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Surah Adh-Dhariyat transliteration

سورة الذاريات

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Here is Surah Adh-Dhariyat (“The Winnowing Winds”) in transliteration: each of its 60 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًا ۝١

wal-dhāriyāti dharwan

1. By the [winds] scattering [dust], dispersing [it]

فَٱلْحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقْرًا ۝٢

fal-ḥāmilāti wiq'ran

2. And the [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

فَٱلْجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسْرًا ۝٣

fal-jāriyāti yus'ran

3. And the ships sailing with ease

فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمْرًا ۝٤

fal-muqasimāti amran

4. And the [angels] apportioning [each] matter,

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ ۝٥

innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiqun

5. Indeed, what you are promised is true.

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ۝٦

wa-inna l-dīna lawāqiʿun

6. And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ ۝٧

wal-samāi dhāti l-ḥubuki

7. By the heaven containing pathways,¹⁵³⁵

Notes

[1535] Explained as tracks, layers or orbits.

إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ ۝٨

innakum lafī qawlin mukh'talifin

8. Indeed, you are in differing speech.¹⁵³⁶

Notes

[1536] About Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) and the Qur’ān.

يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ۝٩

yu'faku ʿanhu man ufika

9. Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.

قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ ۝١٠

qutila l-kharāṣūna

10. Destroyed are the misinformers¹⁵³⁷

Notes

[1537] Or "May they be destroyed" or "cursed."

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ ۝١١

alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūna

11. Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.

يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ۝١٢

yasalūna ayyāna yawmu l-dīni

12. They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"

يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ ۝١٣

yawma hum ʿalā l-nāri yuf'tanūna

13. [It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ۝١٤

dhūqū fit'natakum hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tastaʿjilūna

14. [And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ۝١٥

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

15. Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ ۝١٦

ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥ'sinīna

16. Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ ۝١٧

kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūna

17. They used to sleep but little of the night,¹⁵³⁸

Notes

[1538] i.e., spending a portion of the night in prayer and supplication.

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ۝١٨

wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūna

18. And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ۝١٩

wafī amwālihim ḥaqqun lilssāili wal-maḥrūmi

19. And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.

وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ ۝٢٠

wafī l-arḍi āyātun lil'mūqinīna

20. And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ۝٢١

wafī anfusikum afalā tub'ṣirūna

21. And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٢

wafī l-samāi riz'qukum wamā tūʿadūna

22. And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ ۝٢٣

fawarabbi l-samāi wal-arḍi innahu laḥaqqun mith'la mā annakum tanṭiqūna

23. Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ ۝٢٤

hal atāka ḥadīthu ḍayfi ib'rāhīma l-muk'ramīna

24. Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham?¹⁵³⁹ -

Notes

[1539] Who were angels given honored positions by Allāh.

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا قَالَ سَلَٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ۝٢٥

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūna

25. When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ ۝٢٦

farāgha ilā ahlihi fajāa biʿij'lin samīnin

26. Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf.

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ۝٢٧

faqarrabahu ilayhim qāla alā takulūna

27. And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"

فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ ۝٢٨

fa-awjasa min'hum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf wabasharūhu bighulāmin ʿalīmin

28. And he felt from them apprehension.¹⁵⁴⁰ They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.

Notes

[1540] See footnote to 11:70.

فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ ۝٢٩

fa-aqbalati im'ra-atuhu fī ṣarratin faṣakkat wajhahā waqālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīmun

29. And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ۝٣٠

qālū kadhāliki qāla rabbuki innahu huwa l-ḥakīmu l-ʿalīmu

30. They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ۝٣١

qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūna

31. [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ۝٣٢

qālū innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmin muj'rimīna

32. They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals¹⁵⁴¹

Notes

[1541] i.e., those who defied Lot (upon him be peace).

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ ۝٣٣

linur'sila ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min ṭīnin

33. To send down upon them stones of clay,

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ۝٣٤

musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil'mus'rifīna

34. Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٣٥

fa-akhrajnā man kāna fīhā mina l-mu'minīna

35. So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ۝٣٦

famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytin mina l-mus'limīna

36. And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.¹⁵⁴²

Notes

[1542] i.e., Lot and his family, excepting his wife.

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ۝٣٧

wataraknā fīhā āyatan lilladhīna yakhāfūna l-ʿadhāba l-alīma

37. And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝٣٨

wafī mūsā idh arsalnāhu ilā fir'ʿawna bisul'ṭānin mubīnin

38. And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.¹⁵⁴³

Notes

[1543] i.e., evidences.

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ۝٣٩

fatawallā biruk'nihi waqāla sāḥirun aw majnūnun

39. But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."

فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ۝٤٠

fa-akhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī l-yami wahuwa mulīmun

40. So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ ۝٤١

wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīma

41. And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.¹⁵⁴⁴

Notes

[1544] Barren of any benefit, i.e., evil.

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ ۝٤٢

mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīmi

42. It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ۝٤٣

wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīnin

43. And in Thamūd, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ۝٤٤

faʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣāʿiqatu wahum yanẓurūna

44. But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ ۝٤٥

famā is'taṭāʿū min qiyāmin wamā kānū muntaṣirīna

45. And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ ۝٤٦

waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

46. And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ۝٤٧

wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūna

47. And the heaven We constructed with strength,¹⁵⁴⁵ and indeed, We are [its] expander.

Notes

[1545] Literally, "hands."

وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ ۝٤٨

wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūna

48. And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.

وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٩

wamin kulli shayin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūna

49. And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.

فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝٥٠

fafirrū ilā l-lahi innī lakum min'hu nadhīrun mubīnun

50. So flee to Allāh.¹⁵⁴⁶ Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

Notes

[1546] i.e., turn to Allāh and take refuge in Him from disbelief and sin, thereby escaping His punishment.

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝٥١

walā tajʿalū maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara innī lakum min'hu nadhīrun mubīnun

51. And do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ۝٥٢

kadhālika mā atā alladhīna min qablihim min rasūlin illā qālū sāḥirun aw majnūnun

52. Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ۝٥٣

atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūna

53. Did they suggest it to them?¹⁵⁴⁷ Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

Notes

[1547] i.e., Did the former disbelievers pass on these words to the Makkans so that they repeat the same expressions?

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ ۝٥٤

fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūmin

54. So leave them, [O Muḥammad], for you are not to be blamed.

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٥٥

wadhakkir fa-inna l-dhik'rā tanfaʿu l-mu'minīna

55. And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ ۝٥٦

wamā khalaqtu l-jina wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūni

56. And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ ۝٥٧

mā urīdu min'hum min riz'qin wamā urīdu an yuṭ'ʿimūni

57. I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ ۝٥٨

inna l-laha huwa l-razāqu dhū l-quwati l-matīnu

58. Indeed, it is Allāh who is the [continual] Provider,¹⁵⁴⁸ the firm possessor of strength.

Notes

[1548] Providing everything required by His creations during their decreed existence. His provision includes guidance.

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ۝٥٩

fa-inna lilladhīna ẓalamū dhanūban mith'la dhanūbi aṣḥābihim falā yastaʿjilūni

59. 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.

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ۝٦٠

fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu alladhī yūʿadūna

60. And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.