51 Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)60 Ayahs
51:1
وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًۭا ١
By the winds scattering ˹dust˺,
51:2
فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًۭا ٢
and ˹the clouds˺ loaded with rain,
51:3
فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًۭا ٣
and ˹the ships˺ gliding with ease,
51:4
فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا ٤
and ˹the angels˺ administering affairs by ˹Allah’s˺ command!
51:5
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌۭ ٥
Indeed, what you are promised is true.
51:6
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ ٦
And the Judgment will certainly come to pass.
51:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ ٧
˹And˺ by the heavens in their marvellous design!
51:8
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍۢ مُّخْتَلِفٍۢ ٨
Surely you are ˹lost˺ in conflicting views ˹regarding the truth˺.
51:9
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ٩
Only those ˹destined to be˺ deluded are turned away from it.
51:10
قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ ١٠
Condemned are the liars—
51:11
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍۢ سَاهُونَ ١١
those who are ˹steeped˺ in ignorance, totally heedless.
51:12
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٢
They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”
51:13
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ ١٣
˹It is˺ the Day they will be tormented over the Fire.
51:14
ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ١٤
˹They will be told,˺ “Taste your torment! This is what you sought to hasten.”
51:15
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ ١٥
Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs,
51:16
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ ١٦
˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺:
51:17
كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ ١٧
they used to sleep only little in the night,
51:18
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ١٨
and pray for forgiveness before dawn.
51:19
وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ١٩
And in their wealth there was a rightful share ˹fulfilled˺ for the beggar and the poor.
51:20
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌۭ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ ٢٠
There are ˹countless˺ signs on earth for those with sure faith,
51:21
وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٢١
as there are within yourselves. Can you not see?
51:22
وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ٢٢
In heaven is your sustenance and whatever you are promised.
51:23
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّۭ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ ٢٣
Then by the Lord of heaven and earth! ˹All˺ this is certainly as true as ˹the fact that˺ you can speak!
51:24
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ ٢٤
Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
51:25
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًۭا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌۭ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ ٢٥
˹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.”
51:26
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍۢ سَمِينٍۢ ٢٦
Then he slipped off to his family and brought a fat ˹roasted˺ calf,
51:27
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ٢٧
and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?”
51:28
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةًۭ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍۢ ٢٨
˹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.
51:29
فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍۢ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌۭ ٢٩
Then his wife came forward with a cry, clasping her forehead ˹in astonishment˺, exclaiming, “˹A baby from˺ a barren, old woman!”
51:30
قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٣٠
They replied, “Such has your Lord decreed. He is truly the All-Wise, All-Knowing.”