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51. Adh-Dhaariyat — The Winnowing Winds

Qur'an · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · Revealed at Mecca · 60 sections

1. 51:1

   وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوࣰ ا

   Waalththariyati tharwan

   By those that winnow with a winnowing

2. 51:2

   فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرࣰ ا

   Faalhamilati wiqran

   And those that bear the burden (of the rain)

3. 51:3

   فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرࣰ ا

   Faaljariyati yusran

   And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)

4. 51:4

   فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا

   Faalmuqassimati amran

   And those who distribute (blessings) by command

5. 51:5

   إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقࣱ‏

   Innama tooAAadoona lasadiqun

   Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true

6. 51:6

   وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعࣱ‏

   Wainna alddeena lawaqiAAun

   And lo! the judgment will indeed befall

7. 51:7

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ

   Waalssamai thati alhubuki

   By the heaven full of paths

8. 51:8

   إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلࣲ مُّخۡتَلِفࣲ‏

   Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin

   Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth)

9. 51:9

   يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ

   Yufaku AAanhu man ofika

   He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse

10. 51:10

    قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّٰصُونَ

    Qutila alkharrasoona

    Accursed be the conjecturers

11. 51:11

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةࣲ سَاهُونَ

    Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoona

    Who are careless in an abyss

12. 51:12

    يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ

    Yasaloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni

    They ask: When is the Day of Judgment

13. 51:13

    يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ

    Yawma hum AAala alnnari yuftanoona

    (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire

14. 51:14

    ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ

    Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona

    (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten

15. 51:15

    إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ وَعُيُونٍ

    Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

    Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings

16. 51:16

    ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ

    Akhitheena ma atahum rabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineena

    Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good

17. 51:17

    كَانُواْ قَلِيلࣰ ا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ

    Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaAAoona

    They used to sleep but little of the night

18. 51:18

    وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ

    Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona

    And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness

19. 51:19

    وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

    Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi

    And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share

20. 51:20

    وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتࣱ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ

    Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena

    And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure

21. 51:21

    وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

    Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona

    And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see

22. 51:22

    وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ

    Wafee alssamai rizqukum wama tooAAadoona

    And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised

23. 51:23

    فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقࣱّ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ

    Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona

    And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak

24. 51:24

    هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ

    Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena

    Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)

25. 51:25

    إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمࣰ اۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمࣱ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ

    Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroona

    When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me)

26. 51:26

    فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلࣲ سَمِينࣲ‏

    Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biAAijlin sameenin

    Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf

27. 51:27

    فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ

    Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala takuloona

    And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat

28. 51:28

    فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةࣰۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمࣲ‏

    Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo la takhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleemin

    Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son

29. 51:29

    فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةࣲ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمࣱ‏

    Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun

    Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman

30. 51:30

    قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

    Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu

    They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower

31. 51:31

    ۞قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ

    Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona

    (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)

32. 51:32

    قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِينَ

    Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

    They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk

33. 51:33

    لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن طِينࣲ‏

    Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin

    That we may send upon them stones of clay

34. 51:34

    مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ

    Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena

    Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton

35. 51:35

    فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

    Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena

    Then we brought forth such believers as were there

36. 51:36

    فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ

    Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena

    But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah)

37. 51:37

    وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةࣰ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ

    Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba alaleema

    And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom

38. 51:38

    وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنࣲ مُّبِينࣲ‏

    Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firAAawna bisultanin mubeenin

    And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant

39. 51:39

    فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونࣱ‏

    Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun

    But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman

40. 51:40

    فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمࣱ‏

    Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun

    So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate

41. 51:41

    وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ

    Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema

    And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them

42. 51:42

    مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

    Ma tatharu min shayin atat AAalayhi illa jaAAalathu kaalrrameemi

    It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust

43. 51:43

    وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينࣲ‏

    Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaAAoo hatta heenin

    And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile

44. 51:44

    فَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ

    FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona

    But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed

45. 51:45

    فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامࣲ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ

    Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena

    And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves

46. 51:46

    وَقَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمࣰ ا فَٰسِقِينَ

    Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena

    And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk

47. 51:47

    وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدࣲ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

    Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona

    We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof)

48. 51:48

    وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ

    Waalarda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona

    And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)

49. 51:49

    وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona

    And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect

50. 51:50

    فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ‏

    Fafirroo ila Allahi innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun

    Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him

51. 51:51

    وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ‏

    Wala tajAAaloo maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun

    And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him

52. 51:52

    كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ

    Kathalika ma ata allatheena min qablihim min rasoolin illa qaloo sahirun aw majnoonun

    Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman

53. 51:53

    أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ

    Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona

    Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk

54. 51:54

    فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومࣲ‏

    Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin

    So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy

55. 51:55

    وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

    Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaAAu almumineena

    And warn, for warning profiteth believers

56. 51:56

    وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ

    Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaAAbudooni

    I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me

57. 51:57

    مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقࣲ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ

    Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni

    I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me

58. 51:58

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ

    Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu

    Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might

59. 51:59

    فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبࣰ ا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ

    Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaAAjiloona

    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)

60. 51:60

    فَوَيۡلࣱ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

    Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona

    And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised

Qur'an text and translations via fawazahmed0/quran-api; Arabic Uthmani Hafs from the King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex, transliteration from Tanzil.net. Licence: Public domain. Source.