The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers — Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall Translation

51:1

وَٱلذَّ ٰرِیَـٰتِ ذَرۡوࣰا ۝١

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By those that winnow with a winnowin

wal-dhāriyāti dharwa

51:2

فَٱلۡحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقۡرࣰا ۝٢

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And those that bear the burden (of the rain

fal-ḥāmilāti wiq'ra

51:3

فَٱلۡجَـٰرِیَـٰتِ یُسۡرࣰا ۝٣

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And those that glide with ease (upon the sea

fal-jāriyāti yus'ra

51:4

فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمۡرًا ۝٤

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And those who distribute (blessings) by command

fal-muqasimāti amra

51:5

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقࣱ ۝٥

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Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true

innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiqu

51:6

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّینَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٦

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And lo! the judgment will indeed befall

wa-inna l-dīna lawāqiʿu

51:7

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ ۝٧

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By the heaven full of paths

wal-samāi dhāti l-ḥubuk

51:8

إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِی قَوۡلࣲ مُّخۡتَلِفࣲ ۝٨

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Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth)

innakum lafī qawlin mukh'talifi

51:9

یُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ ۝٩

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He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse

yu'faku ʿanhu man ufik

51:10

قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّ ٰصُونَ ۝١٠

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Accursed be the conjecturer

qutila l-kharāṣūn

51:11

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی غَمۡرَةࣲ سَاهُونَ ۝١١

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Who are careless in an abyss

alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūn

51:12

یَسۡءَلُونَ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلدِّینِ ۝١٢

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They ask: When is the Day of Judgment

yasalūna ayyāna yawmu l-dīn

51:13

یَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ یُفۡتَنُونَ ۝١٣

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(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire

yawma hum ʿalā l-nāri yuf'tanūn

51:14

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِی كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ۝١٤

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(And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten

dhūqū fit'natakum hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tastaʿjilūn

51:15

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ۝١٥

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Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūni

51:16

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

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Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good

ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥ'sinīn

51:17

كَانُوا۟ قَلِیلࣰا مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ مَا یَهۡجَعُونَ ۝١٧

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They used to sleep but little of the night

kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūn

51:18

وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ یَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ۝١٨

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And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness

wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūn

51:19

وَفِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ۝١٩

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And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share

wafī amwālihim ḥaqqun lilssāili wal-maḥrūm

51:20

وَفِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَایَـٰتࣱ لِّلۡمُوقِنِینَ ۝٢٠

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And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure

wafī l-arḍi āyātun lil'mūqinīn

51:21

وَفِیۤ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٢١

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And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see

wafī anfusikum afalā tub'ṣirūn

51:22

وَفِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٢

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And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised

wafī l-samāi riz'qukum wamā tūʿadūn

51:23

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقࣱّ مِّثۡلَ مَاۤ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ ۝٢٣

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak

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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Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)

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 came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk 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 went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf

farāgha ilā ahlihi fajāa biʿij'lin samīni

51:27

فَقَرَّبَهُۥۤ إِلَیۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ۝٢٧

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And he set it before them, saying: Will ye 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: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son

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 his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: 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

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They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower

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

51:31

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ۝٣١

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(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)

qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūn

51:32

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّاۤ أُرۡسِلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِینَ ۝٣٢

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They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk

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

51:33

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن طِینࣲ ۝٣٣

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That we may send upon them stones of clay

linur'sila ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min ṭīni

51:34

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝٣٤

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Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton

musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil'mus'rifīn

51:35

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِیهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٣٥

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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

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But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah)

famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytin mina l-mus'limīn

51:37

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِیهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ لِّلَّذِینَ یَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ ۝٣٧

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And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom

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 in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant

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 withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman

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 flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate

fa-akhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī l-yami wahuwa mulīmu

51:41

وَفِی عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلرِّیحَ ٱلۡعَقِیمَ ۝٤١

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And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them

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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It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust

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 in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile

wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīni

51:44

فَعَتَوۡا۟ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ یَنظُرُونَ ۝٤٤

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But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed

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 unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves

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 folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk

waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn

51:47

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءَ بَنَیۡنَـٰهَا بِأَیۡی۟دࣲ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ۝٤٧

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We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof)

wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūn

51:48

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَـٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَـٰهِدُونَ ۝٤٨

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And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)

wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūn

51:49

وَمِن كُلِّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَیۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٩

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And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect

wamin kulli shayin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūn

51:50

فَفِرُّوۤا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّی لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝٥٠

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Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto 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

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And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto 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

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Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard 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

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Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk

atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūn

51:54

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِمَلُومࣲ ۝٥٤

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So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy

fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūmi

51:55

وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٥٥

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And warn, for warning profiteth 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 created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship 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 seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask 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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Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might

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

51:59

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبࣰا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَـٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا یَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ۝٥٩

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day)

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

51:60

فَوَیۡلࣱ لِّلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن یَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ ۝٦٠

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised

fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu alladhī yūʿadūn

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

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