Surah Adh-Dhaariyat

سورة الذاريات

The Winnowing Winds

Surah 51 · 60 Ayahs

What Is Surah Adh-Dhaariyat?

Surah Adh-Dhaariyat is Surah 51 of the Quran. It contains 60 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

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Ayah 1
وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا
Meaning
By those (winds) that scatter dust,
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Ayah 2
فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًا
Meaning
then those that bear load (of clouds),
3
Ayah 3
فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًا
Meaning
then those that float with ease,
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Ayah 4
فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا
Meaning
then those who distribute things,
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Ayah 5
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ
Meaning
whatever you are being promised is surely true,
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Ayah 6
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
Meaning
and Recompense (of deeds) is sure to happen.
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Ayah 7
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ
Meaning
By the sky, having paths,
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Ayah 8
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ
Meaning
you are (involved) in a contradictory discussion.
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Ayah 9
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
Meaning
Turned away from this (Qur’ān) is the one who is turned away (totally from the truth.)
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Ayah 10
قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ
Meaning
Death upon those who make conjectures (against the true faith),
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Ayah 11
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ
Meaning
- those who are drowned in ignorance, forgetful!
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Ayah 12
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Meaning
They ask, “When shall be the Day of Recompense?”
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Ayah 13
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
Meaning
(It will be) the Day when they will be heated on the Fire,
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Ayah 14
ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Meaning
(and it will be said to them,) “Taste (the punishment of) your mischief. This is what you have been asking to be brought sooner.”
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Ayah 15
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Meaning
The God-fearing (on the other hand) will be in gardens and springs,
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Ayah 16
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
Meaning
receiving what their Lord will have given to them. Indeed, prior to this, they were good in their deeds.
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Ayah 17
كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
Meaning
They used to sleep little in the night;
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Ayah 18
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
Meaning
and in the hours before dawn they used to pray for forgiveness,
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Ayah 19
وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
Meaning
and in their wealth, there was a right for one who asks and for one who is deprived.
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Ayah 20
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ
Meaning
In the earth, there are signs for those who (seek truth to) believe,
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Ayah 21
وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Meaning
and in your own selves! So, do you not perceive?
22
Ayah 22
وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
Meaning
And in the heavens, there is your sustenance and all that you have been promised.
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Ayah 23
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ
Meaning
So, by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it (the Day of Recompense) is a reality, as sure as the fact that you (can) speak.
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Ayah 24
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
Meaning
Has there come to you the story of the honoured guests of Ibrāhīm?
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Ayah 25
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
Meaning
When they (the angels in human form) entered unto him and said, “We greet you with Salām .” He said, “Salām on you.” (And he said to himself,) “(They are) unknown people.”
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Ayah 26
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ
Meaning
Then he slipped off to his home and fetched a fattened calf.
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Ayah 27
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
Meaning
So he presented it before them (to eat, but being angels, they refrained.) He said, “Would you not eat?”
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Ayah 28
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ
Meaning
So he felt some fear in his heart. They said, “Be not scared.” And they gave him the good news of (the birth of) a knowledgeable boy.
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Ayah 29
فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
Meaning
So his wife came forward with a clamor, and slapped her own face and said, “(How can I have a child when I am) a barren old woman?”
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Ayah 30
قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Meaning
They said, “This is how your Lord has said. Surely, He is All-Wise, All-Knowing.”
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Ayah 31
۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
Meaning
He (Ibrāhīm) said (to the angels), “Then, what is your mission O messengers?”
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Ayah 32
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
Meaning
They said, “We are sent to a guilty people, (i.e. the people of Sodom)
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Ayah 33
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ
Meaning
so that we may send down upon them stones of clay,
34
Ayah 34
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Meaning
marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”
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Ayah 35
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Meaning
So, We let the believers who were there to come out (from danger),
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Ayah 36
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
Meaning
but We did not find in it any Muslims, except one house.
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Ayah 37
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
Meaning
And We left in this (event) a sign (of deterrence) for those who fear the painful punishment.
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Ayah 38
وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Meaning
And (We left a similar sign) in (the story of) Mūsā, when We sent him to Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) with a clear proof.
39
Ayah 39
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Meaning
So he turned away along with his chiefs and said, “ (Mūsā is) a magician or a madman!”
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Ayah 40
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
Meaning
So We seized him and his army, and cast them into the sea, as he was of culpable behaviour.
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Ayah 41
وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ
Meaning
And (a similar sign was left) in (the story of) ‘Ād, when We sent upon them the wind that was barren (from any benefit);
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Ayah 42
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
Meaning
it spared nothing it came upon, but rendered it like a stuff smashed by decay.
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Ayah 43
وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
Meaning
And (a similar sign was left) in (the story of) Thamūd, when it was said to them, “Enjoy yourselves for a while.”
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Ayah 44
فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
Meaning
Then they rebelled against the command of your Lord; so the thunderbolt (of divine punishment) seized them, while they were looking on.
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Ayah 45
فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ
Meaning
Then they were neither able to stand (before the punishment), nor could they defend themselves.
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Ayah 46
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ
Meaning
And (We have destroyed) the people of NūH even before; indeed they were a sinful people.
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Ayah 47
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
Meaning
And the sky was built by Us with might; and indeed We are the expanders.
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Ayah 48
وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ
Meaning
And the earth was spread out by Us as a floor; so how well have We spread it out!
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Ayah 49
وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
Meaning
And from every thing We have created pairs of twos, so that you may heed.
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Ayah 50
فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Meaning
So, flee to Allah. Indeed I am a plain warner sent by Him for you.
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Ayah 51
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Meaning
And do not make up any other god along with Allah. Indeed I am a plain warner sent by Him for you.
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Ayah 52
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Meaning
In similar way, no messenger came to those before them, but they said, “(He is) a magician or a madman.”
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Ayah 53
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
Meaning
Have they handed down (this saying) to each other as a legacy? Rather they are a rebellious people.
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Ayah 54
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ
Meaning
So, turn away from them, for you are not blamed.
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Ayah 55
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Meaning
And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers.
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Ayah 56
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
Meaning
I did not create the Jinns and the human beings except for the purpose that they should worship Me.
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Ayah 57
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
Meaning
I do not want any sustenance from them, nor do I want them to feed Me.
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Ayah 58
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ
Meaning
In fact, Allah is the All-Sustainer, Possessor of power, the Strong.
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Ayah 59
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
Meaning
So, those who did wrong will have their turn like the turn of their counterparts. So, they should not ask Me to hasten on.
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Ayah 60
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Meaning
Woe, then, to those who disbelieve because of the Day of theirs that they are promised (for punishment).