Surah Adh-Dhariyat
سورة الذاريات · The Winnowing Winds · 60 verses · Meccan
Surah Adh-Dhariyat (الذاريات, "The Winnowing Winds") is chapter 51 of the Quran. It has 60 verses, was revealed in Mecca and is found in juz 26–27. Here you can read the complete Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen verse by verse.
Also written as: Dhariyat, Zariyat
- Number
- 51
- Arabic
- الذاريات
- Meaning
- The Winnowing Winds
- Verses
- 60
- Revealed in
- Mecca
- Juz
- 26–27
- Mushaf page
- 520–523
Surah Adh-Dhariyat in Arabic and English
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلذَّـٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوٗا ﴿١﴾
Waalththariyati tharwan
By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing
فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرٗا ﴿٢﴾
Faalhamilati wiqran
And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]
فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرٗا ﴿٣﴾
Faaljariyati yusran
And those [ships] sailing with ease
فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا ﴿٤﴾
Faalmuqassimati amran
And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٞ ﴿٥﴾
Innama tooʿadoona lasadiqun
Indeed, what you are promised is true
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٞ ﴿٦﴾
Wainna alddeena lawaqiʿun
And indeed, the recompense is to occur
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ ﴿٧﴾
Waalssamai thati alhubuki
By the heaven containing pathways
إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلٖ مُّخۡتَلِفٖ ﴿٨﴾
Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin
Indeed, you are in differing speech
يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ ﴿٩﴾
Yufaku ʿanhu man ofika
Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded
قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّـٰصُونَ ﴿١٠﴾
Qutila alkharrasoona
Destroyed are the falsifiers
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ سَاهُونَ ﴿١١﴾
Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoona
Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless
يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١٢﴾
Yasaloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense
يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ ﴿١٣﴾
Yawma hum ʿala alnnari yuftanoona
[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire
ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ﴿١٤﴾
Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaʿjiloona
[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿١٥﴾
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waʿuyoonin
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ ﴿١٦﴾
Akhitheena ma atahum rabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineena
Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good
كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ ﴿١٧﴾
Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaʿoona
They used to sleep but little of the night
وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ﴿١٨﴾
Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona
And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness
وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ﴿١٩﴾
Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi
And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived
وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ ﴿٢٠﴾
Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena
And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ﴿٢١﴾
Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona
And in yourselves. Then will you not see
وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Wafee alssamai rizqukum wama tooʿadoona
And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقّٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona
Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾
Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena
Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham
إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾
Ith dakhaloo ʿalayhi faqaloo salaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroona
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 أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٖ سَمِينٖ ﴿٢٦﴾
Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biʿijlin sameenin
Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾
Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala takuloona
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat
فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ ﴿٢٨﴾
Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo la takhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin ʿaleemin
And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy
فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةٖ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٞ ﴿٢٩﴾
Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat ʿajoozun ʿaqeemun
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman
قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ﴿٣٠﴾
Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alʿaleemu
They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing
۞قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ﴿٣١﴾
Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾
Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals
لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن طِينٖ ﴿٣٣﴾
Linursila ʿalayhim hijaratan min teenin
To send down upon them stones of clay
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾
Musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lilmusrifeena
Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors
فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾
Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena
So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers
فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾
Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims
وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ ﴿٣٧﴾
Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alʿathaba alaleema
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment
وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ ﴿٣٨﴾
Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firʿawna bisultanin mubeenin
And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٞ ﴿٣٩﴾
Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun
But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman
فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ ﴿٤٠﴾
Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun
So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy
وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ ﴿٤١﴾
Wafee ʿadin ith arsalna ʿalayhimu alrreeha alʿaqeema
And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ ﴿٤٢﴾
Ma tatharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illa jaʿalathu kaalrrameemi
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins
وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ﴿٤٣﴾
Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaʿoo hatta heenin
And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time
فَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾
Faʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaʿiqatu wahum yanthuroona
But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on
فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامٖ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾
Fama istataʿoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena
And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves
وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾
Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena
And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾
Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiʿoona
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾
Waalarda farashnaha faniʿma almahidoona
And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer
وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾
Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laʿallakum tathakkaroona
And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember
فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ﴿٥٠﴾
Fafirroo ila Allahi innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner
وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ﴿٥١﴾
Wala tajʿaloo maʿa Allahi ilahan akhara innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ ﴿٥٢﴾
Kathalika ma ata allatheena min qablihim min rasoolin illa qaloo sahirun aw majnoonun
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman
أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona
Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people
فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٖ ﴿٥٤﴾
Fatawalla ʿanhum fama anta bimaloomin
So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed
وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾
Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaʿu almumineena
And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers
وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ ﴿٥٦﴾
Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaʿbudooni
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ ﴿٥٧﴾
Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutʿimooni
I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ ﴿٥٨﴾
Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu
Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبٗا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ﴿٥٩﴾
Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaʿjiloona
And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their predecessors, so let them not impatiently urge Me
فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٦٠﴾
Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooʿadoona
And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised
Translation: Saheeh International. Transliteration: Tanzil.net. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy (EveryAyah.com). A translation conveys the meaning and does not replace the Arabic text.
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surah Adh-Dhariyat?
Surah Adh-Dhariyat has 60 verses.
Where was Surah Adh-Dhariyat revealed?
Surah Adh-Dhariyat is a Meccan surah; it was revealed in Mecca.
Which juz is Surah Adh-Dhariyat in?
Surah Adh-Dhariyat is in juz 26–27, on pages 520–523 of the standard Madinah mushaf.
What does Adh-Dhariyat mean?
الذاريات means "The Winnowing Winds".