Surah Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)

Verses

1. وَٱلذَّـٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوٗا

   By those that winnow with a winnowing

   51:1

2. فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرٗا

   And those that bear the burden (of the rain)

   51:2

3. فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرٗا

   And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)

   51:3

4. فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا

   And those who distribute (blessings) by command

   51:4

5. إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٞ

   Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true

   51:5

6. وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٞ

   And lo! the judgment will indeed befall

   51:6

7. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ

   By the heaven full of paths

   51:7

8. إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلٖ مُّخۡتَلِفٖ

   Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth)

   51:8

9. يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ

   He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse

   51:9

10. قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّـٰصُونَ

    Accursed be the conjecturers

    51:10

11. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ سَاهُونَ

    Who are careless in an abyss

    51:11

12. يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ

    They ask: When is the Day of Judgment

    51:12

13. يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ

    (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire

    51:13

14. ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ

    (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten

    51:14

15. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ

    Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings

    51:15

16. ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ

    Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good

    51:16

17. كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ

    They used to sleep but little of the night

    51:17

18. وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ

    And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness

    51:18

19. وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

    And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share

    51:19

20. وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ

    And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure

    51:20

21. وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

    And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see

    51:21

22. وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ

    And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised

    51:22

23. فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقّٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ

    And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak

    51:23

24. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ

    Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)

    51:24

25. إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ

    When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me)

    51:25

26. فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٖ سَمِينٖ

    Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf

    51:26

27. فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ

    And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat

    51:27

28. فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ

    Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son

    51:28

29. فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةٖ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٞ

    Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman

    51:29

30. قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

    They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower

    51:30

31. ۞قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ

    (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)

    51:31

32. قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ

    They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk

    51:32

33. لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن طِينٖ

    That we may send upon them stones of clay

    51:33

34. مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ

    Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton

    51:34

35. فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

    Then we brought forth such believers as were there

    51:35

36. فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ

    But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah)

    51:36

37. وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ

    And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom

    51:37

38. وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ

    And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant

    51:38

39. فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٞ

    But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman

    51:39

40. فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ

    So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate

    51:40

41. وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ

    And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them

    51:41

42. مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

    It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust

    51:42

43. وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ

    And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile

    51:43

44. فَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ

    But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed

    51:44

45. فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامٖ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ

    And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves

    51:45

46. وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ

    And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk

    51:46

47. وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

    We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof)

    51:47

48. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ

    And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)

    51:48

49. وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ

    And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect

    51:49

50. فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ

    Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him

    51:50

51. وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ

    And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him

    51:51

52. كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ

    Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman

    51:52

53. أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ

    Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk

    51:53

54. فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٖ

    So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy

    51:54

55. وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

    And warn, for warning profiteth believers

    51:55

56. وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ

    I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me

    51:56

57. مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ

    I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me

    51:57

58. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ

    Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might

    51:58

59. فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبٗا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ

    And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day)

    51:59

60. فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

    And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised

    51:60