الذَّارِيَات

And in the ´Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them the devastating Wind:

It left nothing whatever that it came up against, but reduced it to ruin and rottenness.

And in the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were told, "Enjoy (your brief day) for a little while!"

But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning noise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were looking on.

Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they help themselves.

So were the People of Noah before them for they wickedly transgressed.

With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of pace.

And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do spread out!

And of every thing We have created pairs: That ye may receive instruction.

Hasten ye then (at once) to Allah: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open!

And make not another an object of worship with Allah: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open!

Similarly, no messenger came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!

Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!

So turn away from them: not thine is the blame.

But teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers.

I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me.

No Sustenance do I require of them, nor do I require that they should feed Me.

For Allah is He Who gives (all) Sustenance,- Lord of Power,- Steadfast (for ever).

For the Wrong-doers, their portion is like unto the portion of their fellows (of earlier generations): then let them not ask Me to hasten (that portion)!

Woe, then, to the Unbelievers, on account of that Day of theirs which they have been promised!