Translation of the meanings Surah Adh-Dhāriyāt - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Adh-Dhāriyāt

1 : 51

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوٗا

1. (I swear) by those winds that scatters (far and wide),

2 : 51

فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرٗا

2. And then (by) those (clouds) carrying heavy loads (of water),

3 : 51

فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرٗا

3. And those (ships) sailing with ease,

4 : 51

فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا

4. And then by those (the angels) distributing (the rains, by Allah’s) Command.

5 : 51

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٞ

5. Surely what you are promised (of Resurrection) is indeed sincere,

6 : 51

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٞ

6. And indeed, the (Judgment and) recompense is sure to happen.

7 : 51

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ

7. And by the heaven full of paths.

8 : 51

إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلٖ مُّخۡتَلِفٖ

8. Your are certainly in differing speech (about this Qur’an),

9 : 51

يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ

9. Deluded away from it (the Qur’an) is he who is deluded ^[1].

[1]. Because of his arrogance and persistence in sin. 

10 : 51

قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّٰصُونَ

10. Cursed be the 'constant' conjecturers -

11 : 51

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ سَاهُونَ

11. who are under a cover of heedlessness (about the Hereafter life);

12 : 51

يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ

12. Asking (mockingly): "When is the Day of (Judgment and) Recompense?"

13 : 51

يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ

13. (It is) the Day when they will be tried
(i, e., burned) over the Fire.

14 : 51

ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ

14. (And will be told): "Taste your trial (i.e., burning). This is what you were seeking to be hastened."

15 : 51

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ

15. Indeed, the pious will be amid Gardens and Springs.

16 : 51

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ

16. Taking what their Lord has given them (of blessings). Indeed, they were before that good-doers.

17 : 51

كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ

17. They used to sleep only a portion of the night ^[2].

[2]. Being constant in voluntary night prayers, or by not letting a night pass except by spending a portion of it in prayer.

18 : 51

وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ

18. And 'before' dawn, they themselves would pray (to Allāh) asking forgiveness.

19 : 51

وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

19. And in their wealth there was a right (share) for the one who asks and for the deprived.

20 : 51

وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ

20. And in the earth there are signs for those who have certain Faith,

21 : 51

وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

21. And in your own selves - will you not then see?

22 : 51

وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ

22. And in the heaven is your provision and all that which you are promised.

23 : 51

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقّٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ

23. So by the Lord of the heaven and the earth. It (the Resurrection and Judgment) is the very Truth, just as that you can speak.

24 : 51

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ

24. Has the story of Abraham’s honored guests reached you (O Muhammad),

25 : 51

إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ

25. When they entered upon him, they said: "Peace." He answered: "Peace, a people of strangers."

26 : 51

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٖ سَمِينٖ

26. So he went to his family and came with a fat (roasted) calf ^[3],

[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.

27 : 51

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ

27. So he placed it near them. He said: "Will you not eat?"

28 : 51

فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ

28. Then, he perceived in himself a fear of them;They said: "Fear not." And they gave him the good news of a knowledgeable son (i.e., the birth of Isaac).

29 : 51

فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةٖ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٞ

29. So his wife approached with a loud voice, slapped her face (in astonishment) and said: " a barren old woman!"

30 : 51

قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

30. They said: "Thus has said your Lord. Surely He is the All-Wise, All-Knowing."

31 : 51

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ

31. (Abraham) said: "So what is your mission, O (angelic) messengers?"

32 : 51

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ

32. They said, "Indeed, We have been sent to a guilty people (Lot’s people),

33 : 51

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن طِينٖ

33. That we may send upon them stones of (baked) clay,

34 : 51

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ

34. Marked by your Lord for the extravagant."

35 : 51

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

35. So We brought out whoever of the believers was in it (the city).

36 : 51

فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ

36. But We only found in it one household of the Muslims ^[4].

[4]. Lot and his two daughters.

37 : 51

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ

37. And We have left therein a Sign ^[5] to the ones who fear the painful torment.

[5]. The Dead Sea in Palestine.

38 : 51

وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ

38. And in Moses (was a sign) when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

39 : 51

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٞ

39. But he (Pharaoh) and his hosts turned away and he said (about Moses): "He is a sorcerer, or one out of his mind."

40 : 51

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.

41 : 51

وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ

41. And in ‘Aad (was a sign) when We sent against them the barren wind.

42 : 51

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

42. It left nothing of what it came upon except that it made it as a rotten (stuff)

43 : 51

وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ

43. And in Thamud, when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while."

44 : 51

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.

45 : 51

فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامٖ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ

45. So they were unable to stand up nor they had been ones who are aided.

46 : 51

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ

46. And (We destroyed) the people of Noah before, they were indeed a sinful people.

47 : 51

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

47. And (in) the heaven (is also a sign), We have built it with might, and We are certainly expanding it.

48 : 51

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ

48. And the earth We spread it out wide; so how Excellent a Spreader are We.

49 : 51

وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ

49. And of all things We have created pairs ^[6], 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.



   

50 : 51

فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ

50. So flee to Allāh ^[7]. 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.

51 : 51

وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ

51. And do not set up another god with Allāh. I am a plain warner to you from Him.

52 : 51

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.

53 : 51

أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ

53. Have they recommended it (this legacy) one to another? Rather, they are transgressing people.

54 : 51

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٖ

54. So turn away (O Muhammad) from them (the pagans), for you are not to blame ^[9];

[9]. As you have fully conveyed the Message;

55 : 51

وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

55. And keep on reminding, for surely the reminding benefits the believers.

56 : 51

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ

56. I have not created the jinn and mankind except to worship Me alone ^[10].

[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."

57 : 51

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ

57. I want not from them any provision ^[11], nor do I want that they should feed Me ^[12].

[11]. I.e., provision for themselves or for My creatures.
[12]. I.e., feed themselves or My creatures.

58 : 51

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ

58. Indeed, Allāh is the All-Provider, Possessor of Strength, the Ever-Pervading.

59 : 51

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبٗا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ

59. So indeed, for those who do wrong (by worshiping other than Allāh or committing other deadly sins) is a portion (of punishment) like the portion of their fellows (of old), so let them not ask Me to hasten it.

60 : 51

فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

60. So woe to those who disbelieve (in the Truth) from their Day which they are promised.