وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا ﴿١﴾
Wadh-dhāriyāti dharwā
By those that winnow with a winnowing
الذاريات
51. Adh-Dhaariyat
The Winnowing Winds · Meccan · 60 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًا ﴿٢﴾
Fal-ḥāmilāti wiqrā
And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًا ﴿٣﴾
Fal-jāriyāti yusrā
And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا ﴿٤﴾
Fal-muqassimāti amrā
And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ ﴿٥﴾
Innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiq
Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ﴿٦﴾
Waʾinna ad-dīna lawāqiʿ
And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ ﴿٧﴾
Was-samāʾi dhāti al-ḥubuk
By the heaven full of paths,
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ ﴿٨﴾
Innakum lafī qawlin mukhtalif
Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ﴿٩﴾
Yuʾfaku ʿanhu man ufik
He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ ﴿١٠﴾
Qutila al-kharrāṣūn
Accursed be the conjecturers
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ ﴿١١﴾
Alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūn
Who are careless in an abyss!
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١٢﴾
Yasʾalūna ayyāna yawmu ad-dīn
They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ ﴿١٣﴾
Yawma hum ʿalā an-nāri yuftanūn
(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ﴿١٤﴾
Dhūqū fitnatakum hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tastaʿjilūn
(And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿١٥﴾
Inna al-muttaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūn
Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ ﴿١٦﴾
Ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥsinīn
Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ ﴿١٧﴾
Kānū qalīlan mina allayli mā yahjaʿūn
They used to sleep but little of the night,
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ﴿١٨﴾
Wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūn
And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ﴿١٩﴾
Wafī amwālihim ḥaqqun lilssāʾili wal-maḥrūm
And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ ﴿٢٠﴾
Wafī al-arḍi āyātun lilmūqinīn
And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٢١﴾
Wafī anfusikum afalā tubṣirūn
And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?
وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Wafī as-samāʾi rizqukum wamā tūʿadūn
And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Fawarabbi as-samāʾi wal-arḍi innahu laḥaqqun mithla mā annakum tanṭiqūn
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾
Hal atāka ḥadīthu ḍayfi ibrāhīma al-mukramīn
Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)?
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾
Idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūn
When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ ﴿٢٦﴾
Farāgha ilā ahlihi fajāʾa biʿijlin samīn
Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾
Faqarrabahu ilayhim qāla alā taʾkulūn
And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ ﴿٢٨﴾
Faʾawjasa minhum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf wabashsharūhu bighulāmin ʿalīm
Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ ﴿٢٩﴾
Faʾaqbalati imraʾatuhu fī ṣarratin faṣakkat wajhahā waqālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīm
Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٣٠﴾
Qālū kadhāliki qāla rabbuki innahu huwa al-ḥakīmu al-ʿalīm
They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿٣١﴾
Qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā al-mursalūn
(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾
Qālū innā ursilnā ilā qawmin mujrimīn
They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ ﴿٣٣﴾
Linursila ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min ṭīn
That we may send upon them stones of clay,
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾
Musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lilmusrifīn
Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾
Faʾakhrajnā man kāna fīhā mina al-muʾminīn
Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾
Famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytin mina al-muslimīn
But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ﴿٣٧﴾
Wataraknā fīhā āyatan lilladhīna yakhāfūna al-ʿadhāba al-alīm
And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٨﴾
Wafī mūsā idh arsalnāhu ilā firʿawna bisulṭānin mubīn
And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ﴿٣٩﴾
Fatawallā biruknihi waqāla sāḥirun aw majnūn
But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ﴿٤٠﴾
Faʾakhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī al-yammi wahuwa mulīm
So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ ﴿٤١﴾
Wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu ar-rīḥa al-ʿaqīm
And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ ﴿٤٢﴾
Mā tadharu min shayʾin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kar-ramīm
It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ﴿٤٣﴾
Wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīn
And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾
Faʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim faʾakhadhathumu aṣ-ṣāʿiqatu wahum yanẓurūn
But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾
Famā istaṭāʿū min qiyāmin wamā kānū muntaṣirīn
And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾
Waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn
And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾
Was-samāʾa banaynāhā biʾaydin waʾinnā lamūsiʿūn
We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾
Wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿma al-māhidūn
And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾
Wamin kulli shayʾin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūn
And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٥٠﴾
Fafirrū ilā Allāhi innī lakum minhu nadhīrun mubīn
Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٥١﴾
Walā tajʿalū maʿa Allāhi ilāhan ākhara innī lakum minhu nadhīrun mubīn
And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ﴿٥٢﴾
Kadhālika mā atā alladhīna min qablihim min rasūlin illā qālū sāḥirun aw majnūn
Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūn
Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ ﴿٥٤﴾
Fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūm
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾
Wadhakkir faʾinna adh-dhikrā tanfaʿu al-muʾminīn
And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ ﴿٥٦﴾
Wamā khalaqtu al-jinna wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūn
I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ ﴿٥٧﴾
Mā urīdu minhum min rizqin wamā urīdu an yuṭʿimūn
I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ ﴿٥٨﴾
Inna Allāha huwa ar-razzāqu dhū al-quwwati al-matīn
Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ﴿٥٩﴾
Faʾinna lilladhīna ẓalamū dhanūban mithla dhanūbi aṣḥābihim falā yastaʿjilūn
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).
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٦٠﴾
Fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu alladhī yūʿadūn
And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.
Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.
Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.
Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.