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English - Chapter 51 - Adh-Dhariyat

Translation by Dr Laleh Bakhtiar — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:1

By the winnowing winds of ones that winnow

Verse 2 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:2

by the burden-bearers, the ones who carry a heavy burden

Verse 3 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:3

and the ones that run with ease

Verse 4 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:4

and the ones who distribute the command

Verse 5 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:5

truly, what you are promised is that which is sincere

Verse 6 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:6

And, truly, the judgment is that which falls

Verse 7 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:7

By the heaven that is full of tracks

Verse 8 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:8

you are ones who are at variance in your sayings

Verse 9 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:9

He is misled there by he who was misled

Verse 10 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:10

Perdition to those who guess

Verse 11 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:11

ones who are inattentive because of obstinacy

Verse 12 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:12

They ask: When will the Day of Judgment be

Verse 13 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:13

A Day when they are tried over the fire

Verse 14 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:14

Experience your test. This is that for which you had been seeking to hasten

Verse 15 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:15

Truly, the ones who are Godfearing will be in the Garden and springs

Verse 16 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:16

ones who take what their Lord gave them. Truly, they had been before this—ones who are doers of good

Verse 17 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:17

They had been slumbering little during the night

Verse 18 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:18

And at the breaking of the day, they ask for forgiveness

Verse 19 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:19

And there is an obligation from their wealth for the one who begs and the one who is deprived

Verse 20 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:20

On the earth are signs, for the ones that are certain

Verse 21 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:21

and in yourselves. Will you not, then, perceive

Verse 22 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:22

And in the heaven is your provision as you are promised

Verse 23 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:23

by the Lord of the heaven and the earth. It is, truly, The Truth just as you yourselves speak

Verse 24 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:24

Truly, approached thee the discourse of guests of Abraham, the ones who are honored

Verse 25 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:25

When they entered to him they said: Peace. He said: Peace, to a folk, ones who are unknown

Verse 26 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:26

Then, he turned upon his people and brought about a fattened calf

Verse 27 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:27

so he brought it near to them. He said: Will you not eat

Verse 28 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:28

Then, he sensed a fear of them; they said: Be not in awe. They gave him good tidings of a knowing boy

Verse 29 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:29

Then, his woman came forward with a loud cry. She slapped her face and said: I am an old barren woman

Verse 30 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:30

They said: Thus, spoke thy Lord. Truly, He is The Wise, The Knowing

Verse 31 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:31

Abraham said: O ones who are sent, what is your business

Verse 32 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:32

They said: That we were sent to a folk, ones who sin

Verse 33 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:33

to send on them rocks of clay

Verse 34 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:34

ones distinguished by thy Lord for ones who are excessive

Verse 35 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:35

So We brought out whoever had been in it of the ones who believe

Verse 36 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:36

But We found in it nothing but a house of ones who submit to God

Verse 37 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:37

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

Verse 38 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:38

And in Moses, then, We sent him to Pharaoh with a clear authority

Verse 39 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:39

Then, Pharaoh turned away to his court. He said: One who is a sorcerer, one who is possessed

Verse 40 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:40

So We took him and his armies and cast them forth into the water of the sea and he is one who is answerable

Verse 41 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:41

And in Ad, when We sent against them the withering wind

Verse 42 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:42

It forsakes not anything it approached, but made it like it was decayed

Verse 43 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:43

And in Thamud, when it was said to them: Take joy for a while

Verse 44 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:44

Yet they defied the command of their Lord so the thunderbolt took them while they look on

Verse 45 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:45

They were neither able to stand up nor had they been ones who are aided

Verse 46 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:46

And the folk of Noah from before. Truly, they had been a folk, ones who disobey

Verse 47 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:47

And We built the heaven with potency. And, truly, We are ones who extend wide

Verse 48 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:48

And the earth, We spread it forth. How excellent are the ones who spread

Verse 49 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:49

And of everything We created pairs so that perhaps you will recollect

Verse 50 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:50

So run away towards God. Truly, I am to you a clear warner from Him

Verse 51 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:51

And make not with God any other god. Truly, I am to you a clear warner from Him

Verse 52 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:52

There approached not those who were before them any Messenger but that they said: One who is a sorcerer or one who is possessed

Verse 53 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:53

Counseled they this to one another? Nay! They are a folk, ones who are defiant

Verse 54 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:54

So turn thou away from them that thou be not one who is reproached

Verse 55 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:55

And remind, for, truly, the reminder profits the ones who believe

Verse 56 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:56

And I created not jinn and humankind but that they worship Me

Verse 57 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:57

I want no provision from them nor want I that they feed Me

Verse 58 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:58

Truly, God, He is The Provider, The Possessor of Strength, The Sure

Verse 59 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:59

And, truly, the impiety of those who did wrong is like the impiety of their companions. So let them not seek to hasten the Judgment

Verse 60 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:60

Then, woe to those who disbelieved in that Day of theirs that they are promised