Drivers of the Winds (Al-Dhaareyaat)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
CONSIDER the winds that scatter the dust far and wide, 1 And the clouds bearing a load. 2 and those that speed along with gentle ease, 3 And those who distribute (it) by command, 4 surely what you are being warned against is true, 5 And lo! the judgment will indeed befall. 6 And by oath of the decorated heaven. 7 Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant, 8 and are turned away from him who is turned. 9 Woe to the liars 10 Who are careless in an abyss! 11 They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?" 12 (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire. 13 Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on. 14 [But,] behold, the God-conscious will find themselves amid gardens and springs, 15 receiving their reward from their Lord. They had been righteous people before the Day of Judgment. 16 They used to sleep but little in the night. 17 And in the morning they asked forgiveness. 18 They assigned a share of their property for the needy and the destitute. 19 On the earth are signs for those of assured Faith, 20 just as [there are signs thereof] within your own selves: can you not, then, see? 21 And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised; 22 Then, by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, it is the truth (i.e. what has been promised to you), just as it is the truth that you can speak. 23