The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers — Munir Mezyed Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Falsehood is doomed

وَٱلذَّ ٰرِیَـٰتِ ذَرۡوࣰا ۝١

By those (winds) that circulate dust!

wal-dhāriyāti dharwa

فَٱلۡحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقۡرࣰا ۝٢

Then those (clouds) that carry the burden,

fal-ḥāmilāti wiq'ra

فَٱلۡجَـٰرِیَـٰتِ یُسۡرࣰا ۝٣

Then those (ships) that glide smoothly (upon the sea),

fal-jāriyāti yus'ra

فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمۡرًا ۝٤

Then those (‘Angels’ who) distribute (blessings) by Our Command,

fal-muqasimāti amra

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقࣱ ۝٥

Indeed, what you are promised is true,

innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiqu

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّینَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٦

And the ‘Day of Judgment’ is absolutely inevitable.

wa-inna l-dīna lawāqiʿu

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ ۝٧

By the heavens with its beauty and (numerous) pathways,

wal-samāi dhāti l-ḥubuk

إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِی قَوۡلࣲ مُّخۡتَلِفࣲ ۝٨

Indeed, you have different views over (‘Muhammad’ & the ‘Qur’ān’).

innakum lafī qawlin mukh'talifi

یُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ ۝٩

He who is turned away from (the ‘Qur’ān’) is decreed to be turned away.

yu'faku ʿanhu man ufik

قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّ ٰصُونَ ۝١٠

Curse be upon the liars!

qutila l-kharāṣūn

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی غَمۡرَةࣲ سَاهُونَ ۝١١

Who are wasting life in doubts

alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūn

یَسۡءَلُونَ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلدِّینِ ۝١٢

They ask: "When will be the ‘Day of Judgment’?"

yasalūna ayyāna yawmu l-dīn

یَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ یُفۡتَنُونَ ۝١٣

(It will be) the day when they will be punished by the Fire.

yawma hum ʿalā l-nāri yuf'tanūn

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِی كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ۝١٤

(It will be said unto them): “Taste your penalization! This is what you used to ask to be hastened.”

dhūqū fit'natakum hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi tastaʿjilūn

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ۝١٥

Indeed, the ‘Pious’ will dwell in (Great) Gardens and water springs,

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūni

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

Receiving what their Lord gives them. They were benefactors aforetime.

ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥ'sinīn

كَانُوا۟ قَلِیلࣰا مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ مَا یَهۡجَعُونَ ۝١٧

They used to sleep but a little of the night,

kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūn

وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ یَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ۝١٨

And to ask for forgiveness in the early morning,

wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūn

وَفِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ۝١٩

While in their wealth, there was a due share for the beggar and for the needy.

wafī amwālihim ḥaqqun lilssāili wal-maḥrūm

وَفِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَایَـٰتࣱ لِّلۡمُوقِنِینَ ۝٢٠

On the earth are signs (of Allâh’s power & glory) for those who have a definite faith.

wafī l-arḍi āyātun lil'mūqinīn

وَفِیۤ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٢١

And also in your own selves. Do you not see?

wafī anfusikum afalā tub'ṣirūn

وَفِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ۝٢٢

In the heavens is your livelihood and that which you are promised.

wafī l-samāi riz'qukum wamā tūʿadūn

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقࣱّ مِّثۡلَ مَاۤ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ ۝٢٣

Therefore, by the Lord of the heavens and earth, this is definitely the Truth, just as it is true that you speak.

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 anecdote of the honorable guests of ‘Abraham’ reached you?

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

إِذۡ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَیۡهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمࣰاۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمࣱ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ ۝٢٥

When they came to him, they said: "Peace". He said, "Peace to you, strangers!"

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūn

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَاۤءَ بِعِجۡلࣲ سَمِینࣲ ۝٢٦

Then he went quietly to his household and brought a fat (roasted) calf.

farāgha ilā ahlihi fajāa biʿij'lin samīni

فَقَرَّبَهُۥۤ إِلَیۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ۝٢٧

He placed it before them. Then he said: "Will you not eat?"

faqarrabahu ilayhim qāla alā takulūn

فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِیفَةࣰۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِیمࣲ ۝٢٨

He felt afraid of them. They said: “Do not be afraid," and then gave him the joyful news of a boy possessing knowledge.

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

فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِی صَرَّةࣲ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِیمࣱ ۝٢٩

Then his wife came forward, wailing, slapping her face and saying: “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: “This is what your Lord said. Indeed, 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 said: "What is your mission, O' messengers?"

qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūn

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّاۤ أُرۡسِلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِینَ ۝٣٢

They said: "We have been sent to a folk of ungodly sinners

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

لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن طِینࣲ ۝٣٣

To strike them with stones of baked clay,

linur'sila ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min ṭīni

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝٣٤

Marked by your Lord for the prodigal ones.”

musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil'mus'rifīn

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِیهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٣٥

Thus, We brought out from therein the monotheistic believers.

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

فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِیهَا غَیۡرَ بَیۡتࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِینَ ۝٣٦

But We did not find therein except for one house of those who submitted (themselves to the will of Allâh)

famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytin mina l-mus'limīn

وَتَرَكۡنَا فِیهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ لِّلَّذِینَ یَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِیمَ ۝٣٧

We left behind therein a portent 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

In ‘Moses’ (too, there is a lesson) when We sent him to ‘Pharaoh’ with evident authority.

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

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونࣱ ۝٣٩

But he turned away in arrogance, and said: “He is either a magician or a lunatic."

fatawallā biruk'nihi waqāla sāḥirun aw majnūnu

فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡیَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِیمࣱ ۝٤٠

Thus, We seized him and his soldiers, and threw them into the sea, as he was the one to be blamed.

fa-akhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī l-yami wahuwa mulīmu

وَفِی عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلرِّیحَ ٱلۡعَقِیمَ ۝٤١

In (the tribe of) 'Aad’ (there is also a lesson) when We sent upon them the barren wind.

wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīm

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَیۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَیۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِیمِ ۝٤٢

It spared nothing that reached it, but made it like a rotten bone.

mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīm

وَفِی ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِیلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِینࣲ ۝٤٣

In (the tribe of) ‘Thamūd’ (there is also a lesson) when they were told, "Enjoy yourselves for a while!"

wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīni

فَعَتَوۡا۟ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ یَنظُرُونَ ۝٤٤

They rebelled against the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt overtook them while they were looking.

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

فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِیَامࣲ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِینَ ۝٤٥

Thus, they were not able to rise up, or to help their own selves.

famā is'taṭāʿū min qiyāmin wamā kānū muntaṣirīn

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَوۡمࣰا فَـٰسِقِینَ ۝٤٦

(There is also a lesson) in the folk of ‘Noah’ before them. They were a folk of debauchees walking in the path of disobedience.

waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn

3 Judgment is sure

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءَ بَنَیۡنَـٰهَا بِأَیۡی۟دࣲ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ۝٤٧

The heavens, We have built with Our Hands. Indeed, We will continue to expand it.

wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūn

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَـٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَـٰهِدُونَ ۝٤٨

The earth, We have spread it out. How brilliantly We do spread out!

wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūn

وَمِن كُلِّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَیۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٩

Of everything, We have created pairs so that you may ruminate (on the sovereignty of Allâh).

wamin kulli shayin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūn

فَفِرُّوۤا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّی لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝٥٠

(O’ ‘Muhammad’, say unto them): “Seek refuge in Allâh! Truly I am a perspicuous warner to you from Him.

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

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

Set not up any other god along with Allâh. Indeed, I am just a perspicuous warner to you 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

Similarly, no ‘Messenger’ came to those before them, but they said: “He is either a magician or a lunatic."

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

أَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ ۝٥٣

Did they transmit this saying to each other? Nay, they are really cruel and oppressive people.

atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūn

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِمَلُومࣲ ۝٥٤

Thus, turn away from them and you will not be blamed (for that).

fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūmi

وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٥٥

keep on reminding, Surely such a reminder will eventfully profit those who placed their faith in Allâh.

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

وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِیَعۡبُدُونِ ۝٥٦

I have created not the jinn and the mankind except that they should worship (& venerate) Me.

wamā khalaqtu l-jina wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūn

مَاۤ أُرِیدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقࣲ وَمَاۤ أُرِیدُ أَن یُطۡعِمُونِ ۝٥٧

I desire no livelihood from them, nor do I desire that they should feed Me.

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

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِینُ ۝٥٨

Indeed, Allâh is the All-Provider, the Lord of all power, the Potent.

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

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبࣰا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَـٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا یَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ۝٥٩

Indeed, the dreadful end of those who keep on sinning will be like the end of those who lived before them. Thus, let them not ask Me to hasten on.

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

فَوَیۡلࣱ لِّلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن یَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ ۝٦٠

Then, woe unto those who excessively indulge in disbelief (in Allâh) because of their day which they are threatened with.

fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu alladhī yūʿadūn

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