وَالذَّارِيَاتِ ذَرْوًا
By the scattering winds, scattering.
The Spreaders · adh-Dhariyat · سورة الذاريات · 60 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
فَالْحَامِلَاتِ وِقْرًا
Then the burden-bearers, bearing loads.
فَالْجَارِيَاتِ يُسْرًا
Then the gliders, gliding with ease.
فَالْمُقَسِّمَاتِ أَمْرًا
Then the distributors of the matter.
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ
Truly what you are promised is sure.
وَإِنَّ الدِّينَ لَوَاقِعٌ
And the Judgment will certainly come to pass.
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ
By the sky full of pathways.
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِي قَوْلٍ مُخْتَلِفٍ
You are in conflicting speech.
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
Turned away from it is whoever was turned away.
قُتِلَ الْخَرَّاصُونَ
Destroyed be the speculators.
الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ
Those who are drowning in heedlessness.
يَسْأَلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
They ask, “When is the Day of Judgment?”
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
The Day they are tormented over the Fire.
ذُوقُوا فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
“Taste your torment. This is what you used to hasten.”
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
The reverent are in gardens and springs.
آخِذِينَ مَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
Receiving what their Lord has given them. They were, before that, doers of good.
كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
Little of the night did they sleep.
وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
And in the hours before dawn they would seek forgiveness.
وَفِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
And in their wealth was a rightful share for the beggar and the deprived.
وَفِي الْأَرْضِ آيَاتٌ لِلْمُوقِنِينَ
And in the earth are signs for those of certainty.
وَفِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And in yourselves. Do you not see?
وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
And in the sky is your provision and what you are promised.
فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ
So by the Lord of the sky and the earth, it is as true as the fact that you speak.
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ
Has the story of Abraham’s honored guests reached you?
إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَامٌ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ
When they entered upon him and said, “Peace.” He said, “Peace — unfamiliar people.”
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ فَجَاءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ
Then he slipped away to his family and came back with a fattened calf.
فَقَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
He set it before them and said, “Will you not eat?”
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ
Then he felt a fear of them. They said, “Do not be afraid,” and they gave him glad tidings of a knowledgeable son.
فَأَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
Then his wife came forward with a cry, struck her face, and said, “A barren old woman!”
قَالُوا كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ
They said, “So has your Lord spoken. He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing.”
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ
He said, “What is your mission, O messengers?”
قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُجْرِمِينَ
They said, “We have been sent to a criminal people.
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ طِينٍ
To rain upon them stones of clay.
مُسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَنْ كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
So We brought out whoever was in it of the believers.
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
But We found in it only one household of those who had submitted.
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَا آيَةً لِلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ
And We left in it a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
وَفِي مُوسَىٰ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ
And in Moses, when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِ وَقَالَ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
But he turned away with his might and said, “A sorcerer or a madman!”
فَأَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
So We seized him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.
وَفِي عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ
And in Aad, when We sent against them the barren wind.
مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ
It left nothing it came upon without turning it to dust.
وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
And in Thamud, when they were told, “Enjoy yourselves for a while.”
فَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ
But they defied their Lord’s command, so the thunderbolt seized them while they looked on.
فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مِنْ قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْتَصِرِينَ
They could not stand, nor could they defend themselves.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ
And the people of Noah before them — truly they were a defiantly disobedient people.
وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
And the sky — We built it with might, and We are surely expanding it.
وَالْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَاهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمَاهِدُونَ
And the earth — We spread it out, and how excellent a spreader We are.
وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
And of everything We created two kinds, so that you might reflect.
فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ
So flee to God. I am a clear warner to you from Him.
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ
And do not set up another god alongside God. I am a clear warner to you from Him.
كَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Likewise, no messenger came to those before them without them saying, “A sorcerer or a madman!”
أَتَوَاصَوْا بِهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
Did they pass this down to one another? No, they are a transgressing people.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَا أَنْتَ بِمَلُومٍ
So turn away from them, for you are not to blame.
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَىٰ تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
But remind, for truly the reminder benefits the believers.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
I did not create the jinn and humankind except to worship Me.
مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ يُطْعِمُونِ
I do not want any provision from them, nor do I want them to feed Me.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ
Truly God — He is the All-Providing, the Possessor of Strength, the Unshakable.
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ذَنُوبًا مِثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
So those who have wronged will have a share of punishment like the share of their companions, so let them not rush Me.
فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ يَوْمِهِمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
Woe to those who disbelieved, on that Day of theirs which they are promised!