Adh-Dhariyat - The Scatterers

وَٱلذّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرۡوًا ١

51:1By the [winds] scattering [dust], dispersing [it]

فَٱلۡحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقۡرًا ٢

51:2And the [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

فَٱلۡجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسۡرًا ٣

51:3And the ships sailing with ease

فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمۡرًا ٤

51:4And the [angels] apportioning [each] matter,

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ ٥

51:5Indeed, what you are promised is true.

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوٰقِعٌ ٦

51:6And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ ٧

51:7By the heaven containing pathways,

إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِى قَوۡلٍ مُّخۡتَلِفٍ ٨

51:8Indeed, you are in differing speech.

يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ ٩

51:9Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.

قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرّٰصُونَ ١٠

51:10Destroyed are the misinformers

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِى غَمۡرَةٍ سَاهُونَ ١١

51:11Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.

يَسۡــَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٢

51:12They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"

يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ ١٣

51:13[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire

ذُوقُواۡ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ١٤

51:14[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ١٥

51:15Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَـٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ‌ۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواۡ قَبۡلَ ذٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ ١٦

51:16Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

كَانُواۡ قَلِيلاً مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ ١٧

51:17They used to sleep but little of the night,

وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ١٨

51:18And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

وَفِىٓ أَمۡوٰلِهِمۡ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ١٩

51:19And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.

وَفِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ ٢٠

51:20And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ‌ۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٢١

51:21And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ٢٢

51:22And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ ٢٣

51:23Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.

هَلۡ أَتَـٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ ٢٤

51:24Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -

إِذۡ دَخَلُواۡ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواۡ سَلَـٰمًا‌ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوۡمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ٢٥

51:25When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٍ سَمِينٍ ٢٦

51:26Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf.

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٢٧

51:27And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"

فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةً‌ۖ قَالُواۡ لَا تَخَفۡ‌ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ ٢٨

51:28And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.

فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ ٢٩

51:29And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

قَالُواۡ كَذٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ‌ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٣٠

51:30They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."

۞قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٣١

51:31[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

قَالُوٓاۡ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٍ مُّجۡرِمِينَ ٣٢

51:32They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ ٣٣

51:33To send down upon them stones of clay,

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٣٤

51:34Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣٥

51:35So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.

فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٍ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ٣٦

51:36And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ ٣٧

51:37And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ٣٨

51:38And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ ٣٩

51:39But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."

فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ فِى ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ٤٠

51:40So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

وَفِى عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ ٤١

51:41And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ ٤٢

51:42It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ٤٣

51:43And in Thamūd, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

فَعَتَوۡاۡ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ ٤٤

51:44But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَـٰعُواۡ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُواۡ مُنتَصِرِينَ ٤٥

51:45And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبۡلُ‌ۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواۡ قَوۡمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ ٤٦

51:46And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَـٰهَا بِأَيۡيۡدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ٤٧

51:47And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَـٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَـٰهِدُونَ ٤٨

51:48And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.

وَمِن كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٩

51:49And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.

فَفِرُّوٓاۡ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ‌ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ٥٠

51:50So flee to Allāh. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواۡ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ‌ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ٥١

51:51And do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

كَذٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواۡ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ ٥٢

51:52Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

أَتَوَاصَوۡاۡ بِهِۦ‌ۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ طَاغُونَ ٥٣

51:53Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ ٥٤

51:54So leave them, [O Muḥammad], for you are not to be blamed.

وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٥٥

51:55And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ ٥٦

51:56And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ ٥٧

51:57I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ ٥٨

51:58Indeed, it is Allāh who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواۡ ذَنُوبًا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَـٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ٥٩

51:59And 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.

فَوَيۡلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواۡ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ٦٠

51:60And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.