Audio: Adh-Dhariya – The Spreaders (GOD Version)
Length: 4 mins, 54 secs
In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
51:1. By the spreaders spreading.
51:2. And those carrying loads.
51:3. And those moving gently.
51:4. And those distributing as commanded.
51:5. What you are promised is true.
51:6. Judgment will take place.
51:7. By the sky that is woven.
51:8. You differ in what you say.
51:9. Averted from it is he who is averted.
51:10. Perish the imposters.
51:11. Those who are dazed in ignorance.
51:12. They ask, “When is the Day of Judgment?”
51:13. The Day they are presented to the Fire.
51:14. “Taste your ordeal. This is what you used to challenge.”
51:15. But the pious are amidst gardens and springs.
51:16. Receiving what their Lord has given them. They were virtuous before that.
51:17. They used to sleep a little at night.
51:18. And at dawn, they would pray for pardon.
51:19. And in their wealth, there was a share for the beggar and the deprived.
51:20. And on earth are signs for the convinced.
51:21. And within yourselves. Do you not see?
51:22. And in the heaven is your livelihood, and what you are promised.
51:23. By the Lord of the heaven and the earth, it is as true as the fact that you speak.
51:24. Has the story of Abraham’s honorable guests reached you?
51:25. When they entered upon him, they said, “Peace.” He said, “Peace, strangers.”
51:26. Then he slipped away to his family, and brought a fatted calf.
51:27. He set it before them. He said, “Will you not eat?”
51:28. And he harbored fear of them. They said, “Do not fear,” and they announced to him the good news of a knowledgeable boy.
51:29. His wife came forward crying. She clasped her face, and said, “A barren old woman?”
51:30. They said, “Thus spoke your Lord. He is the Wise, the Knowing.”
51:31. He said, “What is your business, O envoys?”
51:32. They said, “We are sent to a people guilty of sin.”
51:33. “To unleash upon them rocks of clay.”
51:34. “Marked by your Lord for the excessive.”
51:35. We evacuated all the believers who were in it.
51:36. But found in it only one household of Muslims.
51:37. And We left in it a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
51:38. And in Moses. We sent him to Pharaoh with a clear authority.
51:39. But he turned away with his warlords, and said, “A sorcerer or a madman.”
51:40. So We seized him and his troops, and threw them into the sea, and He was to blame.
51:41. And in Aad. We unleashed against them the devastating wind.
51:42. It spared nothing it came upon, but rendered it like decayed ruins.
51:43. And in Thamood. They were told, “Enjoy yourselves for a while.”
51:44. But they defied the command of their Lord, so the lightning struck them as they looked on.
51:45. They could not rise up, nor could they find help.
51:46. And before that, the people of Noah. They were immoral people.
51:47. We constructed the universe with power, and We are expanding it.
51:48. And the earth—We spread it out—How well We prepared it!
51:49. We created all things in pairs, so that you may reflect and ponder.
51:50. “So flee towards God. I am to you from Him a clear warner.”
51:51. “And do not set up any other God with God. I am to you from Him a clear warner.”
51:52. Likewise, no messenger came to those before them, but they said, “A sorcerer or a madman.”
51:53. Did they recommend it to one another? In fact, they are rebellious people.
51:54. So turn away from them; you are not to blame.
51:55. And remind, for the reminder benefits the believers.
51:56. I did not create the jinn and the humans except to worship Me.
51:57. I need no livelihood from them, nor do I need them to feed Me.
51:58. God is the Provider, the One with Power, the Strong.
51:59. Those who do wrong will have their turn, like the turn of their counterparts, so let them not rush Me.
51:60. So woe to those who disbelieve because of that Day of theirs which they are promised.