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English - Chapter 51 - Adh-Dhariyat

Translation by Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:1

And (by) the winnowers with (swift) winnowing

Verse 2 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:2

Then (by) the bearers of heavy burdens, (Or: obstruction)

Verse 3 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:3

Then (by) the runners with ease

Verse 4 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:4

Then (by) the dividers by the Command

Verse 5 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:5

Surely what you are promised is indeed sincere

Verse 6 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:6

And surely the Doom is indeed befalling

Verse 7 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:7

And (by) the heaven comprising interwoven tracks

Verse 8 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:8

Surely you (The pronoun is plural) are indeed of a different opinion, (Literally: of a different saying)

Verse 9 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:9

Diverged therefrom whoever is diverged (from truth)

Verse 10 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:10

Slain are the constant conjecturers

Verse 11 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:11

They who are unmindful and in perplexity (about the Hereafter)

Verse 12 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:12

Asking, "When is the Day of Doom

Verse 13 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:13

The Day when it is they (who) will be tempted (Or: tried) at the Fire

Verse 14 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:14

Taste your temptation! (Or: trial) This is what you were seeking to hasten

Verse 15 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:15

Surely the pious will be in (the midst of) Gardens and Springs

Verse 16 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:16

Taking whatever their Lord has brought them; surely, they were fair-doers before that

Verse 17 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:17

They used to slumber (only) little of the night

Verse 18 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:18

And before dawn, it is they (who) would seek forgiveness

Verse 19 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:19

And in their riches, the beggar and the dispossessed have what is truthfully their due

Verse 20 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:20

And in the earth are signs for the ones having certitude

Verse 21 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:21

And in your selves; do you then not behold

Verse 22 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:22

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

Verse 23 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:23

So by The Lord of the heaven and the earth, surely it is indeed true as (it is true) that you (can) pronounce (your languages)

Verse 24 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:24

Has the discourse about Ibrahim's (Abraham) honored guests come up (to your knowledge)

Verse 25 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:25

As they entered to him, then they said, "Peace!" He said, "Peace! (You) are a people disclaimed (by me)." (i.e., not recognized by me)

Verse 26 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:26

So he went apart to his family, then came with a plump calf

Verse 27 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:27

So he laid it near them and said, "Will you not eat

Verse 28 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:28

Then he entertained a fright of them. They said, "Do not fear (anything)." And they gave him good tidings of a knowledgeable youth

Verse 29 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:29

So came forward his wife, clamoring; (literally: with a clamor) then she beat her face, and said, "An old sterile woman

Verse 30 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:30

They said, "Thus your Lord has said; surely He, Ever He, is The Ever-Wise, The Ever-Knowing

Verse 31 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:31

Said he, "So, what is your concern, you Emissaries

Verse 32 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:32

They said, "Surely we have been sent to a criminal people

Verse 33 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:33

To send upon them stones of clay

Verse 34 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:34

Marked in the Reckoning of your Lord for the extravagant

Verse 35 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:35

Then We brought out whoever of the believers who were in it

Verse 36 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:36

Yet, in no way did We find therein other than one house of Muslims; (i.e., those who surrender themselves to Allah)

Verse 37 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:37

And We have left in it a sign to the ones who fear the painful torment

Verse 38 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:38

And (also there is a sign) in Musa (Moses) as We sent him to Firaawn (pharaoh) with an evident, all- binding authority

Verse 39 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:39

Yet he turned away, with his (court) supporters, and said, "A sorcerer or a madman

Verse 40 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:40

So We took him (away) and his hosts; then We flung them off in the main, (and) he was blameworthy

Verse 41 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:41

And (also there is a sign) in c?d as We sent against them the sterile wind

Verse 42 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:42

In no way did it come upon anything except that it left it out (and) made it as a rotten (stuff)

Verse 43 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:43

And (also there is a sign) in Thamud as it was said to them, "Take your enjoyment for a while

Verse 44 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:44

Yet they rebelled against the Command of their Lord; so that stunning (thunderbolt) took them (away) (while) they were looking on

Verse 45 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:45

So in no way were they able to be upright, and in no way were they vindicators

Verse 46 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:46

And the people of Nuh (Noah) earlier, surely they were an immoral people

Verse 47 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:47

And the heaven (is also a sign). We have built it with (Our) Hands (i.e., Capability) and surely We are indeed extending (it) wide

Verse 48 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:48

And the earth, We have laid it out (as) a bedding, so how excellent are the Smoothers! (i.e., Those who make the earth as a cradle)

Verse 49 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:49

And of everything We created pairs, that possibly you would be mindful

Verse 50 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:50

So flee to Allah! Surely I am an evident, constant warner from Him to you

Verse 51 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:51

And do not set up with Allah another god; surely I am an evident, constant warner from Him to you

Verse 52 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:52

Thus in no way did (any) Messenger come up to the ones even before them except that they said, "A sorcerer or a madman

Verse 53 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:53

Have they enjoined (this saying) one to another? No indeed, (but) they are an inordinate people

Verse 54 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:54

Then turn back from them; so in no way are you blameworthy

Verse 55 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:55

And remind; then surely reminding profits the believers

Verse 56 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:56

And in no way did I create the jinn and humankind except to worship Me

Verse 57 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:57

In no way would I have from them any provision; and in no way would I have them to feed Me

Verse 58 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:58

Surely Allah is The Superb Provider, The Owner of Power, The Ever-Pervading

Verse 59 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:59

Then surely the ones who did injustice will have an allotment like the allotment of their companions; so let them not seek to hasten Me

Verse 60 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:60

So woe to the ones who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised