The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers — Arthur John Arberry Translation

51:1

وَٱلذَّ ٰرِیَـٰتِ ذَرۡوࣰا ۝١

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By the swift scatterer

wal-dhāriyāti dharwa

51:2

فَٱلۡحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقۡرࣰا ۝٢

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and the burden-bearer

fal-ḥāmilāti wiq'ra

51:3

فَٱلۡجَـٰرِیَـٰتِ یُسۡرࣰا ۝٣

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and the smooth runner

fal-jāriyāti yus'ra

51:4

فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمۡرًا ۝٤

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقࣱ ۝٥

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surely that you are promised is true

innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiqu

51:6

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّینَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٦

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and surely the Doom is about to fall

wa-inna l-dīna lawāqiʿu

51:7

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ ۝٧

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By heaven with all its track

wal-samāi dhāti l-ḥubuk

51:8

إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِی قَوۡلࣲ مُّخۡتَلِفࣲ ۝٨

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surely you speak at variance

innakum lafī qawlin mukh'talifi

51:9

یُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ ۝٩

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and perverted therefrom are some

yu'faku ʿanhu man ufik

51:10

قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّ ٰصُونَ ۝١٠

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Perish the conjecturer

qutila l-kharāṣūn

51:11

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی غَمۡرَةࣲ سَاهُونَ ۝١١

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who are dazed in perplexit

alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūn

51:12

یَسۡءَلُونَ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلدِّینِ ۝١٢

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asking, 'When shall be the Day of Doom?

yasalūna ayyāna yawmu l-dīn

51:13

یَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ یُفۡتَنُونَ ۝١٣

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Upon the day when they shall be tried at the Fire

yawma hum ʿalā l-nāri yuf'tanūn

51:14

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِی كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ۝١٤

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'Taste your trial! This is that you were seeking to hasten.

dhūqū fit'natakum hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tastaʿjilūn

51:15

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ۝١٥

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Surely the godfearing shall be among gardens and fountain

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūni

51:16

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

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taking whatsoever their Lord has given them; they were good-doers before that

ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥ'sinīn

51:17

كَانُوا۟ قَلِیلࣰا مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ مَا یَهۡجَعُونَ ۝١٧

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Little of the night would they slumber

kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūn

51:18

وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ یَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ۝١٨

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and in the mornings they would ask for forgiveness

wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūn

51:19

وَفِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ۝١٩

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and the beggar and the outcast had a share in their wealth

wafī amwālihim ḥaqqun lilssāili wal-maḥrūm

51:20

وَفِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَایَـٰتࣱ لِّلۡمُوقِنِینَ ۝٢٠

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In the earth are signs for those having sure faith

wafī l-arḍi āyātun lil'mūqinīn

51:21

وَفِیۤ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٢١

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and in your selves; what, do you not see

wafī anfusikum afalā tub'ṣirūn

51:22

وَفِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٢

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And in heaven is your provision, and that you are promised

wafī l-samāi riz'qukum wamā tūʿadūn

51:23

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقࣱّ مِّثۡلَ مَاۤ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ ۝٢٣

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So by the Lord of heaven and earth, it is as surely true as that you have speech

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

51:24

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِیثُ ضَیۡفِ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِینَ ۝٢٤

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Hast thou received the story of the honoured guests of Abraham

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

51:25

إِذۡ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَیۡهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمࣰاۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمࣱ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ ۝٢٥

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When they entered unto him, saying 'Peace!' he said 'Peace! You are a people unknown to me.

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūn

51:26

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَاۤءَ بِعِجۡلࣲ سَمِینࣲ ۝٢٦

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Then he turned to his household and brought a fattened calf

farāgha ilā ahlihi fajāa biʿij'lin samīni

51:27

فَقَرَّبَهُۥۤ إِلَیۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ۝٢٧

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and he laid it before them saying, 'Will you not eat?

faqarrabahu ilayhim qāla alā takulūn

51:28

فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِیفَةࣰۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِیمࣲ ۝٢٨

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Then he conceived a fear of them. They said, 'Be not afraid!' And they gave him good tidings of a cunning boy

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

51:29

فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِی صَرَّةࣲ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِیمࣱ ۝٢٩

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Then came forward his wife, clamouring, and she smote her face, and said, 'An old woman, barren!

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

51:30

قَالُوا۟ كَذَ ٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِیمُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ۝٣٠

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They said, 'So says thy Lord; He is the All-wise, the All-knowing.

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

51:31

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ۝٣١

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Said he, 'And what is your business, envoys?

qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūn

51:32

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّاۤ أُرۡسِلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِینَ ۝٣٢

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They said, 'We have been sent to a people of sinners

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

51:33

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن طِینࣲ ۝٣٣

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to loose upon them stones of cla

linur'sila ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min ṭīni

51:34

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝٣٤

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marked with thy Lord for the prodigal

musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil'mus'rifīn

51:35

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِیهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٣٥

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So We brought forth such believers as were in it

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

51:36

فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِیهَا غَیۡرَ بَیۡتࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِینَ ۝٣٦

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but We found not therein except one house of those that have surrendered themselves

famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytin mina l-mus'limīn

51:37

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِیهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ لِّلَّذِینَ یَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ ۝٣٧

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And therein We left a sign to those who fear the painful chastisement

wataraknā fīhā āyatan lilladhīna yakhāfūna l-ʿadhāba l-alīm

51:38

وَفِی مُوسَىٰۤ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝٣٨

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And also in Moses, when We sent him unto Pharaoh, with a clear authority

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

51:39

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونࣱ ۝٣٩

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but he turned his back, with his court, saying, 'A sorcerer, or a man possessed!

fatawallā biruk'nihi waqāla sāḥirun aw majnūnu

51:40

فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡیَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِیمࣱ ۝٤٠

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So We seized him and his hosts, and We cast them into the sea, and he blameworthy

fa-akhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī l-yami wahuwa mulīmu

51:41

وَفِی عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلرِّیحَ ٱلۡعَقِیمَ ۝٤١

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And also in Ad, when We loosed against them the withering win

wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīm

51:42

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَیۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَیۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِیمِ ۝٤٢

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that left nothing it came upon, but made it as stuff decayed

mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīm

51:43

وَفِی ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِیلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِینࣲ ۝٤٣

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And also in Thamood, when it was said to them, 'Take your enjoyment for a while!

wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīni

51:44

فَعَتَوۡا۟ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ یَنظُرُونَ ۝٤٤

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Then they turned in disdain from the commandment of their Lord, and the thunderbolt took them and they themselves beholdin

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

51:45

فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِیَامࣲ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِینَ ۝٤٥

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and they were not able to stand upright, and were not helped

famā is'taṭāʿū min qiyāmin wamā kānū muntaṣirīn

51:46

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَوۡمࣰا فَـٰسِقِینَ ۝٤٦

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And the people of Noah before; surely they were an ungodly people

waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn

51:47

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءَ بَنَیۡنَـٰهَا بِأَیۡی۟دࣲ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ۝٤٧

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And heaven -- We built it with might, and We extend it wide

wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūn

51:48

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَـٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَـٰهِدُونَ ۝٤٨

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And the earth -- We spread it forth; O excellent Smoothers

wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūn

51:49

وَمِن كُلِّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَیۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٩

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And of everything created We two kinds; haply you will remember

wamin kulli shayin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūn

51:50

فَفِرُّوۤا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّی لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝٥٠

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Therefore flee unto God! I am a clear warner from Him to you

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

51:51

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

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And set not up with God another god; I am a clear warner from Him to you

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

51:52

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

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Even so not a Messenger came to those before them but they said, 'A sorcerer, or a man possessed!

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

51:53

أَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ ۝٥٣

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What, have they bequeathed it one to another? Nay, but they are an insolent people

atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūn

51:54

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِمَلُومࣲ ۝٥٤

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So turn thou from them; thou wilt not be reproached

fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūmi

51:55

وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٥٥

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And remind; the Reminder profits the believers

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

51:56

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِیَعۡبُدُونِ ۝٥٦

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I have not created jinn and mankind except to serve Me

wamā khalaqtu l-jina wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūn

51:57

مَاۤ أُرِیدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقࣲ وَمَاۤ أُرِیدُ أَن یُطۡعِمُونِ ۝٥٧

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I desire of them no provision, neither do I desire that they should feed Me

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

51:58

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِینُ ۝٥٨

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Surely God is the All-provider, the Possessor of Strength, the Ever-Sure

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

51:59

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبࣰا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَـٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا یَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ۝٥٩

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The evildoers shall have their portion, like the portion of their fellows; so let them not hasten Me

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

51:60

فَوَیۡلࣱ لِّلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن یَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ ۝٦٠

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So woe to the unbelievers, for that day of theirs that they are promised

fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu alladhī yūʿadūn

Surah 51. The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers (adh-Dhariyat)

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