Verse 51:23 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
19
وَفِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ١٩
wafī amwālihim ḥaqqun lilssāili wal-maḥrūm
giving a rightful share of their wealth to the beggar and the deprived
20
وَفِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَایَـٰتࣱ لِّلۡمُوقِنِینَ ٢٠
wafī l-arḍi āyātun lil'mūqinīn
On earth there are signs for those with sure faith––
21
وَفِیۤ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٢١
wafī anfusikum afalā tub'ṣirūn
and in yourselves too, do you not see?––
22
وَفِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ٢٢
wafī l-samāi riz'qukum wamā tūʿadūn
in the sky is your sustenance and all that you are promised
23
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقࣱّ مِّثۡلَ مَاۤ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ ٢٣
fawarabbi l-samāi wal-arḍi innahu laḥaqqun mith'la mā annakum tanṭiqūn
By the Lord of the heavens and earth! All this is as real as your speaking
24
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِیثُ ضَیۡفِ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِینَ ٢٤
hal atāka ḥadīthu ḍayfi ib'rāhīma l-muk'ramīn
[Muhammad], have you heard the story of the honoured guests of Abraham
25
إِذۡ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَیۡهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمࣰاۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمࣱ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ ٢٥
idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūn
They went in to see him and said, ‘Peace.’ ‘Peace,’ he said, [adding to himself] ‘These people are strangers.’
26
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَاۤءَ بِعِجۡلࣲ سَمِینࣲ ٢٦
farāgha ilā ahlihi fajāa biʿij'lin samīni
He turned quickly to his household, brought out a fat calf
27
فَقَرَّبَهُۥۤ إِلَیۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٢٧
faqarrabahu ilayhim qāla alā takulūn
and placed it before them. ‘Will you not eat?’ he said
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