Surah: 51. adh-Dhariyat

They said ‘So just like what we have said with regard to the good tiding has your Lord said. Indeed He is the Wise in His actions the Knower’ of His creatures.

He said ‘So what is your business O you who have been sent by God?’

Then he went aside to his family secretly and brought a fat calf — in sūrat Hūd it is said a roasted calf Q. 1169 —

and he placed it near them saying ‘Will you not eat?’ he invited them to eat but they did not respond.

Then he conceived he kept secret in himself a fear of them. They said ‘Do not be afraid!’ we are messengers from your Lord. And they gave him good tidings of the birth of a knowledgeable boy one endowed with much knowledge and this was Isaac as mentioned in sūrat Hūd Q. 1171.

Little of the night did they use to sleep mā is extra; yahja‘ūna is the predicate of kānū; qalīlan ‘little’ is an adverb in other words they used to sleep for a small portion of the night and perform prayers during most of it

and at dawns they used to seek forgiveness they used say ‘Our Lord! Forgive us’

and there was a share in their wealth assigned for the beggar and the deprived the latter being the one who does not beg because of his self-restraint.

And in the earth in the way of mountains seas trees fruits plants and other things there are signs indications of God’s power glory be to Him exalted be He and of His Oneness for those who know with certainty

and in your souls there are also signs from the beginning of your creation to its end and in the marvelous aspects of your creation. Will you not then perceive? all that and thus infer therefrom the Creator of it and His power.