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Translation of the meanings Surah: Adh-Dhāriyāt   Ayah:
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Adh-Dhāriyāt

Ayah: 1

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوٗا
1. By the winds scattering 'dust',
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Ayah: 2

فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرٗا
2. And the clouds carrying heavy loads 'of water'.
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Ayah: 3

فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرٗا
3. And the 'ships' sailing with ease,
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Ayah: 4

فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا
4. And 'the angels' distributing (the rains, by Allah’s Command).
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Ayah: 5

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٞ
5. what you are promised 'of Resurrection' is certainly true,
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Ayah: 6

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٞ
6. The 'Judgment and' recompense' is sure to happen.
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Ayah: 7

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ
7. By the heaven full of paths.
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Ayah: 8

إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلٖ مُّخۡتَلِفٖ
8. Your are certainly in differing speech 'about this Qur’an',
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Ayah: 9

يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ
9. Turned away from 'this Qur’an' is he who is turned¹.
1. Because of his arrogance and persistence in sin. 
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Ayah: 10

قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّٰصُونَ
10. Cursed are the conjecturers -
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Ayah: 11

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ سَاهُونَ
11. those who are steeped in the abyss of confusion (about the Hereafter life);
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Ayah: 12

يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
12. They ask 'mockingly': "When is the Day of Recompense?"
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Ayah: 13

يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ
13. 'It is' the Day on which they will be punished 'i e., burned' over the Fire.
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Ayah: 14

ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ
14. (And will be told): "Taste your trial (punishment i.e., burning). This is what you used to ask to be hastened."
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Ayah: 15

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ
15. Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and Springs.
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Ayah: 16

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ
16. Enjoying what their Lord has given them. They were before this good-doers.
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Ayah: 17

كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ
17. They used to rarely sleep the whole night².
2. Being constant in voluntary night prayers, or by not letting a night pass except by spending a portion of it in prayer.
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Ayah: 18

وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ
18. Before dawn, they would pray 'to Allāh' asking forgiveness.
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Ayah: 19

وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ
19. And in their wealth there was a share for the one who asks and for the deprived.
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Ayah: 20

وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ
20. In the earth there are signs for those who have certain Faith,
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Ayah: 21

وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
21. And in your own selves - will you not then see?
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Ayah: 22

وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
22. In the heaven is your provision and all that which you are promised.
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Ayah: 23

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقّٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ
23. By the Lord of the heaven and the earth. It 'the Resurrection and Judgment' is the very Truth, just as that you are endowed with speech.
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Ayah: 24

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ
24. Has the story of the honorable guests of Abraham come to you?
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Ayah: 25

إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ
25. When they entered upon him, they said: ‘Peace.’ He answered: ‘Peace,’ and said: "strangers folk."
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Ayah: 26

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٖ سَمِينٖ
26. Then he went quietly to his family, and brought a fat 'roasted' calf³,
3. Thinking them humans. Allāh calls us to care for the strangers and foreigners who are far from their homelands. Because He’s the defender of the orphan, the widow, and the stranger, and because we knew what such vulnerability is. Allāh often uses hospitality to bless the host, not just the guest, just as Abraham was blessed by his three foreign visitors. Welcoming strangers into our home is hard, but we are the real beneficiaries.
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Ayah: 27

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ
27. So he placed it near them. He said: "Will you not eat?"
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Ayah: 28

فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ
28. He then began to feel afraid. They said: "Fear not." And they gave him the good news of a knowledgeable son (i.e., the birth of Isaac).
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Ayah: 29

فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةٖ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٞ
29. Then his wife approached with a scream 'of joy', slapped her face 'in astonishment' and said: "a barren, old woman!"
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Ayah: 30

قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
30. They said: "Thus has said your Lord; He is the All-Wise, All-Knowing."
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Ayah: 31

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ
31. 'Abraham' asked: "What is your mission, O 'angelic' messengers?"
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Ayah: 32

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ
32. They said: "We have been sent to a wicked people 'Lot’s people',
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Ayah: 33

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن طِينٖ
33. To send down upon them stones of 'baked' clay,
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Ayah: 34

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
34. Marked by your Lord for the transgressors."
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Ayah: 35

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
35. So We brought out whoever was in it 'the city' of the believers.
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Ayah: 36

فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ
36. But We did not find therein except one household of the Muslims⁴.
4. Lot and his two daughters.
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Ayah: 37

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ
37. We left therein a Sign5 for those who fear the painful torment.
5. The Dead Sea in Palestine.
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Ayah: 38

وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ
38. And in Moses 'was a sign' when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.
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Ayah: 39

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٞ
39. But Pharaoh turned away with his forces and said 'about Moses': "He is a sorcerer, or one out of his mind."
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Ayah: 40

فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ
40. So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them all into the sea, while he was blameworthy.
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Ayah: 41

وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ
41. And in ‘Aad 'was a sign' when We sent against them the barren wind.
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Ayah: 42

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
42. It spared nothing it came upon, but made it like disintegrated ruins.
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Ayah: 43

وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ
43. And in Thamud, when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while."
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Ayah: 44

فَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ
44. But they defied the Command of their Lord 'Allāh', so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
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Ayah: 45

فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامٖ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ
45. Then they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves.
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Ayah: 46

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ
46. And 'We destroyed' the people of Noah before, they were indeed a sinful people.
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Ayah: 47

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
47. And the heaven 'is also a sign', We built it with might, and We are certainly expanding it.
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Ayah: 48

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ
48. And the earth We spread it out wide; how Excellent a Spreader are We.
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Ayah: 49

وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ
49. And of all things We have created pairs6, that you may remember.
6. Such as male and female, heaven and earth, day and night, sweet and bitter, hot and cold, etc., as an evidence of the Oneness of God and His power.



   
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Ayah: 50

فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
50. So flee to Allāh7. I am a plain warner to you from Him.
7 . Flee to Allāh 'God', and run from all sins. Pursue righteousness, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
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Ayah: 51

وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
51. Do not set up another god with Allāh. I am a plain warner to you from Him.
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Ayah: 52

كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ
52. Likewise, there did not come to those before them a messenger 'from God'8 except that they said: "A sorcerer or one out of his mind."
8. Such as Moses and Jesus Christ.
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Ayah: 53

أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ
53. Did they recommend 'this saying' to one another? Rather, they are a transgressing people.
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Ayah: 54

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٖ
54. So turn away 'O Muhammad' from them 'pagans', for you will not be blamed9;
9. As you have fully conveyed the Message;
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Ayah: 55

وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
55. But keep on reminding them, for surely the reminding benefits the believers.
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Ayah: 56

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ
56. I have not created the jinn and mankind except to worship Me alone10.
10. A companion of the Prophet reported: I was riding behind the Prophet Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) on a donkey. The Prophet asked me: "Do you know what Allah’s right upon His servants is, and what the right of His servants upon Him is?" I replied: "Allāh 'God' and His Messenger know best." He said: "Allah's right upon His servants is that they should worship Him alone and associate no partners with Him. And the right of the servants upon Allāh is that He should not punish whoever associates no partners with Him."
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Ayah: 57

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ
57. I seek no provision from them11, nor do I need that they should feed Me12.
11. I.e., provision for themselves or for My creatures.
12. I.e., feed themselves or My creatures.
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Ayah: 58

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ
58. Indeed, Allāh is the All-Provider, Possessor of Strength, the Firm.
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Ayah: 59

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبٗا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ
59. Then those who do iniquity (by worshiping other than Allāh) shall have a portion of torment like that of their predecessors, so let them not ask Me to hasten it on.
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Ayah: 60

فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
60. So woe to the deniers 'of the Truth' from their Day which they are forewarned.
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