الذاريات

[1]CONSIDER the winds that scatter the dust far and wide,

[2]and those that carry the burden [of heavy clouds],

[3]and those that speed along with gentle ease,

[4]and those that apportion [the gift of life] at [God’s] behest!

[5]Verily, that which you are promised is true indeed,

[6]and, verily, judgment is bound to come!

[7]CONSIDER the firmament full of starry paths!

[8]Verily, [O men,] you are deeply at variance as to what to believe:

[9]perverted in his views thereon is he who would deceive himself!

[10]They but destroy themselves, they who are given to guessing at what they cannot ascertain –