 And in the heaven is your provision, and that which you are promised. 22 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak. 23