بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًۭا
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO witness those who scatter (dust) by dispersing,
سُورَةُ الذَّارِيَاتِ
Adh-Dhaariyat · 60 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًۭا
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO witness those who scatter (dust) by dispersing,
فَٱلْحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقْرًۭا
Ahmed Ali
And those who bear the load (of rain),
فَٱلْجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسْرًۭا
Ahmed Ali
And those who move (on the water) gently,
فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمْرًا
Ahmed Ali
And those who distribute (it) by command,
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Verily the promise made to you is true:
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
The Judgement will indeed take place.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ
Ahmed Ali
The heavens webbed-with-tracks is witness
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍۢ مُّخْتَلِفٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
You are surely caught in contradictions.,
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
Ahmed Ali
From which only he turns who is turned away.
قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Perish will those who just guess and speculate,
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍۢ سَاهُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Who are lost in deception.
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Ahmed Ali
They ask: "When is the Day of Judgement?" --
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
Ahmed Ali
The day they will be burnt in the Fire,
ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
(And told:) "Taste your punishment. This is what you were trying to hasten."
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ
Ahmed Ali
Surely those who fear God and follow the straight path will be amidst gardens and fresh springs of water,
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Receiving what is given them by their Lord. They were surely the virtuous before this.
كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
Ahmed Ali
They slept little in the night,
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And every morning asked forgiveness,
وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
Ahmed Ali
In whose wealth the suppliant and the deprived had a share.
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَٰتٌۭ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
There are signs in the earth for those who are firm in their faith,
وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And within yourselves. Can you not perceive?
وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
There is in the heavens your sustenance, and whatever has been promised you.
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّۭ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ
Ahmed Ali
By the Lord of the heavens and the earth, this is certainly true even as you speak.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Has the story of Abraham's honoured guests come to you?
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا ۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٌۭ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
When they came to him, they said: "Peace." He answered: "Peace." They were a people he did not recognise.
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍۢ سَمِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
So he hurried to the house and brought a fatted calf,
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And placing it before them said: "Won't you eat?"
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةًۭ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
He felt afraid of them; but they said: "Have no fear," and gave him the good news of a wise son.
فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍۢ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
His wife came out lamenting, striking her forehead, and said: "I, am old and barren woman?"
قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Ahmed Ali
They said: "Thus said your Lord. He is indeed all-wise and all-knowing."
۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
He said: "What is then your business, O messengers?"
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
They said: "We have been sent to a wicked people
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن طِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
So as to let loose clods of clay on them
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Marked by your Lord for those who waste their substance."
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
So We evacuated everyone who was a believer there,
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
But did not find more than a single family of believers.
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
Ahmed Ali
We left a sign in this for those who fear the grievous punishment,
وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
As (there was) in Moses when We sent him to the Pharaoh with clear authority.
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
But he turned to his counsellors, and said: "He is a magician or lunatic."
فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
So We seized him and his armies, and threw them into the sea, for he was worthy of blame.
وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ
Ahmed Ali
In 'Ad (also is a sign), when We sent a blasting wind against them,
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
Which turned everything it touched to ashes.
وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
And in Thamud, when We said to them: "Enjoy yourselves for a while;"
فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
But they disobeyed the command of their Lord; so they were destroyed by a thunderbolt, and they could only gape,
فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍۢ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And neither stand up nor defend themselves.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا فَٰسِقِينَ
Ahmed Ali
(So had We destroyed) the people of Noah before them: They were surely a sinful people.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍۢ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
Ahmed Ali
We built the heavens by Our authority; and We are the Lord of power and expanse.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
We spread the earth a carpet; what comfort We provide!
وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And We created pairs of everything that you may contemplate.
فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
So turn to God. I give you a clear warning from Him.
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Do not set up another god with God. I give you a clear warning from Him.
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Ahmed Ali
Even thus no apostle came to those before them but they said: "He is a sorcerer or a mad man."
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Is this the legacy they have passed down from one to the other? In fact, they are a rebellious people.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Turn away from them. You will not be blamed.
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
But go on reminding them, as reminding benefits the believers.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
Ahmed Ali
I have not created the jinns and men but to worship Me.
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍۢ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
Ahmed Ali
I want no sustenance from them nor do I want them to feed Me.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ
Ahmed Ali
God is certainly the great provider, Lord of strength and power.
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًۭا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
Ahmed Ali
Those who do wrong will indeed come to the same end as their fellows (of old). So let them not ask Me to hasten (the punishment).
فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Alas the woe for those who refuse to believe in the Day which has been promised them.
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