Surah 51 · Meccan · 60 verses · juz 26 to 27
Adh-Dhaariyat سُورَةُ الذَّارِيَاتِ
The Winnowing Winds
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
By those that winnow with a winnowing
51:1 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
51:2 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
51:3 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
51:4 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
51:5 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
51:6 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
By the heaven full of paths,
51:7 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
51:8 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
51:9 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
Accursed be the conjecturers
51:10 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
Who are careless in an abyss!
51:11 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
51:12 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
51:13 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
(And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
51:14 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
51:15 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
51:16 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
They used to sleep but little of the night,
51:17 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
51:18 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
51:19 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
51:20 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?
51:21 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
51:22 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
51:23 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)?
51:24 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
51:25 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
51:26 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?
51:27 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
51:28 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
51:29 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
51:30 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 26 · page 521 · tafsir at quran.com
(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
51:31 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
51:32 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
That we may send upon them stones of clay,
51:33 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
51:34 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
51:35 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
51:36 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
51:37 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
51:38 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
51:39 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
51:40 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
51:41 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
51:42 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
51:43 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
51:44 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
51:45 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
51:46 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
51:47 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
51:48 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
51:49 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
51:50 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
51:51 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 522 · tafsir at quran.com
Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
51:52 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 523 · tafsir at quran.com
Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
51:53 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 523 · tafsir at quran.com
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
51:54 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 523 · tafsir at quran.com
And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
51:55 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 523 · tafsir at quran.com
I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
51:56 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 523 · tafsir at quran.com
I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
51:57 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 523 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
51:58 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 523 · tafsir at quran.com
And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).
51:59 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 523 · tafsir at quran.com
And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.
51:60 · Adh-Dhaariyat · juz 27 · page 523 · tafsir at quran.com