Surah Adh-Dhariyat

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًا ۝١

By the winds that scatter the dust,

فَٱلْحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقْرًا ۝٢

and those that bear the burden [of the rain],

فَٱلْجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسْرًا ۝٣

and those speeding along with ease,

فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمْرًا ۝٤

and distributing the command of God at His behest!

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ ۝٥

What you are promised is certainly true:

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ۝٦

the Judgement will surely come to pass --

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ ۝٧

by the heaven full of tracks,

إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ ۝٨

surely you are deeply at variance [as to what to believe] --

يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ۝٩

he is turned away from [the truth] who is destined to be so turned away.

قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ ۝١٠

May the conjecturers perish,

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ ۝١١

who flounder in the depths of ignorance.

يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ۝١٢

They ask, "When will the Day of Judgement come?"

يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ ۝١٣

It will be the Day when they are tormented at the Fire.

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ۝١٤

"Taste your trial. This is what you sought to hasten."

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ۝١٥

Surely the God-fearing will find themselves in the midst of gardens and springs.

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ ۝١٦

They shall receive what their Lord will bestow on them. They have done good works in the past,

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ ۝١٧

sleeping little in the night-time,

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ۝١٨

praying at dawn for God's pardon,

وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ۝١٩

and sharing their possessions with the beggars and the deprived.

وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ ۝٢٠

On the earth, and in yourselves,

وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ۝٢١

there are signs for firm believers. Do you not see then?

وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٢

In heaven is your sustenance, and also that which you are promised.

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ ۝٢٣

By the Lord of the heaven and the earth, it is certainly the truth. It is as true as your ability to speak.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ ۝٢٤

Have you heard the story of Abraham's honoured guests?

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ۝٢٥

When they came to him they said, "Peace!" He answered, "Peace!" [saying to himself]. "They are strangers."

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ ۝٢٦

Then he turned quickly to his household, and brought a fatted calf,

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ۝٢٧

and placed it before them. "Will you not eat?" he said,

فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ ۝٢٨

beginning to be afraid of them. But they said, "Don't be afraid"; and they gave him the good news of a son who would be endowed with knowledge.

فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ ۝٢٩

Then his wife came forward, crying and beating her brow. She said, "I am surely a barren, old woman."

قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ۝٣٠

"Such is the will of your Lord," they replied. "He is the Wise, the All Knowing."

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ۝٣١

Abraham asked, "What is your errand, O messengers?"

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ۝٣٢

They replied, "We have been sent to a sinful people,

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ ۝٣٣

so that we may bring down upon them a shower of stones of clay,

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ۝٣٤

which are marked by your Lord for the punishment of those guilty of excesses."

فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٣٥

We saved all the faithful in the town.

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ۝٣٦

We found in it only one household of true believers --

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ۝٣٧

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

وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝٣٨

There is another sign in Moses: We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ۝٣٩

But he turned his back, he and his courtiers, and said, "This is a sorcerer or a madman."

فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ۝٤٠

Then We seized him and his army and cast them all into the sea: he himself [Pharaoh] was to blame.

وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ ۝٤١

There is another sign in the [tribe of] 'Ad, when We sent against them a life-destroying wind

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ ۝٤٢

and it destroyed everything over which it passed and reduced it to dust.

وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ۝٤٣

In the Thamud [there was another sign], when they were told, "Make the most of your lives for a while."

فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ۝٤٤

But they rebelled against the command of their Lord. So the thunderbolt overtook them while they looked on:

فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ ۝٤٥

they could not stand up again, nor could they defend themselves.

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ ۝٤٦

[We destroyed] the people of Noah before them. They were certainly a sinful people.

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ۝٤٧

We built the universe with Our might, giving it its vast expanse.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ ۝٤٨

We have spread out the earth, how well We have spread it out,

وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٩

and We created pairs of all things so that you might reflect.

فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝٥٠

Therefore hasten to God; truly, I am sent by Him to give you clear warning.

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝٥١

Do not set up another god, along with God. I come from Him to warn you plainly.

كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ۝٥٢

Likewise, there came no messenger to those before them, but they said, "He is a sorcerer or a madman."

أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ۝٥٣

Have they handed this down to one another? They are certainly a people who exceed all bounds,

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ ۝٥٤

so ignore them, you are not to blame,

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٥٥

but keep on exhorting them, for exhortation benefits the believers.

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ ۝٥٦

I created the jinn and mankind only so that they might worship Me:

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ ۝٥٧

I seek no sustenance from them, nor do I want them to feed Me --

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ ۝٥٨

it is God who is the great Sustainer, the Mighty One, the Invincible.

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ۝٥٩

The wrongdoers will meet the same fate as their predecessors, let them not ask Me to hasten on [the punishment],

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ۝٦٠

woe, then, to those who are bent on denying the truth, when the Day arrives which they have been promised.