[51:7]

By the heaven full of paths,

[51:8]

Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).

[51:9]

He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.

[51:10]

Accursed be the conjecturers

[51:11]

Who are careless in an abyss!

[51:12]

They ask: When is the Day of Judgment ?

[51:13]

(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,

[51:14]

(And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.

[51:15]

Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,

[51:16]

Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;

[51:17]

They used to sleep but little of the night,

[51:18]

And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,

[51:19]

And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.

[51:20]

And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.

[51:21]

And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see ?

[51:22]

And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;

[51:23]

And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.

[51:24]

Hath the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad) ?

[51:25]

When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).

[51:26]

Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;

[51:27]

And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat ?

[51:28]

Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.

[51:29]

Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!

[51:30]

They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.