Surah 51 of 114
Surah Adh-Dhariyat
سُورَةُ الذَّارِيَاتِ
Also written Adh-Dhāriyāt, Adh-Dhaariyat.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوࣰا
By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing
51:1 - فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرࣰا
And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]
51:2 - فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرࣰا
And those [ships] sailing with ease
51:3 - فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا
And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter,
51:4 - إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقࣱ
Indeed, what you are promised is true.
51:5 - وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعࣱ
And indeed, the recompense is to occur.
51:6 - وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ
By the heaven containing pathways,
51:7 - إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلࣲ مُّخْتَلِفࣲ
Indeed, you are in differing speech.
51:8 - يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.
51:9 - قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ
Destroyed are the falsifiers
51:10 - ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةࣲ سَاهُونَ
Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.
51:11 - يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
51:12 - يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire
51:13 - ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."
51:14 - إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُيُونٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
51:15 - ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
51:16 - كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلࣰا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
They used to sleep but little of the night,
51:17 - وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
51:18 - وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقࣱّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.
51:19 - وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتࣱ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ
And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
51:20 - وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And in yourselves. Then will you not see?
51:21 - وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.
51:22 - فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقࣱّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ
Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.
51:23 - هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -
51:24 - إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمࣰا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمࣱ قَوْمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ
When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.
51:25 - فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلࣲ سَمِينࣲ
Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf
51:26 - فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
51:27 - فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةࣰ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمࣲ
And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.
51:28 - فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةࣲ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمࣱ
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
51:29 - قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."
51:30 - ۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
51:31 - قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمࣲ مُّجْرِمِينَ
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals
51:32 - لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن طِينࣲ
To send down upon them stones of clay,
51:33 - مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
51:34 - فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers.
51:35 - فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتࣲ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.
51:36 - وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةࣰ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
51:37 - وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِينࣲ
And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.
51:38 - فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونࣱ
But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."
51:39 - فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمࣱ
So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.
51:40 - وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ
And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.
51:41 - مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
51:42 - وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينࣲ
And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."
51:43 - فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
51:44 - فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامࣲ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ
And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.
51:45 - وَقَوْمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمࣰا فَـٰسِقِينَ
And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.
51:46 - وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دࣲ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.
51:47 - وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ
And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.
51:48 - وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember.
51:49 - فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ
So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
51:50 - وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ
And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
51:51 - كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
51:52 - أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمࣱ طَاغُونَ
Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.
51:53 - فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومࣲ
So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed.
51:54 - وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.
51:55 - وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
51:56 - مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقࣲ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
51:57 - إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ
Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.
51:58 - فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبࣰا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ 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.
51:59 - فَوَيْلࣱ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.
51:60
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