| No. | Transliteration | English | Arabic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Waz-zaariyaati zarwaa | By the (Winds) that scatter broadcast; | وَالذَّارِيَاتِ ذَرْوًا |
| 2. | Falhaamilaati wiqraa | And those that lift and bear away heavy weights; | فَالْحَامِلَاتِ وِقْرًا |
| 3. | Faljaariyaati yusraa | And those that flow with ease and gentleness; | فَالْجَارِيَاتِ يُسْرًا |
| 4. | Falmuqassimaati amraa | And those that distribute and apportion by Command;- | فَالْمُقَسِّمَاتِ أَمْرًا |
| 5. | Innamaa too'adoona la-saadiq | Verily that which ye are promised is true; | إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ |
| 6. | Wa innad deena la waaqi' | And verily Judgment and Justice must indeed come to pass. | وَإِنَّ الدِّينَ لَوَاقِعٌ |
| 7. | Wassamaaa'i zaatil hubuk | By the Sky with (its) numerous Paths, | وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ |
| 8. | Innakum lafee qawlim mukhtalif | Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant, | إِنَّكُمْ لَفِي قَوْلٍ مُخْتَلِفٍ |
| 9. | Yu'faku 'anhu man ufik | Through which are deluded (away from the Truth) such as would be deluded. | يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ |
| 10. | Qutilal kharraasoon | Woe to the falsehood-mongers,- | قُتِلَ الْخَرَّاصُونَ |
| 11. | Allazeena hum fee ghamratin saahoon | Those who (flounder) heedless in a flood of confusion: | الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ |
| 12. | Yas'aloona ayyaana yawmud Deen | They ask, "When will be the Day of Judgment and Justice?" | يَسْأَلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّينِ |
| 13. | Yawma hum 'alan naari yuftanoon | (It will be) a Day when they will be tried (and tested) over the Fire! | يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ |
| 14. | Zooqoo fitnatakum haa zal lazee kuntum bihee tas ta'jiloon | "Taste ye your trial! This is what ye used to ask to be hastened!" | ذُوقُوا فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ |
| 15. | Innal muttaqeena fee jannaatinw wa 'uyoon | As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs, | إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ |
| 16. | Aakhizeena maaa aataahum Rabbuhum; innahum kaanoo qabla zaalika muhsineen | Taking joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because, before then, they lived a good life. | آخِذِينَ مَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ |
| 17. | kaanoo qaleelam minal laili maa yahja'oon | They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night, | كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ |
| 18. | Wa bil as haari hum yastaghfiroon | And in the hour of early dawn, they (were found) praying for Forgiveness; | وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ |
| 19. | Wa feee amwaalihim haqqul lissaaa'ili walmahroom | And in their wealth and possessions (was remembered) the right of the (needy,) him who asked, and him who (for some reason) was prevented (from asking). | وَفِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ |
| 20. | Wa fil ardi aayaatul lilmooqineen | On the earth are signs for those of assured Faith, | وَفِي الْأَرْضِ آيَاتٌ لِلْمُوقِنِينَ |
| 21. | Wa feee anfusikum; afalaa tubsiroon | As also in your own selves: Will ye not then see? | وَفِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ |
| 22. | Wa fissamaaa'i rizqukum wa maa too'adoon | And in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye are promised. | وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ |
| 23. | Fawa Rabbis samaaa'i wal ardi innahoo lahaqqum misla maa annakum tantiqoon | Then, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very Truth, as much as the fact that ye can speak intelligently to each other. | فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ |
| 24. | Hal ataaka hadeesu daifi Ibraaheemal mukrameen | Has the story reached thee, of the honoured guests of Abraham? | هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ |
| 25. | Iz dakhaloo 'alaihi faqaaloo salaaman qaala salaamun qawmum munkaroon | Behold, they entered his presence, and said: "Peace!" He said, "Peace!" (and thought, "These seem) unusual people." | إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَامٌ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ |
| 26. | Faraagha ilaaa ahlihee fajaaa'a bi'ijlin sameen | Then he turned quickly to his household, brought out a fatted calf, | فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ فَجَاءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ |
| 27. | Faqarrabahooo ilaihim qaala alaa taakuloon | And placed it before them.. he said, "Will ye not eat?" | فَقَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ |
| 28. | Fa awjasa minhum khee fatan qaaloo laa takhaf wa bashsharoohu bighulaamin 'aleem | (When they did not eat), He conceived a fear of them. They said, "Fear not," and they gave him glad tidings of a son endowed with knowledge. | فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ |
| 29. | Fa aqbalatim ra-atuhoo fee sarratin fasakkat wajhahaa wa qaalat 'ajoozun 'aqeem | But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead and said: "A barren old woman!" | فَأَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ |
| 30. | Qaaloo kazaaliki qaala Rabbuki innahoo huwal hakeemul 'aleem (End Juz 26) | They said, "Even so has thy Lord spoken: and He is full of Wisdom and Knowledge." | قَالُوا كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ |
| 31. | Qaala famaa khatbukum ayyuhal mursaloon | (Abraham) said: "And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand (now)?" | قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ |
| 32. | Qaalooo innaaa ursilnaaa ilaa qawmim mujrimeen | They said, "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin;- | قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُجْرِمِينَ |
| 33. | Linursila 'alaihim hijaa ratam min teen | "To bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone), | لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ طِينٍ |
| 34. | Musawwamatan 'inda rabbika lilmusrifeen | "Marked as from thy Lord for those who trespass beyond bounds." | مُسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ |
| 35. | Fa akhrajnaa man kaana feehaa minal mu'mineen | Then We evacuated those of the Believers who were there, | فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَنْ كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ |
| 36. | Famaa wajadnaa feehaa ghaira baitim minal muslimeen | But We found not there any just (Muslim) persons except in one house: | فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ |
| 37. | Wa taraknaa feehaaa aayatal lillazeena yakhaafoonal 'azaabal aleem | And We left there a Sign for such as fear the Grievous Penalty. | وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَا آيَةً لِلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ |
| 38. | Wa fee Moosaaa iz arsalnaahu ilaa Fir'awna bisultaa nim mubeen | And in Moses (was another Sign): Behold, We sent him to Pharaoh, with authority manifest. | وَفِي مُوسَىٰ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ |
| 39. | Fatawalla biruknihee wa qaala saahirun aw majnoon | But (Pharaoh) turned back with his Chiefs, and said, "A sorcerer, or one possessed!" | فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِ وَقَالَ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ |
| 40. | Fa akhaznaahu wa junoo dahoo fanabaznaahum fil yammi wa huwa muleem | So We took him and his forces, and threw them into the sea; and his was the blame. | فَأَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ |
| 41. | Wa fee 'Aadin iz arsalnaa 'alaihimur reehal'aqeem | And in the ´Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them the devastating Wind: | وَفِي عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ |
| 42. | Maa tazaru min shai'in atat 'alaihi illaa ja'alat hu karrameem | It left nothing whatever that it came up against, but reduced it to ruin and rottenness. | مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ |
| 43. | Wa fee Samooda iz qeela lahum tamatta''oo hattaa heen | And in the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were told, "Enjoy (your brief day) for a little while!" | وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ |
| 44. | Fa'ataw 'an amri Rabbihim fa akhazat humus saa'iqatu wa hum yanzuroon | But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning noise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were looking on. | فَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ |
| 45. | Famas tataa'oo min qiyaaminw wa maa kaanoo muntasireen | Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they help themselves. | فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مِنْ قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْتَصِرِينَ |
| 46. | Wa qawma Noohim min qablu innahum kaano qawman faasiqeen | So were the People of Noah before them for they wickedly transgressed. | وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ |
| 47. | Wassamaaa'a banainaa haa bi aydinw wa innaa lamoosi'oon | With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of space. | وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ |
| 48. | Wal arda farashnaahaa fani'mal maahidoon | And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do spread out! | وَالْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَاهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمَاهِدُونَ |
| 49. | Wa min kulli shai'in khalaqnaa zawjaini la'allakum tazakkaroon | And of every thing We have created pairs: That ye may receive instruction. | وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ |
| 50. | Fafirrooo ilal laahi innee lakum minhu nazeerum mubeen | Hasten ye then (at once) to Allah: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open! | فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ |
| 51. | Wa laa taj'aloo ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhara innee lakum minhu nazeerum mubeen | And make not another an object of worship with Allah: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open! | وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ |
| 52. | Kazaalika maaa atal lazeena min qablihim mir Rasoolin illaa qaaloo saahirun aw majnoon | Similarly, no messenger came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"! | كَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ |
| 53. | Atawaasaw bih; bal hum qawmun taaghoon | Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds! | أَتَوَاصَوْا بِهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ |
| 54. | Fatawalla 'anhum famaaa anta bimaloom | So turn away from them: not thine is the blame. | فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَا أَنْتَ بِمَلُومٍ |
| 55. | Wa zakkir fa innaz zikraa tanfa'ul mu'mineen | But teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers. | وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَىٰ تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ |
| 56. | Wa maa khalaqtul jinna wal insa illaa liya'budoon | I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me. | وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ |
| 57. | Maaa ureedu minhum mir rizqinw wa maaa ureedu anyyut'imoon | No Sustenance do I require of them, nor do I require that they should feed Me. | مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ يُطْعِمُونِ |
| 58. | Innal laaha Huwar Razzaaqu Zul Quwwatil Mateen | For Allah is He Who gives (all) Sustenance,- Lord of Power,- Steadfast (for ever). | إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ |
| 59. | Fa inna lillazeena zalamoo zanoobam misla zanoobi ashaabihim falaa yasta'jiloon | For the Wrong-doers, their portion is like unto the portion of their fellows (of earlier generations): then let them not ask Me to hasten (that portion)! | فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ذَنُوبًا مِثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ |
| 60. | Fawailul lillazeena kafaroo miny yawmihimul lazee yoo'adoon | Woe, then, to the Unbelievers, on account of that Day of theirs which they have been promised! | فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ يَوْمِهِمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ |
Recitation by Mishary Al-Alfasy
It is derived from the very first word wadh-dhariyat, which implies that it
is a Surah which begins with the word adh-dhariyat.
Period of
Revelation
The subject matter and the style clearly show that it was
sent down in the period when although the Holy Prophet's invitation was being
resisted and opposed with denial and ridicule and false accusations stubbornly,
persecution had not yet started. Therefore, this Surah also seems to have been
revealed in the same period in which the Surah Qaf was revealed.
Subject Matter and Topics
The Surah mostly deals with the Hereafter,
and in the end it presents the invitation to Tauhid. In addition, the people
have also been warned that refusal to accept the message of the Prophets and
persistence in the concepts and creeds of ignorance have proved to be disastrous
for those nations themselves which have adopted this attitude and way of life in
the past.
About the Hereafter what this Surah presents in short but pithy
sentences is this: The people's different and conflicting beliefs about the end
of human life are themselves an express proof that none of these beliefs and
creeds is based on knowledge; everyone by himself has formed an ideology on the
basis of conjecture and made the same his creed. Someone thought that there
would be no life-after-death; someone believed in the life- after-death, but in
the form of the transmigration of souls someone believed in the life hereafter
and the meting out of the rewards and punishments but invented different sorts
of props and supports to escape retribution. About a question of such vital and
fundamental importance a wrong view of which renders man's whole life-work wrong
and waste and ruins his future for ever, it would be a disastrous folly to build
an ideology only on the basis of speculation and conjecture, without knowledge.
It would mean that man should remain involved in a grave misunderstanding, pass
his whole life in the heedlessness of error, and after death should suddenly
meet with a situation for which he had made no preparation at all. There is only
one way of forming the right opinion about such a question, and it is this: Man
should seriously ponder over the knowledge about the Hereafter that the Prophet
of Allah is conveying to him from Him, and should study carefully the system of
the earth and heavens and his own existence: and should see whether the evidence
of that knowledge's being sound and correct is afforded by everything around him
or not. In this regard, the arrangement of the wind and rain, the structure of
the earth and the creatures found on it, man's own self, the creation of the
heavens and of everything in the world in the form of pairs have been presented
as evidence of the Hereafter, and instances have been cited from human history
to show that the temper of the empire of the Universe requires that the law of
retribution must operate here.
After this, giving the invitation to
Tauhid briefly, it has been said : "Your Creator has not created you for the
service of others but for His own service. He is not like your false gods, which
receive sustenance from you and godhead of which cannot function without your
help, but He is a God Who is the Sustainer of all, Who does not stand in need of
sustenance from anyone and Whose Godhead is functioning by His own power and
might.
In this very connection, it has also been stated that whenever the
Prophets of Allah have been opposed and resisted, they have not been opposed and
resisted on the basis of any rational ground but on the basis of the same
obduracy and stubbornness and false pride that is being shown against the
Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and there is no
other motive for it than rebellion and arrogance. Then the Holy Prophet has been
instructed not to bother about the rebels but to go on performing his mission of
invitation and admonition, for it is useful and beneficial for the believers
although it may not be so for the other people. As for the wicked people who
still persist in their rebellion, they should know that their predecessors who
followed the same way of life, have already received their shares of the
punishment, and these people's share of the punishment has been made ready for
them.