Drivers of the Winds (Al-Dhaareyaat)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By oath of those which carry away while dispersing. 1 And the clouds bearing a load. 2 And (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness; 3 and the partitioners, 4 What you are promised is certainly true: 5 And the judgment must most surely come about. 6 By the Sky with (its) numerous Paths, 7 Indeed, you are in differing speech. 8 perverted in his views thereon is he who would deceive himself! 9 Cursed be the liars, 10 Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless. 11 They ask: when is the Day of Requital coming? 12 [It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire 13 'Taste your trial. This is what you have sought to hasten' 14 Indeed the pious are among Gardens and water 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 of the night, 17 And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness, 18 And in their properties there was the right of the beggar, and the Mahrum (the poor who does not ask the others). 19 And on the earth there are signs for those who would be convinced. 20 just as [there are signs thereof] within your own selves: can you not, then, see? 21 In the sky is your provision and that which you are promised. 22 This, by the Lord of the heavens and the earth is as certain as your ability to speak. 23