51. Adh-Dhariyat

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا

By the [winds] scattering [dust], dispersing [it]

wal-dhāriyāti dharwan

فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًا

And the [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

fal-ḥāmilāti wiq'ran

فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًا

And the ships sailing with ease

fal-jāriyāti yus'ran

فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا

And the [angels] apportioning [each] matter,

fal-muqasimāti amran

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ

Indeed, what you are promised is true.

innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiqun

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

wa-inna l-dīna lawāqiʿun

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ

By the heaven containing pathways,1

wal-samāi dhāti l-ḥubuki

إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ

Indeed, you are in differing speech.1

innakum lafī qawlin mukh'talifin

يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ

Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.

yu'faku ʿanhu man ufika

قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ

Destroyed are the misinformers1

qutila l-kharāṣūna

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ

Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.

alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūna

يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"

yasalūna ayyāna yawmu l-dīni

يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ

[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire.

yawma hum ʿalā l-nāri yuf'tanūna

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

dhūqū fit'natakum hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tastaʿjilūna

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ

Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥ'sinīna

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

They used to sleep but little of the night,1

kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūna

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūna

وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.

wafī amwālihim ḥaqqun lilssāili wal-maḥrūmi

وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ

And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

wafī l-arḍi āyātun lil'mūqinīna

وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

wafī anfusikum afalā tub'ṣirūna

وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ

And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.

wafī l-samāi riz'qukum wamā tūʿadūna

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ

Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.

fawarabbi l-samāi wal-arḍi innahu laḥaqqun mith'la mā annakum tanṭiqūna

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ

Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham?1 -

hal atāka ḥadīthu ḍayfi ib'rāhīma l-muk'ramīna

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ

When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūna

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ

Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf.

farāgha ilā ahlihi fajāa biʿij'lin samīnin

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"

faqarrabahu ilayhim qāla alā takulūna

فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ

And he felt from them apprehension.1 They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.

fa-awjasa min'hum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf wabasharūhu bighulāmin ʿalīmin

فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ

And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

fa-aqbalati im'ra-atuhu fī ṣarratin faṣakkat wajhahā waqālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīmun

قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."

qālū kadhāliki qāla rabbuki innahu huwa l-ḥakīmu l-ʿalīmu

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūna

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals1

qālū innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmin muj'rimīna

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ

To send down upon them stones of clay,

linur'sila ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min ṭīnin

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil'mus'rifīna

فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.

fa-akhrajnā man kāna fīhā mina l-mu'minīna

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.1

famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytin mina l-mus'limīna

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

wataraknā fīhā āyatan lilladhīna yakhāfūna l-ʿadhāba l-alīma

وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.1

wafī mūsā idh arsalnāhu ilā fir'ʿawna bisul'ṭānin mubīnin

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."

fatawallā biruk'nihi waqāla sāḥirun aw majnūnun

فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

fa-akhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī l-yami wahuwa mulīmun

وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ

And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.1

wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīma

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīmi

وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

And in Thamūd, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīnin

فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

faʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣāʿiqatu wahum yanẓurūna

فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ

And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

famā is'taṭāʿū min qiyāmin wamā kānū muntaṣirīna

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ

And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

And the heaven We constructed with strength,1 and indeed, We are [its] expander.

wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūna

وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ

And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.

wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūna

وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.

wamin kulli shayin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūna

فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

So flee to Allāh.1 Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

fafirrū ilā l-lahi innī lakum min'hu nadhīrun mubīnun

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

And do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

walā tajʿalū maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara innī lakum min'hu nadhīrun mubīnun

كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

kadhālika mā atā alladhīna min qablihim min rasūlin illā qālū sāḥirun aw majnūnun

أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

Did they suggest it to them?1 Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūna

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ

So leave them, [O Muḥammad], for you are not to be blamed.

fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūmin

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.

wadhakkir fa-inna l-dhik'rā tanfaʿu l-mu'minīna

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

wamā khalaqtu l-jina wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūni

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ

I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.

mā urīdu min'hum min riz'qin wamā urīdu an yuṭ'ʿimūni

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ

Indeed, it is Allāh who is the [continual] Provider,1 the firm possessor of strength.

inna l-laha huwa l-razāqu dhū l-quwati l-matīnu

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their companions [i.e., predecessors], so let them not impatiently urge Me.

fa-inna lilladhīna ẓalamū dhanūban mith'la dhanūbi aṣḥābihim falā yastaʿjilūni

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.

fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu alladhī yūʿadūna