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Surah Adh-Dhariyat - English Translation by John Medows Rodwell


وَٱلذَّـٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوٗا

By the clouds which scatter with SCATTERING
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 1


فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرٗا

And those which bear their load
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 2


فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرٗا

And by those which speed lightly along
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 3


فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا

And those which apportion by command
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 4


إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٞ

True, indeed, is that with which ye are threatened
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 5


وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٞ

And lo! the judgment will surely come
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 6


وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ

By the star-tracked heaven
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 7


إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلٖ مُّخۡتَلِفٖ

Ye are discordant in what ye say
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 8


يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ

But whose turneth him from the truth, is turned from it by a divine decree
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 9


قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّـٰصُونَ

Perish the liars
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 10


ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ سَاهُونَ

Who are bewildered in the depths of ignorance
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 11


يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ

They ask, "When this day of judgment
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 12


يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ

On that day they shall be tormented at the fire
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 13


ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ

Taste ye of this your torment, whose speedy coming ye challenged
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 14


إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ

But the God-fearing shall dwell amid gardens and fountains
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 15


ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ

Enjoying what their Lord hath given them, because, aforetime they were well-doers
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 16


كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ

But little of the night was it that they slept
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 17


وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ

And at dawn they prayed for pardon
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 18


وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

And gave due share of their wealth to the suppliant and the outcast
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 19


وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ

On Earth are signs for men of firm belief
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 20


وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

And also in your own selves: Will ye not then behold them
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 21


وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ

The Heaven hath sustenance for you, and it containeth that which you are promised
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 22


فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقّٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ

By the Lord then of the heaven and of the earth, I swear that this is the truth, even as ye speak yourselves
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 23


هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ

Hath the story reached thee of Abraham's honoured guests
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 24


إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ

When they went in unto him and said, "Peace!" he replied, "Peace: - they are strangers
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 25


فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٖ سَمِينٖ

And he went apart to his family, and brought a fatted calf
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 26


فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ

And set it before them. He said, "Eat ye not
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 27


فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ

And he conceived a fear of them. They said to him, "Fear not;" and announced to him a wise son
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 28


فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةٖ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٞ

His wife came up with outcry: she smote her face and said, "What I, old and barren
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 29


قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

They said, "Thus saith thy Lord. He truly is the Wise, the Knowing
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 30


۞قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ

Said he, "And what, O messengers, is your errand
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 31


قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ

They said, "To a wicked people are we sent
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 32


لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن طِينٖ

To hurl upon them stones of clay
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 33


مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ

Destined by thy Lord for men guilty of excesses
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 34


فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

And we brought forth the believers who were in the city
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 35


فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ

But we found not in it but one family of Muslims
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 36


وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ

And signs we left in it for those who dread the afflictive chastisement
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 37


وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ

And in Moses: when we sent him to Pharaoh with manifest power
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 38


فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٞ

But relying on his forces he turned his back and said, "Sorcerer, or Possessed
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 39


فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ

So we seized him and his hosts and cast them into the sea; for of all blame was he worthy
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 40


وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ

And in Ad: when we sent against them the desolating blast
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 41


مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

It touched not aught over which it came, but it turned it to dust
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 42


وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ

And in Themoud: when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for yet a while
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 43


فَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ

But they rebelled against their Lord's command: so the tempest took them as they watched its coming
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 44


فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامٖ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ

They were not able to stand upright, and could not help themselves
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 45


وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ

And we destroyed the people of Noah, before them; for an impious people were they
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 46


وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

And the Heaven - with our hands have we built it up, and given it its expanse
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 47


وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ

And the Earth - we have stretched it out like a carpet; and how smoothly have we spread it forth
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 48


وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ

And of everything have we created pairs: that haply ye may reflect
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 49


فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ

Fly then to God: I come to you from him a plain warner
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 50


وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ

And set not up another god with God: I come to you from him a plain warner
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 51


كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ

Even thus came there no apostle to those who flourished before them, but they exclaimed, "Sorcerer, or Possessed
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 52


أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ

Have they made a legacy to one another of this scoff? Yes, they are a rebel people
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 53


فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٖ

Turn away, then, from them, and thou shalt not incur reproach
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 54


وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Yet warn them, for, in truth, warning will profit the believers
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 55


وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ

I have not created Djinn and men, but that they should worship me
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 56


مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ

I require not sustenance from them, neither require I that they feed me
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 57


إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ

Verily, God is the sole sustainer: possessed of might: the unshaken
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 58


فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبٗا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ

Therefore to those who injure thee shall be a fate like the fate of their fellows of old. Let them not challenge me to hasten it
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 59


فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

Woe then to the infidels, because of their threatened day
Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 60


Author: John Medows Rodwell


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