The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers — Maulana Muhammad Ali Translation

51:1

وَٱلذَّ ٰرِیَـٰتِ ذَرۡوࣰا ۝١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

By those scattering broadcast

wal-dhāriyāti dharwa

51:2

فَٱلۡحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقۡرࣰا ۝٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those bearing the load

fal-ḥāmilāti wiq'ra

51:3

فَٱلۡجَـٰرِیَـٰتِ یُسۡرࣰا ۝٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those running easily

fal-jāriyāti yus'ra

51:4

فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمۡرًا ۝٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those distributing the Affair! -

fal-muqasimāti amra

51:5

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقࣱ ۝٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

What you are promised is surely true

innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiqu

51:6

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّینَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the Judgment will surely come to pass

wa-inna l-dīna lawāqiʿu

51:7

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ ۝٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

By the heaven full of paths

wal-samāi dhāti l-ḥubuk

51:8

إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِی قَوۡلࣲ مُّخۡتَلِفࣲ ۝٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely you are of warying opinion -

innakum lafī qawlin mukh'talifi

51:9

یُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ ۝٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He is turned away from it who would be turned away

yu'faku ʿanhu man ufik

51:10

قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّ ٰصُونَ ۝١٠

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی غَمۡرَةࣲ سَاهُونَ ۝١١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Who are in an abyss, neglectful

alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūn

51:12

یَسۡءَلُونَ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلدِّینِ ۝١٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They ask: When is the day of Judgment

yasalūna ayyāna yawmu l-dīn

51:13

یَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ یُفۡتَنُونَ ۝١٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

(It is) the day when they are tried at the Fire

yawma hum ʿalā l-nāri yuf'tanūn

51:14

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِی كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ۝١٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Taste your persecution! This is what you would hasten on

dhūqū fit'natakum hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tastaʿjilūn

51:15

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ۝١٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely the dutiful are amidst Gardens and fountains

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūni

51:16

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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Taking that which their Lord gives them. Surely they were before that the doers of good

ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥ'sinīn

51:17

كَانُوا۟ قَلِیلࣰا مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ مَا یَهۡجَعُونَ ۝١٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The used to sleep but little at night

kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūn

51:18

وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ یَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ۝١٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And in the morning they asked (Divine) protection

wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūn

51:19

وَفِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ۝١٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And in their wealth there was a due share for the beggar and for one who is denied (good)

wafī amwālihim ḥaqqun lilssāili wal-maḥrūm

51:20

وَفِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَایَـٰتࣱ لِّلۡمُوقِنِینَ ۝٢٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And in the earth are signs for those who are sure

wafī l-arḍi āyātun lil'mūqinīn

51:21

وَفِیۤ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٢١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And in yourselves -- do you not see

wafī anfusikum afalā tub'ṣirūn

51:22

وَفِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And in the heavens is your sustenance and that which you are promised

wafī l-samāi riz'qukum wamā tūʿadūn

51:23

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقࣱّ مِّثۡلَ مَاۤ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ ۝٢٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is surely the truth, just as you speak

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

51:24

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِیثُ ضَیۡفِ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِینَ ۝٢٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached thee

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

51:25

إِذۡ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَیۡهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمࣰاۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمࣱ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ ۝٢٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

When they came to him, they said: Peace! Peace! said he. Strangers

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūn

51:26

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَاۤءَ بِعِجۡلࣲ سَمِینࣲ ۝٢٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then he turned aside to his family and brought a fat calf

farāgha ilā ahlihi fajāa biʿij'lin samīni

51:27

فَقَرَّبَهُۥۤ إِلَیۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ۝٢٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So he placed it 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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge

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

51:29

فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِی صَرَّةࣲ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِیمࣱ ۝٢٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then his wife came up in grief, and she smote her face 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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They said: Thus says thy Lord. Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing

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

51:31

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ۝٣١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He said: What is your errand, O messengers

qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūn

51:32

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّاۤ أُرۡسِلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِینَ ۝٣٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They said: We have been sent to a guilty peopl

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

51:33

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن طِینࣲ ۝٣٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

That we may send upon them stones of clay

linur'sila ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min ṭīni

51:34

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝٣٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Marked from thy Lord for the prodigal

musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil'mus'rifīn

51:35

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِیهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٣٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then we brought forth such believers as were there

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

51:36

فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِیهَا غَیۡرَ بَیۡتࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِینَ ۝٣٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We found there but a (single) house of Muslims

famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytin mina l-mus'limīn

51:37

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِیهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ لِّلَّذِینَ یَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ ۝٣٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We left therein a sign for 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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And in Moses, when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority

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

51:39

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونࣱ ۝٣٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But he turned away on account of his might and said: An enchanter or a madman

fatawallā biruk'nihi waqāla sāḥirun aw majnūnu

51:40

فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡیَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِیمࣱ ۝٤٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea, and he was blameable

fa-akhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī l-yami wahuwa mulīmu

51:41

وَفِی عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلرِّیحَ ٱلۡعَقِیمَ ۝٤١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And in ‘Ad, when We sent upon them the destructive wind

wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīm

51:42

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَیۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَیۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِیمِ ۝٤٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

It spared naught that it came against, but it made it like ashes

mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīm

51:43

وَفِی ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِیلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِینࣲ ۝٤٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And in Thamud, when it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while

wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīni

51:44

فَعَتَوۡا۟ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ یَنظُرُونَ ۝٤٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the punishment overtook them, while they saw

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

51:45

فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِیَامࣲ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِینَ ۝٤٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So they were unable to rise up, nor could they defend themselves

famā is'taṭāʿū min qiyāmin wamā kānū muntaṣirīn

51:46

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَوۡمࣰا فَـٰسِقِینَ ۝٤٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the people of Noah before. Surely they were a transgressing people

waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn

51:47

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءَ بَنَیۡنَـٰهَا بِأَیۡی۟دࣲ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ۝٤٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and We are Makers of the vast extent

wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūn

51:48

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَـٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَـٰهِدُونَ ۝٤٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the earth, We have spread it out. How well We prepared it

wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūn

51:49

وَمِن كُلِّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَیۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful

wamin kulli shayin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūn

51:50

فَفِرُّوۤا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّی لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝٥٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So flee to Allah. Surely I am a plain warner to you from Him

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

51:51

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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And do not set up with Allah another god. Surely I am a plain warner to you from Him

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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Thus there came not a messenger to those before them but they said: An enchanter or a madman

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

51:53

أَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ ۝٥٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Have they charged each other with this? Nay, they are an inordinate people

atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūn

51:54

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِمَلُومࣲ ۝٥٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So turn away from them, for thou art not to blame

fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūmi

51:55

وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٥٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And remind, for reminding profits the believers

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

51:56

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِیَعۡبُدُونِ ۝٥٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me

wamā khalaqtu l-jina wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūn

51:57

مَاۤ أُرِیدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقࣲ وَمَاۤ أُرِیدُ أَن یُطۡعِمُونِ ۝٥٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

I desire no sustenance from them, nor 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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong

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

51:59

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبࣰا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَـٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا یَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ۝٥٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely the lot of the wrongdoers is as was the lot of their companions, so let them not ask Me to hasten on

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

51:60

فَوَیۡلࣱ لِّلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن یَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ ۝٦٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe, then, to those who disbelieve because of that day of theirs which they are promised

fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu alladhī yūʿadūn

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

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