Drivers of the Winds (Al-Dhaareyaat)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the dipersing winds that disperse. 1 by the clouds which are heavily loaded with water, 2 by the ships which smoothly sail on the oceans, 3 And those that distribute and apportion by Command;- 4 surely what you are being warned against is true, 5 And verily the Requital is surely to befall. 6 By the heaven with its passages, 7 surely you are at variance (about the Hereafter); 8 From which only he turns who is turned away. 9 Perish the conjecturers 10 Those who are in heedlessness neglectful. 11 They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?" 12 It will be the Day whereon in the Fire they will be burned 13 "Taste your trial. This is what you sought to hasten." 14 Verily, the Muttaqun (pious - see V. 2:2) will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs (in the Paradise), 15 Accepting the rewards given by their Lord; they were indeed virtuous before this. 16 They used to sleep but little of the night, 17 And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness, 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 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 By the Lord of the heaven and the earth it is sure, even as it is a fact that ye are speaking. 23