The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers — Aisha Bewley Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Falsehood is doomed

وَٱلذَّ ٰرِیَـٰتِ ذَرۡوࣰا ۝١

By the scatterers scattering,

wal-dhāriyāti dharwa

فَٱلۡحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقۡرࣰا ۝٢

and those bearing weighty loads,

fal-ḥāmilāti wiq'ra

فَٱلۡجَـٰرِیَـٰتِ یُسۡرࣰا ۝٣

and those speeding along with ease,

fal-jāriyāti yus'ra

فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمۡرًا ۝٤

and those apportioning the command:

fal-muqasimāti amra

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقࣱ ۝٥

what you are promised is certainly true —

innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiqu

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّینَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٦

the Judgement will certainly take place!

wa-inna l-dīna lawāqiʿu

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ ۝٧

By Heaven with its oscillating orbits,

wal-samāi dhāti l-ḥubuk

إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِی قَوۡلࣲ مُّخۡتَلِفࣲ ۝٨

you certainly have differing beliefs.

innakum lafī qawlin mukh'talifi

یُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ ۝٩

Averted from it is he who is averted.

yu'faku ʿanhu man ufik

قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّ ٰصُونَ ۝١٠

Death to the conjecturers:

qutila l-kharāṣūn

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی غَمۡرَةࣲ سَاهُونَ ۝١١

those who flounder in a glut of ignorance,

alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūn

یَسۡءَلُونَ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلدِّینِ ۝١٢

asking, ´When is the Day of Judgement?´

yasalūna ayyāna yawmu l-dīn

یَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ یُفۡتَنُونَ ۝١٣

On the Day they are tormented by the Fire:

yawma hum ʿalā l-nāri yuf'tanūn

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِی كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ۝١٤

´Taste your torment! This is what you were trying to hasten!´

dhūqū fit'natakum hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tastaʿjilūn

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ۝١٥

The people with taqwa will be among Gardens and Fountains,

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūni

ءَاخِذِینَ مَاۤ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَبۡلَ ذَ ٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِینَ ۝١٦

receiving what their Lord has given them. Certainly before that they were good-doers.

ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥ'sinīn

كَانُوا۟ قَلِیلࣰا مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ مَا یَهۡجَعُونَ ۝١٧

The part of the night they spent asleep was small

kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūn

وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ یَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ۝١٨

and they would seek forgiveness before the dawn.

wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūn

وَفِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ۝١٩

And beggars and the destitute received a due share of their wealth.

wafī amwālihim ḥaqqun lilssāili wal-maḥrūm

وَفِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَایَـٰتࣱ لِّلۡمُوقِنِینَ ۝٢٠

There are certainly Signs in the earth for people with certainty;

wafī l-arḍi āyātun lil'mūqinīn

وَفِیۤ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٢١

and in yourselves as well. Do you not then see?

wafī anfusikum afalā tub'ṣirūn

وَفِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٢

Your provision is in heaven — and what you are promised.

wafī l-samāi riz'qukum wamā tūʿadūn

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقࣱّ مِّثۡلَ مَاۤ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ ۝٢٣

By the Lord of heaven and earth, it is certainly the truth, just as you have speech.

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

2 Fate of Previous Nations

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِیثُ ضَیۡفِ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِینَ ۝٢٤

Has the story reached you of the honoured guests of Ibrahim?

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

إِذۡ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَیۡهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمࣰاۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمࣱ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ ۝٢٥

When they entered his dwelling and said, ´Peace!´ he said, ´Peace, to people we do not know.´

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūn

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَاۤءَ بِعِجۡلࣲ سَمِینࣲ ۝٢٦

So he slipped off to his household and brought a fattened calf.

farāgha ilā ahlihi fajāa biʿij'lin samīni

فَقَرَّبَهُۥۤ إِلَیۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ۝٢٧

He offered it to them and then exclaimed, ´Do you not then eat?´

faqarrabahu ilayhim qāla alā takulūn

فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِیفَةࣰۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِیمࣲ ۝٢٨

He felt afraid of them but they said, ´Do not be afraid!´ and gave him the good news of a son imbued with knowledge.

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

فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِی صَرَّةࣲ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِیمࣱ ۝٢٩

His wife came up with a shriek and struck her face and said, ´What, and me a barren old woman!´

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

قَالُوا۟ كَذَ ٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِیمُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ۝٣٠

They said, ´That is what your Lord says. He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing.´

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

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ۝٣١

He inquired, ´What, then, is your business, messengers?´

qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūn

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّاۤ أُرۡسِلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِینَ ۝٣٢

They said, ´We have been sent to a people of evildoers

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

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن طِینࣲ ۝٣٣

to unleash upon them lumps of clay

linur'sila ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min ṭīni

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝٣٤

earmarked by your Lord for the profligate.´

musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil'mus'rifīn

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِیهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٣٥

We brought out all the muminun who were there

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

فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِیهَا غَیۡرَ بَیۡتࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِینَ ۝٣٦

but found in it only one house of Muslims.

famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytin mina l-mus'limīn

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِیهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ لِّلَّذِینَ یَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ ۝٣٧

And We left a Sign in it for those who fear the painful punishment.

wataraknā fīhā āyatan lilladhīna yakhāfūna l-ʿadhāba l-alīm

وَفِی مُوسَىٰۤ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝٣٨

And also in Musa when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

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

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونࣱ ۝٣٩

But he turned away with his forces, saying, ´A magician or a madman!´

fatawallā biruk'nihi waqāla sāḥirun aw majnūnu

فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡیَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِیمࣱ ۝٤٠

So We seized him and his armies and hurled them into the sea, and he was to blame.

fa-akhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī l-yami wahuwa mulīmu

وَفِی عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلرِّیحَ ٱلۡعَقِیمَ ۝٤١

And also in ´Ad when We unleashed against them the barren wind,

wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīm

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَیۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَیۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِیمِ ۝٤٢

which left nothing it touched without turning it to dust.

mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīm

وَفِی ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِیلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِینࣲ ۝٤٣

And also in Thamud, when they were told: ´Enjoy yourselves a while!´

wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīni

فَعَتَوۡا۟ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ یَنظُرُونَ ۝٤٤

But they spurned their Lord´s command, so the Blast seized them as they looked.

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

فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِیَامࣲ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِینَ ۝٤٥

They could not stand upright and they were not helped.

famā is'taṭāʿū min qiyāmin wamā kānū muntaṣirīn

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَوۡمࣰا فَـٰسِقِینَ ۝٤٦

And the people of Nuh before, they were a people of deviators.

waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn

3 Judgment is sure

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءَ بَنَیۡنَـٰهَا بِأَیۡی۟دࣲ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ۝٤٧

As for heaven — We built it with great power and gave it its vast expanse.

wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūn

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَـٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَـٰهِدُونَ ۝٤٨

And the earth — We spread it like a carpet and how well We smoothed it out!

wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūn

وَمِن كُلِّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَیۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٩

And We created all things in pairs so that hopefully you would pay heed.

wamin kulli shayin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūn

فَفِرُّوۤا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّی لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝٥٠

So flee to Allah. Truly I bring you a clear warning from Him.

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

وَلَا تَجۡعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّی لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝٥١

Do not set up another god together with Allah. Truly I bring you a clear warning from Him.

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

كَذَ ٰلِكَ مَاۤ أَتَى ٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ ۝٥٢

Equally, no Messenger came to those before them without their saying, ´A magician or a madman!´

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

أَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ ۝٥٣

Did they bequeathe this to one another? Indeed they are an unbridled people.

atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūn

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِمَلُومࣲ ۝٥٤

So turn away from them, for you are not to blame.

fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūmi

وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٥٥

And remind them, for truly the muminun benefit from being reminded.

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

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِیَعۡبُدُونِ ۝٥٦

I only created jinn and man to worship Me.

wamā khalaqtu l-jina wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūn

مَاۤ أُرِیدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقࣲ وَمَاۤ أُرِیدُ أَن یُطۡعِمُونِ ۝٥٧

I do not require any provision from them and I do not require them to nourish Me.

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

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِینُ ۝٥٨

Truly Allah, He is the Provider, the Possessor of Strength, the Sure.

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

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبࣰا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَـٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا یَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ۝٥٩

Those who do wrong will have their due, the same as that of their friends. So they should not hurry Me!

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

فَوَیۡلࣱ لِّلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن یَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ ۝٦٠

Woe then to those who are kafir on account of the Day they have been promised!

fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu alladhī yūʿadūn

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