Adh-Dhariyat

وَٱلذَّٲرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا ١

By the winds scattering ˹dust˺

فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًا ٢

and ˹the clouds˺ loaded with rain

فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًا ٣

and ˹the ships˺ gliding with ease

فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا ٤

and ˹the angels˺ administering affairs by ˹Allah’s˺ command

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ ٥

Indeed, what you are promised is true

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٲقِعٌ ٦

And the Judgment will certainly come to pass

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ ٧

˹And˺ by the heavens in their marvellous design

إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ ٨

Surely you are ˹lost˺ in conflicting views ˹regarding the truth˺

يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ٩

Only those ˹destined to be˺ deluded are turned away from it

قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٲصُونَ ١٠

Condemned are the liars—

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ ١١

those who are ˹steeped˺ in ignorance, totally heedless

يَسْــَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٢

They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”

يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ ١٣

˹It is˺ the Day they will be tormented over the Fire

ذُوقُواْ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ١٤

˹They will be told,˺ “Taste your torment! This is what you sought to hasten.”

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ١٥

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَـٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ‌ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ قَبْلَ ذَٲلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ ١٦

˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺

كَانُواْ قَلِيلاً مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ ١٧

they used to sleep only little in the night

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ١٨

and pray for forgiveness before dawn

وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٲلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ١٩

And in their wealth there was a rightful share ˹fulfilled˺ for the beggar and the poor

وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ ٢٠

There are ˹countless˺ signs on earth for those with sure faith

وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ‌ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٢١

as there are within yourselves. Can you not see

وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ٢٢

In heaven is your sustenance and whatever you are promised

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ ٢٣

Then by the Lord of heaven and earth! ˹All˺ this is certainly as true as ˹the fact that˺ you can speak

هَلْ أَتَـٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٲهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ ٢٤

Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you ˹O Prophet˺

إِذْ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَـٰمًا‌ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ٢٥

˹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.”

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ ٢٦

Then he slipped off to his family and brought a fat ˹roasted˺ calf

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ٢٧

and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?”

فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً‌ۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفْ‌ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ ٢٨

˹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

فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ ٢٩

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

قَالُواْ كَذَٲلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ‌ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٣٠

They replied, “Such has your Lord decreed. He is truly the All-Wise, All-Knowing.”

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ٣١

˹Later,˺ Abraham asked, “What is your mission, O messengers?”

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ٣٢

They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ ٣٣

to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ٣٤

marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”

فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٣٥

Then ˹before the torment˺ We evacuated the believers from the city

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ٣٦

But We only found one family that had submitted ˹to Allah˺

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ٣٧

And We have left a sign there ˹as a lesson˺ for those who fear the painful punishment

وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ٣٨

And in ˹the story of˺ Moses ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent him to Pharaoh with compelling proof

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ٣٩

but Pharaoh was carried away by his power, saying ˹of Moses˺, “A magician or a madman!”

فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ٤٠

So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them into the sea while he was blameworthy

وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ ٤١

And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ ٤٢

There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes

وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ٤٣

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

فَعَتَوْاْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ٤٤

Still they persisted in defying the commands of their Lord, so they were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast while they were looking on

فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ ٤٥

Then they were not able to rise up, nor were they helped

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ‌ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ ٤٦

And the people of Noah ˹had also been destroyed˺ earlier. They were truly a rebellious people

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ٤٧

We built the universe with ˹great˺ might, and We are certainly expanding ˹it˺

وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ ٤٨

As for the earth, We spread it out. How superbly did We smooth it out

وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٩

And We created pairs of all things so perhaps you would be mindful

فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ‌ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ٥٠

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

وَلَا تَجْعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ‌ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ٥١

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

كَذَٲلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ٥٢

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

أَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِهِۦ‌ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ٥٣

Have they passed this ˹cliché˺ down to one another? In fact, they have ˹all˺ been a transgressing people

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ ٥٤

So ˹now˺ turn away from them ˹O Prophet˺, for you will not be blamed

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٥٥

But ˹continue to˺ remind. For certainly reminders benefit the believers

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ ٥٦

I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ ٥٧

I seek no provision from them, nor do I need them to feed Me

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ ٥٨

Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ is the Supreme Provider—Lord of all Power, Ever Mighty

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ٥٩

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˺

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ٦٠

Woe then to the disbelievers when they face their Day which they are warned of