Surah Adh-Dhariyat

In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

By the winds scattering ˹dust˺, (Quran Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:1)

and ˹the clouds˺ loaded with rain, (Quran Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:2)

and ˹the ships˺ gliding with ease, (Quran Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:3)

and ˹the angels˺ administering affairs by ˹Allah’s˺ command! (Quran Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:4)

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

And the Judgment will certainly come to pass. (Quran 51:6)

˹And˺ by the heavens in their marvellous design! (Quran 51:7)

Surely you are ˹lost˺ in conflicting views ˹regarding the truth˺. (Quran 51:8)

Only those ˹destined to be˺ deluded are turned away from it. (Quran 51:9)

Condemned are the liars— (Quran 51:10)

those who are ˹steeped˺ in ignorance, totally heedless. (Quran 51:11)

They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?” (Quran 51:12)

˹It is˺ the Day they will be tormented over the Fire. (Quran 51:13)

˹They will be told,˺ “Taste your torment! This is what you sought to hasten.” (Quran 51:14)

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs, (Quran 51:15)

˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺: (Quran 51:16)

they used to sleep only little in the night, (Quran 51:17)

and pray for forgiveness before dawn. (Quran 51:18)

And in their wealth there was a rightful share ˹fulfilled˺ for the beggar and the poor. (Quran 51:19)

There are ˹countless˺ signs on earth for those with sure faith, (Quran 51:20)

as there are within yourselves. Can you not see? (Quran 51:21)

In heaven is your sustenance and whatever you are promised. (Quran 51:22)

Then by the Lord of heaven and earth! ˹All˺ this is certainly as true as ˹the fact that˺ you can speak! (Quran 51:23)

Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you ˹O Prophet˺? (Quran 51:24)

˹Remember˺ when they entered his presence and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He replied, “Peace ˹be upon you˺!” ˹Then he said to himself,˺ “˹These are˺ an unfamiliar people.” (Quran 51:25)

Then he slipped off to his family and brought a fat ˹roasted˺ calf, (Quran 51:26)

and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?” (Quran 51:27)

˹They did not eat,˺ so he grew fearful of them. They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid,” and gave him good news of a knowledgeable son. (Quran 51:28)

Then his wife came forward with a cry, clasping her forehead ˹in astonishment˺, exclaiming, “˹A baby from˺ a barren, old woman!” (Quran 51:29)

They replied, “Such has your Lord decreed. He is truly the All-Wise, All-Knowing.” (Quran 51:30)

˹Later,˺ Abraham asked, “What is your mission, O messengers?” (Quran 51:31)

They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people, (Quran 51:32)

to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay, (Quran 51:33)

marked by your Lord for the transgressors.” (Quran 51:34)

Then ˹before the torment˺ We evacuated the believers from the city. (Quran 51:35)

But We only found one family that had submitted ˹to Allah˺. (Quran 51:36)

And We have left a sign there ˹as a lesson˺ for those who fear the painful punishment. (Quran 51:37)

And in ˹the story of˺ Moses ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent him to Pharaoh with compelling proof, (Quran 51:38)

but Pharaoh was carried away by his power, saying ˹of Moses˺, “A magician or a madman!” (Quran 51:39)

So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them into the sea while he was blameworthy. (Quran 51:40)

And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind. (Quran 51:41)

There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes. (Quran 51:42)

And in ˹the story of˺ Thamûd ˹was another lesson,˺ when they were told, “Enjoy yourselves ˹only˺ for a ˹short˺ while.” (Quran 51:43)

Still they persisted in defying the commands of their Lord, so they were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast while they were looking on. (Quran 51:44)

Then they were not able to rise up, nor were they helped. (Quran 51:45)

And the people of Noah ˹had also been destroyed˺ earlier. They were truly a rebellious people. (Quran 51:46)

We built the universe with ˹great˺ might, and We are certainly expanding ˹it˺. (Quran 51:47)

As for the earth, We spread it out. How superbly did We smooth it out! (Quran 51:48)

And We created pairs of all things so perhaps you would be mindful. (Quran 51:49)

So ˹proclaim, O Prophet˺: “Flee to Allah! I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you. (Quran 51:50)

And do not set up another god with Allah. I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.” (Quran 51:51)

Similarly, no messenger came to those before them without being told: “A magician or a madman!” (Quran 51:52)

Have they passed this ˹cliché˺ down to one another? In fact, they have ˹all˺ been a transgressing people. (Quran 51:53)

So ˹now˺ turn away from them ˹O Prophet˺, for you will not be blamed. (Quran 51:54)

But ˹continue to˺ remind. For certainly reminders benefit the believers. (Quran 51:55)

I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me. (Quran 51:56)

I seek no provision from them, nor do I need them to feed Me. (Quran 51:57)

Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ is the Supreme Provider—Lord of all Power, Ever Mighty. (Quran 51:58)

The wrongdoers will certainly have a share ˹of the torment˺ like that of their predecessors. So do not let them ask Me to hasten ˹it˺. (Quran 51:59)

Woe then to the disbelievers when they face their Day which they are warned of! (Quran 51:60)