Surah 51 · Makki

Adh-Dhariyat

The Winnowing Winds · 60 ayat

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51:1

وَٱلذَّـٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوٗا﴿1﴾

By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing

51:2

فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرٗا﴿2﴾

And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

51:3

فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرٗا﴿3﴾

And those [ships] sailing with ease

51:4

فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا﴿4﴾

And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter

51:5

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٞ﴿5﴾

Indeed, what you are promised is true

51:6

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٞ﴿6﴾

And indeed, the recompense is to occur

51:7

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ﴿7﴾

By the heaven containing pathways

51:8

إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلٖ مُّخۡتَلِفٖ﴿8﴾

Indeed, you are in differing speech

51:9

يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ﴿9﴾

Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded

51:10

قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّـٰصُونَ﴿10﴾

Destroyed are the falsifiers

51:11

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ سَاهُونَ﴿11﴾

Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless

51:12

يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ﴿12﴾

They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense

51:13

يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ﴿13﴾

[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire

51:14

ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ﴿14﴾

[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient

51:15

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ﴿15﴾

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs

51:16

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ﴿16﴾

Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good

51:17

كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ﴿17﴾

They used to sleep but little of the night

51:18

وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ﴿18﴾

And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness

51:19

وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ﴿19﴾

And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived

51:20

وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ﴿20﴾

And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

51:21

وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ﴿21﴾

And in yourselves. Then will you not see

51:22

وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ﴿22﴾

And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised

51:23

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقّٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ﴿23﴾

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

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ﴿24﴾

Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham

51:25

إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ﴿25﴾

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 إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٖ سَمِينٖ﴿26﴾

Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf

51:27

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ﴿27﴾

And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat

51:28

فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ﴿28﴾

And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy

51:29

فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةٖ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٞ﴿29﴾

And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman

51:30

قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ﴿30﴾

They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing

51:31

۞قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ﴿31﴾

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers

51:32

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ﴿32﴾

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

51:33

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن طِينٖ﴿33﴾

To send down upon them stones of clay

51:34

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ﴿34﴾

Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors

51:35

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿35﴾

So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers

51:36

فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ﴿36﴾

And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims

51:37

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ﴿37﴾

And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment

51:38

وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ﴿38﴾

And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority

51:39

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٞ﴿39﴾

But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman

51:40

فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ﴿40﴾

So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy

51:41

وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ﴿41﴾

And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind

51:42

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ﴿42﴾

It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins

51:43

وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ﴿43﴾

And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time

51:44

فَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ﴿44﴾

But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on

51:45

فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامٖ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ﴿45﴾

And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves

51:46

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ﴿46﴾

And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient

51:47

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ﴿47﴾

And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander

51:48

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ﴿48﴾

And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer

51:49

وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿49﴾

And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember

51:50

فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ﴿50﴾

So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner

51:51

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

And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner

51:52

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

Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman

51:53

أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ﴿53﴾

Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people

51:54

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٖ﴿54﴾

So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed

51:55

وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿55﴾

And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers

51:56

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ﴿56﴾

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me

51:57

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ﴿57﴾

I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me

51:58

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ﴿58﴾

Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength

51:59

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبٗا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ﴿59﴾

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

فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ﴿60﴾

And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised

Translation

Saheeh International by Umm Muhammad. Arabic text sourced from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Dataset Quran JSON v3.1.2, CC-BY-SA-4.0.