Trivia:
51:1-9
1 By those that winnow with a winnowing
2 And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
3 And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
4 And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
5 Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
6 And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
7 By the heaven full of paths,
8 Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
9 He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
51:10-14
Accursed be the conjecturers.
12 They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
13 (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
They ask, "When is judgment day?"
It is the day when they will be tormented in the fire.
14 (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
Someone will say to them,
Taste your torment.
This is what you sought to hasten.
51:15-23
15 Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
16 Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
17 They used to sleep but little of the night,
18 And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
Those who avoid evil
19 And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
20 And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
21 And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?
22 And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
share their wealth with the poor and outcast.
24 Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)?
25 When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
Have you heard the story about Abraham, Muhammad? [1]
26 Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
27 And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?
He brought a fatted calf to feed his guests.
28 Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
They told him he'd have a wise son.
29 Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
30 They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
Then his wife moaned, smote her face, and cried out:
I'm a barren old woman!
31 (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
Abraham said, "What is your errand from Allah?"
32 They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
33 That we may send upon them stones of clay,
34 Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
They said,
We're sent to throw clay stones on guilty people.
35 Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
36 But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
We looked for believers,
but we couldn't find any that had surrendered.
37 And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
So we killed them all to warn others of a painful doom.
Notes
He should have heard the story before, since it's repeated often enough. (See especially 11:69-83.)
For the Bible's story about Sodom and Gomorrah, see Drunk With Blood: Sodom and Gomorrah
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