1
وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا
Sahih International
By the [winds] scattering [dust], dispersing [it]
The Clear Quran
By the winds scattering ˹dust˺,
Surah 51
Layered Translations
الذاريات
Adh-Dhariyat | The Winnowing Winds | 60 versets
Sahih International The Clear Quran
2
فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًا
Sahih International
And the [clouds] carrying a load [of water]
The Clear Quran
and ˹the clouds˺ loaded with rain,
3
فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًا
Sahih International
And the ships sailing with ease
The Clear Quran
and ˹the ships˺ gliding with ease,
4
فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا
Sahih International
And the [angels] apportioning [each] matter,
The Clear Quran
and ˹the angels˺ administering affairs by ˹Allah’s˺ command!
5
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ
Sahih International
Indeed, what you are promised is true.
The Clear Quran
Indeed, what you are promised is true.
6
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
Sahih International
And indeed, the recompense is to occur.
The Clear Quran
And the Judgment will certainly come to pass.
7
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ
Sahih International
By the heaven containing pathways,1
The Clear Quran
˹And˺ by the heavens in their marvellous design!1
8
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ
Sahih International
Indeed, you are in differing speech.1
The Clear Quran
Surely you are ˹lost˺ in conflicting views ˹regarding the truth˺.1
9
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
Sahih International
Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.
The Clear Quran
Only those ˹destined to be˺ deluded are turned away from it.1
10
قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ
Sahih International
Destroyed are the misinformers1
The Clear Quran
Condemned are the liars—
11
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ
Sahih International
Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.
The Clear Quran
those who are ˹steeped˺ in ignorance, totally heedless.
12
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Sahih International
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
The Clear Quran
They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”
13
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
Sahih International
[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire.
The Clear Quran
˹It is˺ the Day they will be tormented over the Fire.
14
ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Sahih International
[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."
The Clear Quran
˹They will be told,˺ “Taste your torment! This is what you sought to hasten.”
15
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Sahih International
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
The Clear Quran
Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs,
16
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
Sahih International
Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
The Clear Quran
˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺:
17
كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
Sahih International
They used to sleep but little of the night,1
The Clear Quran
they used to sleep only little in the night,
18
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
Sahih International
And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
The Clear Quran
and pray for forgiveness before dawn.1
19
وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
Sahih International
And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.
The Clear Quran
And in their wealth there was a rightful share ˹fulfilled˺ for the beggar and the poor.
20
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ
Sahih International
And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
The Clear Quran
There are ˹countless˺ signs on earth for those with sure faith,
21
وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Sahih International
And in yourselves. Then will you not see?
The Clear Quran
as there are within yourselves. Can you not see?
22
وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
Sahih International
And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.
The Clear Quran
In heaven is your sustenance and whatever you are promised.
23
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ
Sahih International
Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.
The Clear Quran
Then by the Lord of heaven and earth! ˹All˺ this is certainly as true as ˹the fact that˺ you can speak!
24
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
Sahih International
Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham?1 -
The Clear Quran
Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
25
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
Sahih International
When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."
The Clear Quran
˹Remember˺ when they entered his presence and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He replied, “Peace ˹be upon you˺!” ˹Then he said to himself,˺ “These people must be strangers!”
26
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ
Sahih International
Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf.
The Clear Quran
Then he slipped off to his family and brought a fat ˹roasted˺ calf,1
27
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
Sahih International
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
The Clear Quran
and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?”
28
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ
Sahih International
And he felt from them apprehension.1 They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.
The Clear Quran
˹They did not eat,˺ so he grew fearful of them.1 They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid,” and gave him good news of a knowledgeable son.2
29
فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
Sahih International
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
The Clear Quran
Then his wife came forward with a cry, clasping her forehead ˹in astonishment˺, exclaiming, “˹A baby from˺ a barren, old woman!”
30
قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Sahih International
They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."
The Clear Quran
They replied, “Such has your Lord decreed. He is truly the All-Wise, All-Knowing.”
31
۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
Sahih International
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
The Clear Quran
˹Later,˺ Abraham asked, “What is your mission, O messenger-angels?”
32
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
Sahih International
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals1
The Clear Quran
They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people,
33
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ
Sahih International
To send down upon them stones of clay,
The Clear Quran
to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay,
34
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Sahih International
Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
The Clear Quran
marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”
35
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Sahih International
So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.
The Clear Quran
Then ˹before the torment˺ We evacuated the believers from the city.
36
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
Sahih International
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.1
The Clear Quran
But We only found one family that had submitted ˹to Allah˺.1
37
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
Sahih International
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
The Clear Quran
And We have left a sign there1 ˹as a lesson˺ for those who fear the painful punishment.
38
وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Sahih International
And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.1
The Clear Quran
And in ˹the story of˺ Moses ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent him to Pharaoh with compelling proof,
39
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Sahih International
But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."
The Clear Quran
but Pharaoh was carried away by his power, saying ˹of Moses˺, “A magician or a madman!”
40
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
Sahih International
So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.
The Clear Quran
So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them into the sea while he was blameworthy.1
41
وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ
Sahih International
And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.1
The Clear Quran
And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind.1
42
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
Sahih International
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
The Clear Quran
There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes.
43
وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
Sahih International
And in Thamūd, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."
The Clear Quran
And in ˹the story of˺ Thamûd ˹was another lesson,˺ when they were told, “Enjoy yourselves ˹only˺ for a ˹short˺ while.”1
44
فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
Sahih International
But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
The Clear Quran
Still they persisted in defying the commands of their Lord, so they were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast while they were looking on.
45
فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ
Sahih International
And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.
The Clear Quran
Then they were not able to rise up, nor were they helped.
46
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ
Sahih International
And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.
The Clear Quran
And the people of Noah ˹had also been destroyed˺ earlier. They were truly a rebellious people.
47
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
Sahih International
And the heaven We constructed with strength,1 and indeed, We are [its] expander.
The Clear Quran
We built the universe with ˹great˺ might, and We are certainly expanding ˹it˺.
48
وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ
Sahih International
And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.
The Clear Quran
As for the earth, We spread it out. How superbly did We smooth it out!1
49
وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
Sahih International
And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.
The Clear Quran
And We created pairs of all things1 so perhaps you would be mindful.
50
فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Sahih International
So flee to Allāh.1 Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
The Clear Quran
So ˹proclaim, O Prophet˺: “Flee to Allah! I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.
51
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Sahih International
And do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
The Clear Quran
And do not set up another god with Allah. I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.”
52
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Sahih International
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
The Clear Quran
Similarly, no messenger came to those before them without being told: “A magician or a madman!”
53
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
Sahih International
Did they suggest it to them?1 Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.
The Clear Quran
Have they passed this ˹cliché˺ down to one another? In fact, they have ˹all˺ been a transgressing people.
54
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ
Sahih International
So leave them, [O Muḥammad], for you are not to be blamed.
The Clear Quran
So ˹now˺ turn away from them ˹O Prophet˺, for you will not be blamed.1
55
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Sahih International
And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.
The Clear Quran
But ˹continue to˺ remind. For certainly reminders benefit the believers.
56
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
Sahih International
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
The Clear Quran
I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me.
57
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
Sahih International
I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
The Clear Quran
I seek no provision from them, nor do I need them to feed Me.
58
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ
Sahih International
Indeed, it is Allāh who is the [continual] Provider,1 the firm possessor of strength.
The Clear Quran
Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ is the Supreme Provider—Lord of all Power, Ever Mighty.
59
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
Sahih International
And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their companions [i.e., predecessors], so let them not impatiently urge Me.
The Clear Quran
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˺.
60
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Sahih International
And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.
The Clear Quran
Woe then to the disbelievers when they face their Day which they are warned of!