Surah Adh-Dhariyat (سورة Adh-Dhariyat)

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🌙 Middle Meccan · 615–619 CE📋 Revelation #58🟢 Hifz: Easy📗 Juz 26

Surah Adh-Dhariyat (Arabic: سورة Adh-Dhariyat, "The Winnowing Winds") is the 51 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 60 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah Adh-Dhariyat ("The Winnowing Winds") is chapter 51 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 60 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 51:1

وَالذّٰرِيٰتِ ذَرۡوًاۙ‏

wal-dhāriyāti dharwan

By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing

Verse 51:2

فَالۡحٰمِلٰتِ وِقۡرًاۙ‏

fal-ḥāmilāti wiq'ran

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

Verse 51:3

فَالۡجٰرِيٰتِ يُسۡرًاۙ‏

fal-jāriyāti yus'ran

And those [ships] sailing with ease

Verse 51:4

فَالۡمُقَسِّمٰتِ اَمۡرًاۙ‏

fal-muqasimāti amran

And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter

Verse 51:5

اِنَّمَا تُوۡعَدُوۡنَ لَصَادِقٌۙ‏

innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiqun

Indeed, what you are promised is true

Verse 51:6

وَّاِنَّ الدِّيۡنَ لَوَاقِعٌؕ‏

wa-inna l-dīna lawāqiʿun

And indeed, the recompense is to occur

Verse 51:7

وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الۡحُبُكِۙ‏

wal-samāi dhāti l-ḥubuki

By the heaven containing pathways

Verse 51:8

اِنَّكُمۡ لَفِيۡ قَوۡلٍ مُّخۡتَلِفٍۙ‏

innakum lafī qawlin mukh'talifin

Indeed, you are in differing speech

Verse 51:9

يُّؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ اُفِكَؕ‏

yu'faku ʿanhu man ufika

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

Verse 51:10

قُتِلَ الۡخَرّٰصُوۡنَۙ‏

qutila l-kharāṣūna

Destroyed are the falsifiers

Verse 51:11

الَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ فِيۡ غَمۡرَةٍ سَاهُوۡنَۙ‏

Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless

Verse 51:12

يَسۡـَٔلُوۡنَ اَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ الدِّيۡنِؕ‏

They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense

Verse 51:13

يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَي النَّارِ يُفۡتَنُوۡنَ

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

Verse 51:14

ذُوۡقُوۡا فِتۡنَتَكُمۡؕ هٰذَا الَّذِيۡ كُنۡتُمۡ بِهٖ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُوۡنَ

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

Verse 51:15

اِنَّ الۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ فِيۡ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوۡنٍۙ‏

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs

Verse 51:16

اٰخِذِيۡنَ مَا٘ اٰتٰىهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡؕ اِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۡا قَبۡلَ ذٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِيۡنَؕ‏

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

Verse 51:17

كَانُوۡا قَلِيۡلًا مِّنَ الَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُوۡنَ

They used to sleep but little of the night

Verse 51:18

وَبِالۡاَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُوۡنَ

And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness

Verse 51:19

وَفِيۡ٘ اَمۡوَالِهِمۡ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَالۡمَحۡرُوۡمِ

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

Verse 51:20

وَفِي الۡاَرۡضِ اٰيٰتٌ لِّلۡمُوۡقِنِيۡنَۙ‏

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

Verse 51:21

وَفِيۡ٘ اَنۡفُسِكُمۡؕ اَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُوۡنَ

And in yourselves. Then will you not see

Verse 51:22

وَفِي السَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوۡعَدُوۡنَ

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

Verse 51:23

فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَآءِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ اِنَّهٗ لَحَقٌّ مِّثۡلَ مَا٘ اَنَّكُمۡ تَنۡطِقُوۡنَࣖ‏

Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking

Verse 51:24

هَلۡ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيۡثُ ضَيۡفِ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ الۡمُكۡرَمِيۡنَۘ‏

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

Verse 51:25

اِذۡ دَخَلُوۡا عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُوۡا سَلٰمًاؕ قَالَ سَلٰمٌۚ قَوۡمٌ مُّنۡكَرُوۡنَ

When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown

Verse 51:26

فَرَاغَ اِلٰ٘ي اَهۡلِهٖ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٍ سَمِيۡنٍۙ‏

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

Verse 51:27

فَقَرَّبَهٗ٘ اِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ اَلَا تَاۡكُلُوۡنَؗ‏

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

Verse 51:28

فَاَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيۡفَةًؕ قَالُوۡا لَا تَخَفۡؕ وَبَشَّرُوۡهُ بِغُلٰمٍ عَلِيۡمٍ

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

Verse 51:29

فَاَقۡبَلَتِ امۡرَاَتُهٗ فِيۡ صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوۡزٌ عَقِيۡمٌ

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

Verse 51:30

قَالُوۡا كَذٰلِكِۙ قَالَ رَبُّكِؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الۡحَكِيۡمُ الۡعَلِيۡمُ

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

Verse 51:31

قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ اَيُّهَا الۡمُرۡسَلُوۡنَ

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

Verse 51:32

قَالُوۡ٘ا اِنَّا٘ اُرۡسِلۡنَا٘ اِلٰي قَوۡمٍ مُّجۡرِمِيۡنَۙ‏

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

Verse 51:33

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةً مِّنۡ طِيۡنٍۙ‏

To send down upon them stones of clay

Verse 51:34

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِنۡدَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِيۡنَ

Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors

Verse 51:35

فَاَخۡرَجۡنَا مَنۡ كَانَ فِيۡهَا مِنَ الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَۚ‏

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

Verse 51:36

فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيۡهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٍ مِّنَ الۡمُسۡلِمِيۡنَۚ‏

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

Verse 51:37

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيۡهَا٘ اٰيَةً لِّلَّذِيۡنَ يَخَافُوۡنَ الۡعَذَابَ الۡاَلِيۡمَؕ‏

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

Verse 51:38

وَفِيۡ مُوۡسٰ٘ي اِذۡ اَرۡسَلۡنٰهُ اِلٰي فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطٰنٍ مُّبِيۡنٍ

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

Verse 51:39

فَتَوَلّٰي بِرُكۡنِهٖ وَقَالَ سٰحِرٌ اَوۡ مَجۡنُوۡنٌ

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

Verse 51:40

فَاَخَذۡنٰهُ وَجُنُوۡدَهٗ فَنَبَذۡنٰهُمۡ فِي الۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيۡمٌؕ‏

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

Verse 51:41

وَفِيۡ عَادٍ اِذۡ اَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ الرِّيۡحَ الۡعَقِيۡمَۚ‏

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

Verse 51:42

مَا تَذَرُ مِنۡ شَيۡءٍ اَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ اِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَالرَّمِيۡمِؕ‏

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

Verse 51:43

وَفِيۡ ثَمُوۡدَ اِذۡ قِيۡلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُوۡا حَتّٰي حِيۡنٍ

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

Verse 51:44

فَعَتَوۡا عَنۡ اَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَاَخَذَتۡهُمُ الصّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنۡظُرُوۡنَ

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

Verse 51:45

فَمَا اسۡتَطَاعُوۡا مِنۡ قِيَامٍ وَّمَا كَانُوۡا مُنۡتَصِرِيۡنَۙ‏

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

Verse 51:46

وَقَوۡمَ نُوۡحٍ مِّنۡ قَبۡلُؕ اِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۡا قَوۡمًا فٰسِقِيۡنَࣖ‏

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

Verse 51:47

وَالسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنٰهَا بِاَيۡىدٍ وَّاِنَّا لَمُوۡسِعُوۡنَ

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

Verse 51:48

وَالۡاَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ الۡمٰهِدُوۡنَ

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

Verse 51:49

وَمِنۡ كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُوۡنَ

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

Verse 51:50

فَفِرُّوۡ٘ا اِلَي اللّٰهِؕ اِنِّيۡ لَكُمۡ مِّنۡهُ نَذِيۡرٌ مُّبِيۡنٌۚ‏

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

Verse 51:51

وَلَا تَجۡعَلُوۡا مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَؕ اِنِّيۡ لَكُمۡ مِّنۡهُ نَذِيۡرٌ مُّبِيۡنٌ

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

Verse 51:52

كَذٰلِكَ مَا٘ اَتَي الَّذِيۡنَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِهِمۡ مِّنۡ رَّسُوۡلٍ اِلَّا قَالُوۡا سَاحِرٌ اَوۡ مَجۡنُوۡنٌࣞ‏

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

Verse 51:53

اَتَوَاصَوۡا بِهٖۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ طَاغُوۡنَۚ‏

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

Verse 51:54

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَا٘ اَنۡتَ بِمَلُوۡمٍؗ‏

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

Verse 51:55

وَّذَكِّرۡ فَاِنَّ الذِّكۡرٰي تَنۡفَعُ الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ

And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers

Verse 51:56

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ الۡجِنَّ وَالۡاِنۡسَ اِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُوۡنِ

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

Verse 51:57

مَا٘ اُرِيۡدُ مِنۡهُمۡ مِّنۡ رِّزۡقٍ وَّمَا٘ اُرِيۡدُ اَنۡ يُّطۡعِمُوۡنِ

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

Verse 51:58

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الۡقُوَّةِ الۡمَتِيۡنُ

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

Verse 51:59

فَاِنَّ لِلَّذِيۡنَ ظَلَمُوۡا ذَنُوۡبًا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوۡبِ اَصۡحٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُوۡنِ

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

Verse 51:60

فَوَيۡلٌ لِّلَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا مِنۡ يَّوۡمِهِمُ الَّذِيۡ يُوۡعَدُوۡنَࣖ‏

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