Surah Adh-Dhariyat In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate By the winds scattering ˹dust˺, ( Quran Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:1 ) and ˹the clouds˺ loaded with rain, ( Quran Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:2 ) and ˹the ships˺ gliding with ease, ( Quran Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:3 ) and ˹the angels˺ administering affairs by ˹Allah’s˺ command! ( Quran 51:4 ) Indeed, what you are promised is true. ( Quran 51:5 ) And the Judgment will certainly come to pass. ( Quran 51:6 ) ˹And˺ by the heavens in their marvellous design! ( Quran 51:7 ) Surely you are ˹lost˺ in conflicting views ˹regarding the truth˺. ( Quran 51:8 ) Only those ˹destined to be˺ deluded are turned away from it. ( Quran 51:9 ) Condemned are the liars— ( Quran 51:10 ) those who are ˹steeped˺ in ignorance, totally heedless. ( Quran 51:11 ) They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?” ( Quran 51:12 ) ˹It is˺ the Day they will be tormented over the Fire. ( Quran 51:13 ) ˹They will be told,˺ “Taste your torment! This is what you sought to hasten.” ( Quran 51:14 ) Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs, ( Quran 51:15 ) ˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺: ( Quran 51:16 ) they used to sleep only little in the night, ( Quran 51:17 ) and pray for forgiveness before dawn. ( Quran 51:18 ) And in their wealth there was a rightful share ˹fulfilled˺ for the beggar and the poor. ( Quran 51:19 ) There are ˹countless˺ signs on earth for those with sure faith, ( Quran 51:20 ) as there are within yourselves. Can you not see? ( Quran 51:21 ) In heaven is your sustenance and whatever you are promised. ( Quran 51:22 ) Then by the Lord of heaven and earth! ˹All˺ this is certainly as true as ˹the fact that˺ you can speak! ( Quran 51:23 ) Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you ˹O Prophet˺? ( Quran 51:24 ) ˹Remember˺ when they entered his presence and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He replied, “Peace ˹be upon you˺!” ˹Then he said to himself,˺ “˹These are˺ an unfamiliar people.” ( Quran 51:25 ) Then he slipped off to his family and brought a fat ˹roasted˺ calf, ( Quran 51:26 ) and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?” ( Quran 51:27 ) ˹They did not eat,˺ so he grew fearful of them. They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid,” and gave him good news of a knowledgeable son. ( Quran 51:28 ) Then his wife came forward with a cry, clasping her forehead ˹in astonishment˺, exclaiming, “˹A baby from˺ a barren, old woman!” ( Quran 51:29 ) They replied, “Such has your Lord decreed. He is truly the All-Wise, All-Knowing.” ( Quran 51:30 ) ˹Later,˺ Abraham asked, “What is your mission, O messengers?” ( Quran 51:31 ) They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people, ( Quran 51:32 ) to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay, ( Quran 51:33 ) marked by your Lord for the transgressors.” ( Quran 51:34 ) Then ˹before the torment˺ We evacuated the believers from the city. ( Quran 51:35 ) But We only found one family that had submitted ˹to Allah˺. ( Quran 51:36 ) And We have left a sign there ˹as a lesson˺ for those who fear the painful punishment. ( Quran 51:37 ) And in ˹the story of˺ Moses ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent him to Pharaoh with compelling proof, ( Quran 51:38 ) but Pharaoh was carried away by his power, saying ˹of Moses˺, “A magician or a madman!” ( Quran 51:39 ) So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them into the sea while he was blameworthy. ( Quran 51:40 ) And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind. ( Quran 51:41 ) There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes. ( Quran 51:42 ) And in ˹the story of˺ Thamûd ˹was another lesson,˺ when they were told, “Enjoy yourselves ˹only˺ for a ˹short˺ while.” ( Quran 51:43 ) Still they persisted in defying the commands of their Lord, so they were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast while they were looking on. ( Quran 51:44 ) Then they were not able to rise up, nor were they helped. ( Quran 51:45 ) And the people of Noah ˹had also been destroyed˺ earlier. They were truly a rebellious people. ( Quran 51:46 ) We built the universe with ˹great˺ might, and We are certainly expanding ˹it˺. ( Quran 51:47 ) As for the earth, We spread it out. How superbly did We smooth it out! ( Quran 51:48 ) And We created pairs of all things so perhaps you would be mindful. ( Quran 51:49 ) So ˹proclaim, O Prophet˺: “Flee to Allah! I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you. ( Quran 51:50 ) And do not set up another god with Allah. I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.” ( Quran 51:51 ) Similarly, no messenger came to those before them without being told: “A magician or a madman!” ( Quran 51:52 ) Have they passed this ˹cliché˺ down to one another? In fact, they have ˹all˺ been a transgressing people. ( Quran 51:53 ) So ˹now˺ turn away from them ˹O Prophet˺, for you will not be blamed. ( Quran 51:54 ) But ˹continue to˺ remind. For certainly reminders benefit the believers. ( Quran 51:55 ) I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me. ( Quran 51:56 ) I seek no provision from them, nor do I need them to feed Me. ( Quran 51:57 ) Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ is the Supreme Provider—Lord of all Power, Ever Mighty. ( Quran 51:58 ) 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˺. ( Quran 51:59 ) Woe then to the disbelievers when they face their Day which they are warned of! ( Quran 51:60 ) SHARE THIS: Like