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Surah Adh-Dhariyat (الذاريات) — The Winnowing Winds
Surah 51 · 60 verses · Meccan
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًا
By the winds scattering ˹dust˺
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فَٱلْحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقْرًا
and ˹the clouds˺ loaded with rain
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فَٱلْجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسْرًا
and ˹the ships˺ gliding with ease
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فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمْرًا
and ˹the angels˺ administering affairs by ˹Allah’s˺ command
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إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ
Indeed, what you are promised is true
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وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
And the Judgment will certainly come to pass
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ
˹And˺ by the heavens in their marvellous design
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إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ
Surely you are ˹lost˺ in conflicting views ˹regarding the truth˺
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يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
Only those ˹destined to be˺ deluded are turned away from it
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قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ
Condemned are the liars—
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ
those who are ˹steeped˺ in ignorance, totally heedless
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يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”
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يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
˹It is˺ the Day they will be tormented over the Fire
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ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
˹They will be told,˺ “Taste your torment! This is what you sought to hasten.”
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs
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ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺
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كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
they used to sleep only little in the night
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وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
and pray for forgiveness before dawn
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وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
And in their wealth there was a rightful share ˹fulfilled˺ for the beggar and the poor
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وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ
There are ˹countless˺ signs on earth for those with sure faith
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وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
as there are within yourselves. Can you not see
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وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
In heaven is your sustenance and whatever you are promised
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فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ
Then by the Lord of heaven and earth! ˹All˺ this is certainly as true as ˹the fact that˺ you can speak
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you ˹O Prophet˺
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إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
˹Remember˺ when they entered his presence and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He replied, “Peace ˹be upon you˺!” ˹Then he said to himself,˺ “˹These are˺ an unfamiliar people.”
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فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ
Then he slipped off to his family and brought a fat ˹roasted˺ calf
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فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?”
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فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ
˹They did not eat,˺ so he grew fearful of them. They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid,” and gave him good news of a knowledgeable son
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فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
Then his wife came forward with a cry, clasping her forehead ˹in astonishment˺, exclaiming, “˹A baby from˺ a barren, old woman!”
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قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
They replied, “Such has your Lord decreed. He is truly the All-Wise, All-Knowing.”
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۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
˹Later,˺ Abraham asked, “What is your mission, O messengers?”
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people
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لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ
to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay
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مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”
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فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Then ˹before the torment˺ We evacuated the believers from the city
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فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
But We only found one family that had submitted ˹to Allah˺
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وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
And We have left a sign there ˹as a lesson˺ for those who fear the painful punishment
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وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
And in ˹the story of˺ Moses ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent him to Pharaoh with compelling proof
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فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
but Pharaoh was carried away by his power, saying ˹of Moses˺, “A magician or a madman!”
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فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them into the sea while he was blameworthy
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وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ
And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind
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مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes
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وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
And in ˹the story of˺ Thamûd ˹was another lesson,˺ when they were told, “Enjoy yourselves ˹only˺ for a ˹short˺ while.”
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فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
Still they persisted in defying the commands of their Lord, so they were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast while they were looking on
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فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ
Then they were not able to rise up, nor were they helped
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وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ
And the people of Noah ˹had also been destroyed˺ earlier. They were truly a rebellious people
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وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
We built the universe with ˹great˺ might, and We are certainly expanding ˹it˺
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ
As for the earth, We spread it out. How superbly did We smooth it out
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وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
And We created pairs of all things so perhaps you would be mindful
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فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
So ˹proclaim, O Prophet˺: “Flee to Allah! I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you
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وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
And do not set up another god with Allah. I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.”
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كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Similarly, no messenger came to those before them without being told: “A magician or a madman!”
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أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
Have they passed this ˹cliché˺ down to one another? In fact, they have ˹all˺ been a transgressing people
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فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ
So ˹now˺ turn away from them ˹O Prophet˺, for you will not be blamed
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وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
But ˹continue to˺ remind. For certainly reminders benefit the believers
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وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me
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مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
I seek no provision from them, nor do I need them to feed Me
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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ
Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ is the Supreme Provider—Lord of all Power, Ever Mighty
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فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
The wrongdoers will certainly have a share ˹of the torment˺ like that of their predecessors. So do not let them ask Me to hasten ˹it˺
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فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Woe then to the disbelievers when they face their Day which they are warned of
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English translation: The Clear Quran (Dr. Mustafa Khattab). Arabic: Tanzil / Uthmani text.