Adh-Dhaariyat

CONSIDER the winds that scatter the dust far and wide,

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

and those that speed along with gentle ease,

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

Verily, that which you are promised is true indeed,

and, verily, judgment is bound to come!

CONSIDER the firmament full of starry paths!

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

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

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

they who blunder along, in ignorance lost –

they who [mockingly] ask, “When is that Day of Judgment to be?”

[It will be] a Day when they will be sorely tried by the fire,

[and will be told:] “Taste this your trial! It is this that you were so hastily asking for!”

[But,] behold, the God-conscious will find themselves amid gardens and springs,