Surah Adh-Dhariyat

Verse 51:1

وَالذّٰرِیٰتِ ذَرْوًا ۟ۙ

Waẓ-Ẓaariyaati ẓarwaa.

By the winds scattering ˹dust˺,

Verse 51:2

فَالْحٰمِلٰتِ وِقْرًا ۟ۙ

Falḥaamilaati wiq̣raa.

and ˹the clouds˺ loaded with rain,

Verse 51:3

فَالْجٰرِیٰتِ یُسْرًا ۟ۙ

Faljaariyaati yusraa.

and ˹the ships˺ gliding with ease,

Verse 51:4

فَالْمُقَسِّمٰتِ اَمْرًا ۟ۙ

Falmuq̣assimaati ʹAmraa.

and ˹the angels˺ administering affairs by ˹Allah’s˺ command!

Verse 51:5

اِنَّمَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ لَصَادِقٌ ۟ۙ

ʹInnamaa tooʻadoona laṣaadiq̣;

Indeed, what you are promised is true.

Verse 51:6

وَّاِنَّ الدِّیْنَ لَوَاقِعٌ ۟ؕ

Wa-ʹinnad Deena lawaaq̣iʻ.

And the Judgment will certainly come to pass.

Verse 51:7

وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ ۟ۙ

Wassamaaaʹi ẓaatil Ḥubuk,

˹And˺ by the heavens in their marvellous design!

Verse 51:8

اِنَّكُمْ لَفِیْ قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ ۟ۙ

ʹInnakum lafee q̣awlim mukhtalif.

Surely you are ˹lost˺ in conflicting views ˹regarding the truth˺.

Verse 51:9

یُّؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ اُفِكَ ۟ؕ

Yuʹfaku ʻanhu man ʹufik.

Only those ˹destined to be˺ deluded are turned away from it.

Verse 51:10

قُتِلَ الْخَرّٰصُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Q̣utilal kharraaṣoon,―

Condemned are the liars—

Verse 51:11

الَّذِیْنَ هُمْ فِیْ غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُوْنَ ۟ۙ

ʹAllaẓeena hum fee g̣amratiñ saahoon:

those who are ˹steeped˺ in ignorance, totally heedless.

Verse 51:12

یَسْـَٔلُوْنَ اَیَّانَ یَوْمُ الدِّیْنِ ۟ؕ

Yasʹaloona ʹayyaana Yawmud Deen?

They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”

Verse 51:13

یَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَی النَّارِ یُفْتَنُوْنَ ۟

Yawma hum ʻalan Naari yuftanoon!

˹It is˺ the Day they will be tormented over the Fire.

Verse 51:14

ذُوْقُوْا فِتْنَتَكُمْ ؕ هٰذَا الَّذِیْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ ۟

Ẓooq̣oo fitnatakum! Haa-ẓal laẓee kuñtum̃ bihee tas-taʻjiloon!

˹They will be told,˺ “Taste your torment! This is what you sought to hasten.”

Verse 51:15

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِیْنَ فِیْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُیُوْنٍ ۟ۙ

ʹInnal Muttaq̣eena fee Jannaatiñw Waʻuyoon,

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs,

Verse 51:16

اٰخِذِیْنَ مَاۤ اٰتٰىهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِیْنَ ۟ؕ

ʹAakhiẓeena maaa ʹaataahum Rabbuhum: ʹinnahum kaanoo q̣abla ẓaalika Muḥsineen.

˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺:

Verse 51:17

كَانُوْا قَلِیْلًا مِّنَ الَّیْلِ مَا یَهْجَعُوْنَ ۟

Kaanoo q̣aleelam minal layli maa- yahjaʻoon:

they used to sleep only little in the night,

Verse 51:18

وَبِالْاَسْحَارِ هُمْ یَسْتَغْفِرُوْنَ ۟

Wa-bilʹasḥaari hum yastag̣firoon:

and pray for forgiveness before dawn.

Verse 51:19

وَفِیْۤ اَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآىِٕلِ وَالْمَحْرُوْمِ ۟

Wa-feee ʹamwaalihim ḥaq̣q̣ul lissaaaʹili walmaḥroom.

And in their wealth there was a rightful share ˹fulfilled˺ for the beggar and the poor.

Verse 51:20

وَفِی الْاَرْضِ اٰیٰتٌ لِّلْمُوْقِنِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Wa-fil ʹarḍi ʹAayaatul lil-Mooq̣ineen,

There are ˹countless˺ signs on earth for those with sure faith,

Verse 51:21

وَفِیْۤ اَنْفُسِكُمْ ؕ اَفَلَا تُبْصِرُوْنَ ۟

Wa-feee ʹañfusikum ʹafalaa tubṣiroon?

as there are within yourselves. Can you not see?

Verse 51:22

وَفِی السَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ ۟

Wa-fis samaaaʹi Rizq̣ukum wa-maa tooʻadoon.

In heaven is your sustenance and whatever you are promised.

Verse 51:23

فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَآءِ وَالْاَرْضِ اِنَّهٗ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَاۤ اَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُوْنَ ۟۠

Fawa-Rabbis samaaaʹi wal-ʹarḍi ʹinnahoo la-Ḥaq̣q̣um mis̤la maaa ʹannakum tañṭiq̣oon.

Then by the Lord of heaven and earth! ˹All˺ this is certainly as true as ˹the fact that˺ you can speak!

Verse 51:24

هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِیْثُ ضَیْفِ اِبْرٰهِیْمَ الْمُكْرَمِیْنَ ۟ۘ

Hal ʹataaka ḥadees̤u ḍayfi ʹibraaheemal mukrameen?

Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you ˹O Prophet˺?

Verse 51:25

اِذْ دَخَلُوْا عَلَیْهِ فَقَالُوْا سَلٰمًا ؕ قَالَ سَلٰمٌ ۚ قَوْمٌ مُّنْكَرُوْنَ ۟

ʹIẓ dakhaloo ʻalayhi faq̣aaloo Salaamaa! Q̣aala Salaam! Q̣awmum muñkaroon.

˹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.”

Verse 51:26

فَرَاغَ اِلٰۤی اَهْلِهٖ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِیْنٍ ۟ۙ

Faraag̣a ʹilaaa ʹahlihee fajaaaʹa biʻijliñ sameen,

Then he slipped off to his family and brought a fat ˹roasted˺ calf,

Verse 51:27

فَقَرَّبَهٗۤ اِلَیْهِمْ قَالَ اَلَا تَاْكُلُوْنَ ۟ؗ

Faq̣arrabahooo ʹilayhim Q̣aala ʹalaa taʹkuloon?

and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?”

Verse 51:28

فَاَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِیْفَةً ؕ قَالُوْا لَا تَخَفْ ؕ وَبَشَّرُوْهُ بِغُلٰمٍ عَلِیْمٍ ۟

Faʹawjasa minhum kheefaḥ Q̣aaloo laa- takhaf! wa-bashsharoohu big̣ulaamin ʻaleem.

˹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.

Verse 51:29

فَاَقْبَلَتِ امْرَاَتُهٗ فِیْ صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوْزٌ عَقِیْمٌ ۟

Faʹaq̣balatim raʹatuhoo fee ṣarratiñ faṣakkat wajhahaa wa-q̣aalat ʻajoozun ʻaq̣eem!

Then his wife came forward with a cry, clasping her forehead ˹in astonishment˺, exclaiming, “˹A baby from˺ a barren, old woman!”

Verse 51:30

قَالُوْا كَذٰلِكِ ۙ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْحَكِیْمُ الْعَلِیْمُ ۟

Q̣aaloo kaẓaaliki q̣aala Rabbuk: ʹinnahoo Huwal Ḥakeemul ʻAleem.

They replied, “Such has your Lord decreed. He is truly the All-Wise, All-Knowing.”

Verse 51:31

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ اَیُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُوْنَ ۟

Q̣aala famaa khaṭbukum ʹayyuhal Mursaloon?

˹Later,˺ Abraham asked, “What is your mission, O messengers?”

Verse 51:32

قَالُوْۤا اِنَّاۤ اُرْسِلْنَاۤ اِلٰی قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Q̣aalooo ʹinnaaa ʹursilnaaa ʹilaa q̣awmim mujrimeen;―

They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people,

Verse 51:33

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَیْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّنْ طِیْنٍ ۟ۙ

Linursila ʻalayhim ḥijaaratam miñ ṭeen.

to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay,

Verse 51:34

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِیْنَ ۟

Musawwamatan ʻiñda Rabbika lilmusrifeen.

marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”

Verse 51:35

فَاَخْرَجْنَا مَنْ كَانَ فِیْهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ ۟ۚ

Faʹakhrajnaa mañ kaana feehaa minal Muʹmineen.

Then ˹before the torment˺ We evacuated the believers from the city.

Verse 51:36

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِیْهَا غَیْرَ بَیْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِیْنَ ۟ۚ

Famaa wa-jadnaa feeha g̣ayra baytim minal Muslimeen:

But We only found one family that had submitted ˹to Allah˺.

Verse 51:37

وَتَرَكْنَا فِیْهَاۤ اٰیَةً لِّلَّذِیْنَ یَخَافُوْنَ الْعَذَابَ الْاَلِیْمَ ۟ؕ

Wa-taraknaa feehaaa ʹAayatal lillaẓeena yakhaafoonal ʻAẓaabal ʹaleem.

And We have left a sign there ˹as a lesson˺ for those who fear the painful punishment.

Verse 51:38

وَفِیْ مُوْسٰۤی اِذْ اَرْسَلْنٰهُ اِلٰی فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِیْنٍ ۟

Wa-fee Moosaaa ʹiẓ ʹarsalnaahu ʹilaa Firʻawna bisulṭaanim mubeen.

And in ˹the story of˺ Moses ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent him to Pharaoh with compelling proof,

Verse 51:39

فَتَوَلّٰی بِرُكْنِهٖ وَقَالَ سٰحِرٌ اَوْ مَجْنُوْنٌ ۟

Fatawallaa biruknihee wa-q̣aala ˹saaḥirun ʹaw majnoon!

but Pharaoh was carried away by his power, saying ˹of Moses˺, “A magician or a madman!”

Verse 51:40

فَاَخَذْنٰهُ وَجُنُوْدَهٗ فَنَبَذْنٰهُمْ فِی الْیَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِیْمٌ ۟ؕ

Faʹakhaẓnaahu wa-junoo-dahoo fanabaẓnaahum fil yammi wa-huwa muleem.

So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them into the sea while he was blameworthy.

Verse 51:41

وَفِیْ عَادٍ اِذْ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمُ الرِّیْحَ الْعَقِیْمَ ۟ۚ

Wa-fee ʻAadin ʹiẓ ʹarsalnaa ʻalayhimur Reeḥal ʻaq̣eem:

And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind.

Verse 51:42

مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَیْءٍ اَتَتْ عَلَیْهِ اِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِیْمِ ۟ؕ

Maa- taẓaru miñ shayʹin ʹatat ʻalayhi ʹillaa jaʻalathu karrameem.

There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes.

Verse 51:43

وَفِیْ ثَمُوْدَ اِذْ قِیْلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوْا حَتّٰی حِیْنٍ ۟

Wa-fee S̤amooda ʹiẓ q̣eela lahum tamattaʻoo ḥattaa ḥeen!

And in ˹the story of˺ Thamûd ˹was another lesson,˺ when they were told, “Enjoy yourselves ˹only˺ for a ˹short˺ while.”

Verse 51:44

فَعَتَوْا عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ یَنْظُرُوْنَ ۟

Faʻataw ʻan ʹAmri Rabbihim faʹakhaẓathumuṣ ṣaaʻiq̣atu wa-hum yañz̤̣uroon.

Still they persisted in defying the commands of their Lord, so they were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast while they were looking on.

Verse 51:45

فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوْا مِنْ قِیَامٍ وَّمَا كَانُوْا مُنْتَصِرِیْنَ ۟ۙ

famas taṭaaʻoo miñ q̣iyaamiñw wamaa kaanoo muñtaṣireen.

Then they were not able to rise up, nor were they helped.

Verse 51:46

وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُ ؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا فٰسِقِیْنَ ۟۠

Wa-Q̣awma Nooḥim miñ q̣abl: ʹinnahum kaanoo q̣awmañ faasiq̣een.

And the people of Noah ˹had also been destroyed˺ earlier. They were truly a rebellious people.

Verse 51:47

وَالسَّمَآءَ بَنَیْنٰهَا بِاَیْىدٍ وَّاِنَّا لَمُوْسِعُوْنَ ۟

Was-Samaaaʹa banaynaahaa biʹaydiñw waʹInnaa lamoosiʻoon.

We built the universe with ˹great˺ might, and We are certainly expanding ˹it˺.

Verse 51:48

وَالْاَرْضَ فَرَشْنٰهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمٰهِدُوْنَ ۟

Wal-ʹarḍa farashnaahaa faniʻmal maahidoon!

As for the earth, We spread it out. How superbly did We smooth it out!

Verse 51:49

وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَیْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَیْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُوْنَ ۟

Wa-miñ kulli shayʹin khalaq̣naa zawjayni laʻallakum taẓakkaroon.

And We created pairs of all things so perhaps you would be mindful.

Verse 51:50

فَفِرُّوْۤا اِلَی اللّٰهِ ؕ اِنِّیْ لَكُمْ مِّنْهُ نَذِیْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌ ۟ۚ

Fafirrooo ʹilal laah: ʹinnee lakum minhu Naẓeerum mubeen!

So ˹proclaim, O Prophet˺: “Flee to Allah! I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.

Verse 51:51

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوْا مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ ؕ اِنِّیْ لَكُمْ مِّنْهُ نَذِیْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌ ۟

Wa-laa tajʻaloo maʻal laahi ʹilaahan ʹaakhar: ʹinnee lakum minhu Naẓeerum mubeen!

And do not set up another god with Allah. I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.”

Verse 51:52

كَذٰلِكَ مَاۤ اَتَی الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِّنْ رَّسُوْلٍ اِلَّا قَالُوْا سَاحِرٌ اَوْ مَجْنُوْنٌ ۟ۚ

Kaẓaalika maaa ʹatal laẓeena miñ q̣ablihim mir Rasoolin ʹillaa q̣aaloo saaḥirun ʹaw majnoon!

Similarly, no messenger came to those before them without being told: “A magician or a madman!”

Verse 51:53

اَتَوَاصَوْا بِهٖ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُوْنَ ۟ۚ

ʹAtawaaṣaw bih? Bal hum q̣awmuñ ṭaag̣oon!

Have they passed this ˹cliché˺ down to one another? In fact, they have ˹all˺ been a transgressing people.

Verse 51:54

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَاۤ اَنْتَ بِمَلُوْمٍ ۟

Fatawalla ʻanhum famaaa ʹañta bimaloom.

So ˹now˺ turn away from them ˹O Prophet˺, for you will not be blamed.

Verse 51:55

وَّذَكِّرْ فَاِنَّ الذِّكْرٰی تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ ۟

Wa-ẓakkir faʹinnaẓ Ẓikraa tañfaʻul Muʹmineen.

But ˹continue to˺ remind. For certainly reminders benefit the believers.

Verse 51:56

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْاِنْسَ اِلَّا لِیَعْبُدُوْنِ ۟

Wa-maa khalaq̣tul Jinna wal-ʹiñsa ʹillaa liyaʻbudoon.

I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me.

Verse 51:57

مَاۤ اُرِیْدُ مِنْهُمْ مِّنْ رِّزْقٍ وَّمَاۤ اُرِیْدُ اَنْ یُّطْعِمُوْنِ ۟

Maaa ʹureedu minhum mir Rizq̣iñw Wamaaa ʹureedu ʹañy yuṭʻimoon.

I seek no provision from them, nor do I need them to feed Me.

Verse 51:58

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِیْنُ ۟

ʹInnal laaha Huwar Razzaaq̣u Ẓul Q̣uwwatil Mateen.

Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ is the Supreme Provider—Lord of all Power, Ever Mighty.

Verse 51:59

فَاِنَّ لِلَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوْا ذَنُوْبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوْبِ اَصْحٰبِهِمْ فَلَا یَسْتَعْجِلُوْنِ ۟

Faʹinna lillaẓeena z̤̣alamoo ẓanoobam mis̤la ẓanoobi ʹaṣḥaabihim falaa yastaʻjiloon!

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˺.

Verse 51:60

فَوَیْلٌ لِّلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنْ یَّوْمِهِمُ الَّذِیْ یُوْعَدُوْنَ ۟۠

Fawaylul lillaẓeena kafaroo miñy Yawmihimul laẓee yooʻadoon

Woe then to the disbelievers when they face their Day which they are warned of!