Category: Chapters / Surah

By (the winds) that scatter dust.

And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

And (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness;

then by those (angels) who distribute the big affair (rain);

surely, that which you are being promised is true;

and surely, the Day of Judgment shall come to pass.

By the sky full of orbits,

surely you contradict one another in what you say (about Muhammad and the Quran).
Meaning:-
Contradict:deny, dispute, controvert, oppose.

Deluded away from the Qur’an is he who is deluded.
Meaning:-
Delude: mislead, deceive, fool.

Destroyed are the falsifiers
Meaning:-
Falsifier: to make false or incorrect, to represent falsely:

Who are under a cover of heedlessness (think not about the gravity of the Hereafter),
Meaning:-
Heedlessness: careless; thoughtless; unmindful:

They ask: “when will the Day of Judgment be?”

It will be the Day when they will be punished in the fire,

[And will be told], “Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient.”
Meaning:-
Torment: suffering, torture, pain, severe physical or mental suffering.

Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.

joyfully receiving what their Lord shall give them; for they were before that (during their life on earth) righteous people,
Meaning:-
Righteous: (of a person or conduct) morally right or justifiable; virtuous, very good; excellent.

They used to sleep but little in the night time,

pray for forgiveness in the early morning,

and share their wealth with the needy who asked for it, and those who could not ask.

In the earth, there are signs for the firm believers,

And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?

In heaven is your sustenance and all that you are promised.
Meaning:-
Sustenance: food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.

Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth – just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.

Has the story reached you, of the honoured guests [three angels; Jibrael (Gabriel) along with another two] of Ibrahim (Abraham)?

When they came in to him, and said, “Salam, (peace be upon you)!” He answered; “Salam, (peace be upon you ),” and said: “You are a people unknown to me,”

Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf
Meaning:-
Calf: a young bovine (bovine means: bull, ox or cow ) animal, especially a domestic cow or bull in its first year.

And placed it before them.. he said, “Will ye not eat?”

When he saw them not eating, he became afraid of them. They said: “Have no fear,” and they gave him good news of a son endowed with knowledge.
Meaning:-
Endow: to furnish, as with some talent.

And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, “[I am] a barren old woman!”
Meaning:-
Barren: a woman: not able to produce children.

They replied: “Thus has said your Lord: surely He is the Wise, the Knowledgeable.”

[Abraham] said, “Then what is your business [here], O messengers?”

They replied: “We have been sent to a guilty nation (people of Lot, who were homosexuals),

To send down upon them stones of clay,

Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors.”
Meaning:-
Transgressors: a person who is actually breaking the law, offend; sin.

Then We saved all those who were believers in the town

But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one [i.e. Lout (Lot) and his two daughters].

And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

There is also a sign for you in the story of Musa (Moses): when We sent him to Fir’on (Pharaoh) with clear authority,

But he turned away with his supporters and said,” A magician or a madman.”

Consequently, We seized him and his warriors, and cast them into the sea. Indeed he deserved much blame.

And (also there is a sign) in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.

It spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins.
Meaning:-
Rotten: extremely bad, corrupt, spoiled, unpleasant or decaying

Likewise the story of Thamud, when it was said to them: “Enjoy yourselves for a while,”

but they disobeyed the commandment of their Lord; consequently they were overtaken by the thunderbolt even while they were looking on.
Meaning:-
Thunderbolt: a flash of lightning with a simultaneous crash of thunder.

So neither they could stand up on their feet nor could they defend themselves.

And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof.
Meaning:-
vastness: very great extent or size; immensity.

We have spread out the earth; how excellent a spreader We are!

We have created everything in pairs, so that you may learn a lesson from it.

O Prophet, say to mankind: “Rush towards Allah, surely I (Muhammad) am assigned by Him as a plain Warner to you all.

Do not set up another god besides Allah, surely I am assigned by Him as a plain Warner to you all.”

It has been the case that whenever a messenger came to the peoples before them, they said about him: “He is a magician or a madman.”

Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.
Meaning:-
Transgression: violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.

So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed.

And remind (by preaching the Quran, O Muhammad) for verily, the reminding profits the believers.

I have not created jinns and mankind except to worship Me.

I require no sustenance from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
Meaning:-
Sustenance: food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.

Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.

Surely those who are wrongdoers, shall have their portion of torment similar to the portion of their predecessors; so let them not challenge Me to hurry it on.
Meaning:-
wrongdoers: criminal, a person who behaves illegally, or dishonestly; an offender.
Torment: severe physical or mental suffering.
Predecessors: an ancestor; forefather.

And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.
Meaning:-
Woe: great sorrow or distress.