The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers — Linda Ilham Barto Translation

51:1

وَٱلذَّ ٰرِیَـٰتِ ذَرۡوࣰا ۝١

Linda "iLham" Barto

Consider those scattering, dispersing.

wal-dhāriyāti dharwa

51:2

فَٱلۡحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقۡرࣰا ۝٢

Linda "iLham" Barto

[Consider] those carrying burdens.

fal-ḥāmilāti wiq'ra

51:3

فَٱلۡجَـٰرِیَـٰتِ یُسۡرࣰا ۝٣

Linda "iLham" Barto

[Consider] those that flow with ease.

fal-jāriyāti yus'ra

51:4

فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمۡرًا ۝٤

Linda "iLham" Barto

[Consider] those that assign command.

fal-muqasimāti amra

51:5

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقࣱ ۝٥

Linda "iLham" Barto

Truly, all that you are promised is true.

innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiqu

51:6

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّینَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٦

Linda "iLham" Barto

Truly, judgment must come to pass.

wa-inna l-dīna lawāqiʿu

51:7

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ ۝٧

Linda "iLham" Barto

Consider the sky with its numerous orbits.

wal-samāi dhāti l-ḥubuk

51:8

إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِی قَوۡلࣲ مُّخۡتَلِفࣲ ۝٨

Linda "iLham" Barto

Truly, you are in doctrinal discord.

innakum lafī qawlin mukh'talifi

51:9

یُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ ۝٩

Linda "iLham" Barto

Those who would be deluded will be deluded [regardless of what message they hear].

yu'faku ʿanhu man ufik

51:10

قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّ ٰصُونَ ۝١٠

Linda "iLham" Barto

Condemned are the liars…

qutila l-kharāṣūn

51:11

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی غَمۡرَةࣲ سَاهُونَ ۝١١

Linda "iLham" Barto

…–those who flounder in a flood of confusion!

alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūn

51:12

یَسۡءَلُونَ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلدِّینِ ۝١٢

Linda "iLham" Barto

They ask, “When is the Day of Judgment?”

yasalūna ayyāna yawmu l-dīn

51:13

یَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ یُفۡتَنُونَ ۝١٣

Linda "iLham" Barto

That day they will be tested over the fire.

yawma hum ʿalā l-nāri yuf'tanūn

51:14

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِی كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ۝١٤

Linda "iLham" Barto

“Taste your trial! This is what you wanted hastened.”

dhūqū fit'natakum hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tastaʿjilūn

51:15

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ۝١٥

Linda "iLham" Barto

The righteous will be in the midst of gardens and springs.

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūni

51:16

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

Linda "iLham" Barto

[They will] enjoy the things that the Lord gives them because of the good lives they had lived.

ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥ'sinīn

51:17

كَانُوا۟ قَلِیلࣰا مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ مَا یَهۡجَعُونَ ۝١٧

Linda "iLham" Barto

They had a habit of sleeping only a little at night.

kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūn

51:18

وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ یَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ۝١٨

Linda "iLham" Barto

The hours of early dawn would find them praying for forgiveness.

wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūn

51:19

وَفِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ۝١٩

Linda "iLham" Barto

From their wealth and resources was provided the right of those who asked [for help] and those who were deprived.

wafī amwālihim ḥaqqun lilssāili wal-maḥrūm

51:20

وَفِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَایَـٰتࣱ لِّلۡمُوقِنِینَ ۝٢٠

Linda "iLham" Barto

On the earth are signs for those of assurance [in faith].

wafī l-arḍi āyātun lil'mūqinīn

51:21

وَفِیۤ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٢١

Linda "iLham" Barto

[There are] also [signs] within your own selves. Will you not understand?

wafī anfusikum afalā tub'ṣirūn

51:22

وَفِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٢

Linda "iLham" Barto

In Heaven is Your sustenance, as you are promised.

wafī l-samāi riz'qukum wamā tūʿadūn

51:23

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقࣱّ مِّثۡلَ مَاۤ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ ۝٢٣

Linda "iLham" Barto

Consider then the Lord of Heaven and Earth. This is the very truth –just as real as the fact that you are able to converse.

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

51:24

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِیثُ ضَیۡفِ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِینَ ۝٢٤

Linda "iLham" Barto

Have you heard the story of Abraham’s honored guests?

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

51:25

إِذۡ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَیۡهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمࣰاۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمࣱ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ ۝٢٥

Linda "iLham" Barto

(Angels) entered his presence and said, “Peace!” He said, “Peace!” to the strangers.

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūn

51:26

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَاۤءَ بِعِجۡلࣲ سَمِینࣲ ۝٢٦

Linda "iLham" Barto

He went to his household and got a fattened calf.

farāgha ilā ahlihi fajāa biʿij'lin samīni

51:27

فَقَرَّبَهُۥۤ إِلَیۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ۝٢٧

Linda "iLham" Barto

[He] placed (the roasted calf) before them. He said, “Will you not eat?”

faqarrabahu ilayhim qāla alā takulūn

51:28

فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِیفَةࣰۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِیمࣲ ۝٢٨

Linda "iLham" Barto

He began to fear them [because they did not eat]. They said, “Fear not.” They gave him the good news of a knowledgeable son.

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

51:29

فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِی صَرَّةࣲ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِیمࣱ ۝٢٩

Linda "iLham" Barto

(Abraham’s) wife came forward, [laughing] out loud. She smacked her forehead and said, “A barren old woman?”

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

51:30

قَالُوا۟ كَذَ ٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِیمُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ۝٣٠

Linda "iLham" Barto

(The angels) said, “Thus your Lord has spoken. Indeed, He is the Perfectly Wise, the All-knowing.”

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

51:31

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ۝٣١

Linda "iLham" Barto

(Abraham) said, “O messengers, what is your errand now?”

qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūn

51:32

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّاۤ أُرۡسِلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِینَ ۝٣٢

Linda "iLham" Barto

They said, “Indeed, We have been sent to a sinful people.

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

51:33

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن طِینࣲ ۝٣٣

Linda "iLham" Barto

[We are] to bring brimstones upon them.

linur'sila ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min ṭīni

51:34

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝٣٤

Linda "iLham" Barto

[The stones] are marked from your Lord for the sinners.”

musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil'mus'rifīn

51:35

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِیهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٣٥

Linda "iLham" Barto

We evacuated the believers there.

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

51:36

فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِیهَا غَیۡرَ بَیۡتࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِینَ ۝٣٦

Linda "iLham" Barto

We did not find there any good people except for one family.

famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytin mina l-mus'limīn

51:37

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِیهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ لِّلَّذِینَ یَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ ۝٣٧

Linda "iLham" Barto

We left there a sign for those who fear the horrid punishment.

wataraknā fīhā āyatan lilladhīna yakhāfūna l-ʿadhāba l-alīm

51:38

وَفِی مُوسَىٰۤ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝٣٨

Linda "iLham" Barto

[Consider] Moses. We sent him with obvious authority to Pharaoh.

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

51:39

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونࣱ ۝٣٩

Linda "iLham" Barto

(Pharaoh) turned away with his leaders and said, “A sorcerer or one possessed!”

fatawallā biruk'nihi waqāla sāḥirun aw majnūnu

51:40

فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡیَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِیمࣱ ۝٤٠

Linda "iLham" Barto

We took him and his armies and threw them into the sea, and it was his fault.

fa-akhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī l-yami wahuwa mulīmu

51:41

وَفِی عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلرِّیحَ ٱلۡعَقِیمَ ۝٤١

Linda "iLham" Barto

[Consider] the Ad. We sent a devastating wind against them.

wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīm

51:42

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَیۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَیۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِیمِ ۝٤٢

Linda "iLham" Barto

It left nothing that it came against, but reduced it to destroyed ruins.

mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīm

51:43

وَفِی ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِیلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِینࣲ ۝٤٣

Linda "iLham" Barto

[Consider] the Thamud. They were told, “Enjoy yourselves for a little while.”

wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīni

51:44

فَعَتَوۡا۟ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ یَنظُرُونَ ۝٤٤

Linda "iLham" Barto

They rebelled against the command of their Lord. Lightning seized them while they watched.

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

51:45

فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِیَامࣲ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِینَ ۝٤٥

Linda "iLham" Barto

They could not even stand, and they could not help themselves.

famā is'taṭāʿū min qiyāmin wamā kānū muntaṣirīn

51:46

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَوۡمࣰا فَـٰسِقِینَ ۝٤٦

Linda "iLham" Barto

[Consider] the people of Noah before them. Indeed, they were a disobedient people.

waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn

51:47

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءَ بَنَیۡنَـٰهَا بِأَیۡی۟دࣲ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ۝٤٧

Linda "iLham" Barto

We constructed the sky with skill, and We are expanding it.

wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūn

51:48

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَـٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَـٰهِدُونَ ۝٤٨

Linda "iLham" Barto

We unfurled the earth. How excellently We prepared it!

wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūn

51:49

وَمِن كُلِّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَیۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٩

Linda "iLham" Barto

We created everything as a pair. Perhaps you will reflect.

wamin kulli shayin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūn

51:50

فَفِرُّوۤا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّی لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝٥٠

Linda "iLham" Barto

Hurry then to Allah! I am merely an advisor from Him, bluntly calling you [to accept His message].

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

51:51

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

Linda "iLham" Barto

Do not make another into an object of worship with Allah. I am an advisor from Him, bluntly calling 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

Linda "iLham" Barto

In the same way, no messenger came to any people before them without their saying, “A sorcerer or one possessed!”

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

51:53

أَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ ۝٥٣

Linda "iLham" Barto

Is this the legacy they have passed down? Nonsense! They are a sinful people.

atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūn

51:54

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِمَلُومࣲ ۝٥٤

Linda "iLham" Barto

Turn away from them. You are not to blame.

fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūmi

51:55

وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٥٥

Linda "iLham" Barto

Teach, for teaching certainly benefits the believers.

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

51:56

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِیَعۡبُدُونِ ۝٥٦

Linda "iLham" Barto

I have created spirit-beings and human beings only so they may worship Me.

wamā khalaqtu l-jina wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūn

51:57

مَاۤ أُرِیدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقࣲ وَمَاۤ أُرِیدُ أَن یُطۡعِمُونِ ۝٥٧

Linda "iLham" Barto

I require no sustenance from them. I do not require them to feed me.

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

51:58

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِینُ ۝٥٨

Linda "iLham" Barto

Truly Allah is He who gives sustenance. [He is] the Owner of Power, the Forceful One.

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

51:59

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبࣰا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَـٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا یَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ۝٥٩

Linda "iLham" Barto

For the sinners, their portion is like the portion of their ancestors. They should not ask Me to hasten it.

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

51:60

فَوَیۡلࣱ لِّلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن یَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ ۝٦٠

Linda "iLham" Barto

Woe to the unbelievers because of that day of theirs, which has been promised to them.

fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu alladhī yūʿadūn

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

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