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About Surah Adh-Dhariyat
Adh-Dhariyat opens with a series of oaths referring to winds that scatter and carry things, used to introduce the certainty of the Day of Judgment. It briefly retells stories of past nations destroyed for rejecting their prophets, including Abraham's angelic visitors who announce the birth of his son, and closes with a well-known verse stating that jinn and humankind were created for the purpose of worshiping God.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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وَٱلذَّـٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوٗا
Waz-zaariyaati zarwaa
By those that winnow with a winnowing
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فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرٗا
Falhaamilaati wiqraa
And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
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فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرٗا
Faljaariyaati yusraa
And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
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فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا
Falmuqassimaati amraa
And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
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إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٞ
Innamaa too'adoona la-saadiq
Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
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وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٞ
Wa innad deena la waaqi'
And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ
Wassamaaa'i zaatil hubuk
By the heaven full of paths,
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إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلٖ مُّخۡتَلِفٖ
Innakum lafee qawlim mukhtalif
Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
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يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ
Yu'faku 'anhu man ufik
He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
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قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّـٰصُونَ
Qutilal kharraasoon
Accursed be the conjecturers
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ سَاهُونَ
Allazeena hum fee ghamratin saahoon
Who are careless in an abyss!
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يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Yas'aloona ayyaana yawmud Deen
They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
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يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ
Yawma hum 'alan naari yuftanoon
(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
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ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ
Zooqoo fitnatakum haa zal lazee kuntum bihee tas ta'jiloon
(And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
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إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ
Innal muttaqeena fee jannaatinw wa 'uyoon
Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
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ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ
Aakhizeena maaa aataahum Rabbuhum; innahum kaanoo qabla zaalika muhsineen
Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
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كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ
kaanoo qaleelam minal laili maa yahja'oon
They used to sleep but little of the night,
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وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ
Wa bilashaari hum yastaghfiroon
And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
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وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ
Wa feee amwaalihim haqqul lissaaa'ili walmahroom
And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
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وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ
Wa fil ardi aayaatul lilmooqineen
And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
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وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
Wa feee anfusikum; afalaa tubsiroon
And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?
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وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
Wa fissamaaa'i rizqukum wa maa too'adoon
And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
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فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقّٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ
Fawa Rabbis samaaa'i wal ardi innahoo lahaqqum misla maa annakum tantiqoon
And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
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هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ
Hal ataaka hadeesu daifi Ibraaheemal mukrameen
Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)?
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إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ
Iz dakhaloo 'alaihi faqaaloo salaaman qaala salaamun qawmum munkaroon
When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
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فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٖ سَمِينٖ
Faraagha ilaaa ahlihee fajaaa'a bi'ijlin sameen
Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
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فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ
Faqarrabahooo ilaihim qaala alaa taakuloon
And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?
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فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ
Fa awjasa minhm khee fatan qaaloo laa takhaf wa bashsharoohu bighulaamin 'aleem
Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
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فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةٖ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٞ
Fa aqbalatim ra-atuhoo fee sarratin fasakkat wajhahaa wa qaalat 'ajoozun 'aqeem
Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
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قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
Qaaloo kazaaliki qaala Rabbuki innahoo huwal hakeemul 'aleem
They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
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۞قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ
Qaala famaa khatbukum ayyuhal mursaloon
(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
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قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ
Qaalooo innaaa ursilnaaa ilaa qawmim mujrimeen
They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
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33
لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن طِينٖ
Linursila 'alaihim hijaa ratam min teen
That we may send upon them stones of clay,
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مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
Musawwamatan 'inda rabbika lilmusrifeen
Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
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فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Fa akhrajnaa man kaana feehaa minal mu'mineen
Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
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فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ
Famaa wajadnaa feehaa ghaira baitim minal muslimeen
But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
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وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ
Wa taraknaa feehaaa aayatal lillazeena yakhaafoonal 'azaabal aleem
And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
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38
وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ
Wa fee Moosaaa iz arsalnaahu ilaa Fir'wna bisultaa nim mubeen
And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
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فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٞ
Fatawalla biruknihee wa qaala saahirun aw majnoon
But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
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فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ
Fa akhaznaahu wa junoo dahoo fanabaznaahum fil yammi wa huwa muleem
So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
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وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ
Wa fee 'Aadin iz arsalnaa 'alaihimur reehal'aqeem
And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
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مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
Maa tazaru min shai'in atat 'alaihi illaa ja'alat hu karrameem
It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
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وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ
Wa fee Samooda iz qeela lahum tamatta''oo hattaa heen
And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
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فَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ
Fa'ataw 'an amri Rabbihim fa akhazal humus saa'iqatu wa hum yanzuroon
But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
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فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامٖ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ
Famas tataa'oo min qiyaaminw wa maa kaanoo muntasireen
And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
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وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ
Wa qawma Noohim min qablu innahum kaano qawman faasiqeen
And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
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وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
Wassamaaa'a banainaa haa bi aydinw wa innaa lamoosi'oon
We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
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وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ
Wal arda farashnaahaa fani'mal maahidoon
And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
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وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ
Wa min kulli shai'in khalaqnaa zawjaini la'allakum tazakkaroon
And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
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50
فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
Fafirrooo ilal laahi innee lakum minhu nazeerum mubeen
Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
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51
وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
Wa laa taj'aloo ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhara innee lakum minhu nazeerum mubeen
And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
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52
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ
Kazaalika maaa atal lazeena min qablihim mir Rasoolin illaa qaaloo saahirun aw majnoon
Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
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أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ
Atawaasaw bih; bal hum qawmun taaghoon
Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
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فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٖ
Fatawalla 'anhum famaaa anta bimaloom
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
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وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Wa zakkir fa innaz zikraa tanfa'ul mu'mineen
And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
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وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ
Wa maa khalaqtul jinna wal insa illaa liya'budoon
I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
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مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ
Maaa ureedu minhum mir rizqinw wa maaa ureedu anyyut'imoon
I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ
Innal laaha Huwar Razzaaqu Zul Quwwatil Mateen
Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
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فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبٗا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ
Fa inna lillazeena zalamoo zanoobam misla zanoobi ashaabihim falaa yasta'jiloon
And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).
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60
فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
Fawailul lillazeena kafaroo miny yawmihimul lazee yoo'adoon
And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.
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