Surah 51 · Makkah · 60 verses
Adh-Dhaariyat
The Winnowing Winds
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
- 51:1
وَالذَّارِيَاتِ ذَرْوًا
By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing
- 51:2
فَالْحَامِلَاتِ وِقْرًا
And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]
- 51:3
فَالْجَارِيَاتِ يُسْرًا
And those [ships] sailing with ease
- 51:4
فَالْمُقَسِّمَاتِ أَمْرًا
And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter
- 51:5
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ
Indeed, what you are promised is true
- 51:6
وَإِنَّ الدِّينَ لَوَاقِعٌ
And indeed, the recompense is to occur
- 51:7
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ
By the heaven containing pathways
- 51:8
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِي قَوْلٍ مُخْتَلِفٍ
Indeed, you are in differing speech
- 51:9
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded
- 51:10
قُتِلَ الْخَرَّاصُونَ
Destroyed are the falsifiers
- 51:11
الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ
Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless
- 51:12
يَسْأَلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense
- 51:13
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire
- 51:14
ذُوقُوا فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient
- 51:15
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs
- 51:16
آخِذِينَ مَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good
- 51:17
كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
They used to sleep but little of the night
- 51:18
وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness
- 51:19
وَفِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived
- 51:20
وَفِي الْأَرْضِ آيَاتٌ لِلْمُوقِنِينَ
And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
- 51:21
وَفِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And in yourselves. Then will you not see
- 51:22
وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised
- 51:23
فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ
Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking
- 51:24
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ
Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham
- 51:25
إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَامٌ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ
When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown
- 51:26
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ فَجَاءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ
Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf
- 51:27
فَقَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat
- 51:28
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ
And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy
- 51:29
فَأَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman
- 51:30
قَالُوا كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ
They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing
- 51:31
۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers
- 51:32
قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُجْرِمِينَ
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals
- 51:33
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ طِينٍ
To send down upon them stones of clay
- 51:34
مُسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors
- 51:35
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَنْ كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers
- 51:36
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims
- 51:37
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَا آيَةً لِلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment
- 51:38
وَفِي مُوسَىٰ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ
And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority
- 51:39
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِ وَقَالَ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman
- 51:40
فَأَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy
- 51:41
وَفِي عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ
And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind
- 51:42
مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins
- 51:43
وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time
- 51:44
فَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ
But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on
- 51:45
فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مِنْ قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْتَصِرِينَ
And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves
- 51:46
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ
And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient
- 51:47
وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander
- 51:48
وَالْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَاهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمَاهِدُونَ
And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer
- 51:49
وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember
- 51:50
فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ
So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner
- 51:51
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ
And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner
- 51:52
كَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman
- 51:53
أَتَوَاصَوْا بِهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people
- 51:54
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَا أَنْتَ بِمَلُومٍ
So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed
- 51:55
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَىٰ تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers
- 51:56
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me
- 51:57
مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ يُطْعِمُونِ
I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me
- 51:58
إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ
Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength
- 51:59
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ذَنُوبًا مِثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their predecessors, so let them not impatiently urge Me
- 51:60
فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ يَوْمِهِمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised
English translation: Saheeh International.
