Adh-Dhariyat
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Chapter 51. The Winnowing Winds
Adh-Dhariyat 51:1
وَٱلذَّـٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوٗا
By those that winnow with a winnowing
Adh-Dhariyat 51:2
فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرٗا
And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
Adh-Dhariyat 51:3
فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرٗا
And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
Adh-Dhariyat 51:4
فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا
And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:5
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٞ
Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:6
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٞ
And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ
By the heaven full of paths,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:8
إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلٖ مُّخۡتَلِفٖ
Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
Adh-Dhariyat 51:9
يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ
He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:10
قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّـٰصُونَ
Accursed be the conjecturers
Adh-Dhariyat 51:11
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ سَاهُونَ
Who are careless in an abyss!
Adh-Dhariyat 51:12
يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
Adh-Dhariyat 51:13
يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ
(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:14
ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ
(And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:15
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ
Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:16
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ
Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
Adh-Dhariyat 51:17
كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ
They used to sleep but little of the night,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:18
وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ
And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:19
وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ
And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:20
وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ
And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:21
وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?
Adh-Dhariyat 51:22
وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
Adh-Dhariyat 51:23
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقّٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:24
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ
Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)?
Adh-Dhariyat 51:25
إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ
When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
Adh-Dhariyat 51:26
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٖ سَمِينٖ
Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
Adh-Dhariyat 51:27
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ
And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?
Adh-Dhariyat 51:28
فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ
Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:29
فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةٖ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٞ
Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
Adh-Dhariyat 51:30
قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:31
۞قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ
(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
Adh-Dhariyat 51:32
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ
They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:33
لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن طِينٖ
That we may send upon them stones of clay,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:34
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:35
فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:36
فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ
But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
Adh-Dhariyat 51:37
وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ
And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:38
وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ
And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:39
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٞ
But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:40
فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ
So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:41
وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ
And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:42
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:43
وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ
And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:44
فَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ
But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
Adh-Dhariyat 51:45
فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامٖ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ
And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:46
وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ
And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:47
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
Adh-Dhariyat 51:48
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ
And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
Adh-Dhariyat 51:49
وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ
And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:50
فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:51
وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:52
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ
Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
Adh-Dhariyat 51:53
أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ
Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:54
فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٖ
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:55
وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:56
وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ
I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:57
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ
I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:58
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ
Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:59
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبٗا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ
And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).
Adh-Dhariyat 51:60
فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.