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Surah Adh-Dhariyat ( The Wind that Scatter ) - Aya count 60
وَالذَّارِيَاتِ ذَرْوًا
( 1 ) 
Consider those who scatter broadcast. (Individuals and communities that spread the Divine Word.)
فَالْحَامِلَاتِ وِقْرًا
( 2 ) And those who carry a great burden of responsibility.
فَالْجَارِيَاتِ يُسْرًا
( 3 ) And those who glide gently (toward success).
فَالْمُقَسِّمَاتِ أَمْرًا
( 4 ) And those who share the Command.
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ
( 5 ) Behold, what you are promised will come to pass. (The Qur'an will prevail (9:33)).
وَإِنَّ الدِّينَ لَوَاقِعٌ
( 6 ) And verily, the Divine System will be established.
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ
( 7 ) Witness is the sky with starry orbits.
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِي قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ
( 8 ) Behold, it is you humans who deviate from your course.
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
( 9 ) Wanders in the wilderness of thought he who wills to wander.
قُتِلَ الْخَرَّاصُونَ
( 10 ) Belittle themselves those who live by guesswork.
الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ
( 11 ) They know not that they know not.
يَسْأَلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
( 12 ) They ask mockingly, "When is the Day of Judgment coming?"
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
( 13 ) It is the Day when they are tried at the Fire.
ذُوقُوا فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
( 14 ) Taste the trial that you brought upon yourselves. This is what you asked to hasten.
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
( 15 ) Behold, in the midst of Gardens and springs are those who walked aright.
آخِذِينَ مَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
( 16 ) Enjoying all that their Lord grants them, for, behold, aforetime they used to benefit others.
كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
( 17 ) And rarely did they fall asleep at night without reflection. ('Haju' = Fall asleep instantly like an exhausted horse).
وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
( 18 ) And heartily sought to be guarded against their imperfections. ('Sahr' = Morning = Core of the heart (Lisanal Arab). 'Ghafarah' = Helmet = Guarding).
وَفِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
( 19 ) And in their wealth was the Divine Right of the requester and the deprived (6:142).
وَفِي الْأَرْضِ آيَاتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ
( 20 ) And in the earth are signs for those who wish to attain conviction. (And its resources must remain open for all (15:20), (41:10), (55:11-12)).
وَفِي أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
( 21 ) And also in yourselves, your individual psyche and soma, your folk and the unity in diversity among your human communities. Can you not then use your inner vision? ('Anfusikum' entails all the meanings rendered here).
وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
( 22 ) And in the heaven is all your providence and all that you are promised. (It is the Divine Laws that bestow upon you your physical and mental needs and promise you the just reward of your actions).
فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ
( 23 ) And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, all that which is being said is as Real as your speaking to one another.
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ
( 24 ) And (as a historical evidence) has the story of Abraham's honored guests reached you?
إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَامٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
( 25 ) When they visited him greeting him with "Peace!" He answered, "Peace to you strangers!"
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ فَجَاءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ
( 26 ) Then he went quietly to his household, and brought forth a well-bred roasted calf.
فَقَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
( 27 ) And placed it before them, saying, "Will you not eat?"
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ
( 28 ) Then he felt apprehensive of them. They said, "Fear not!" And gave him the glad news of a son who would be endowed with knowledge. (Abraham was concerned, since people with aggressive designs used to refuse hospitality. But they were hurrying to Sodom (11:69-76), (15:50-55), (26:69), (29:31)).
فَأَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
( 29 ) Then his wife came forward with a loud cry and struck her face in astonishment and said, "An old barren woman!"
قَالُوا كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ
( 30 ) They said, "Thus it is. Your Lord has so decreed. Behold, He, He alone is all-Wise, all-Knowing."
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ
( 31 ) Abraham said, "And now what is your task, O Messengers!"
قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
( 32 ) They replied, "Behold, We have been sent to a guilty folk who violate human rights.
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ
( 33 ) That we may herald upon them a shower of hardened stones.
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
( 34 ) Marked out by your Lord for those who have wasted their own 'Self'."
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
( 35 ) We then brought forth safe all believers that were in town.
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
( 36 ) But We found therein none but one Muslim household!
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَا آيَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ
( 37 ) And so We left therein a Sign for those who fear a painful consequence (of their actions).
وَفِي مُوسَىٰ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
( 38 ) And in Moses too! Behold, We sent him to Pharaoh with a clear authority.
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِ وَقَالَ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
( 39 ) But he turned away in the pride of his might and said, "A wizard or a madman!"
فَأَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
( 40 ) So We seized him and his troops, and flung them in the sea, and he was blameworthy.
وَفِي عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ
( 41 ) And in Aad! When We sent upon them the devastating wind.
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ
( 42 ) It spared nothing that it blew on and smashed it to dust.
وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
( 43 ) And in Thamud! Behold, they were told, "Enjoy life for a little while."
فَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
( 44 ) But they defied their Lord's Commandment. Whereupon the thunder seized them while they looked on.
فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنتَصِرِينَ
( 45 ) And they were unable even to rise up and could not help themselves a bit.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ
( 46 ) And the people of Noah aforetime! Behold, they were a folk who drifted away from the Truth.
وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
( 47 ) And it is We Who have built the Universe, and behold, We are steadily expanding it.
وَالْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَاهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمَاهِدُونَ
( 48 ) And We have spread out the earth, and how excellent a Spreader We are!
وَمِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
( 49 ) And all things We created in pairs and in opposites (such that one complements the other). This system has cause for you to reflect.
فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
( 50 ) (Say), "Hence, Rush unto Allah! Behold, I am a plain Warner unto you from Him." (To emphasize the urgency to do good in this unpredictable human life, the word 'say' in this verse is merged within 'Fafirru' = So, flee = Therefore, rush = Hence, go forth now).
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
( 51 ) And set up no god or Authority along with Allah. Behold, I am a plain Warner unto you from Him.
كَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
( 52 ) But, thus it is. No Messenger came to those before their time, but they said, "A wizard or a madman!"
أَتَوَاصَوْا بِهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
( 53 ) Have they handed down this (behavior) as a last will from one to another? Nay, but they have been folk who wished to live without moral bounds.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَا أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ
( 54 ) Turn, then, away from them, and you shall not be blameworthy.
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
( 55 ) Yet continue reminding, for, verily, the believers will benefit from it and gain eminence.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
( 56 ) And I have not created the nomads or the urban but to consciously and willingly live by My Laws. ('Ibadah', usually translated, as worship is better applicable in that sense to idol-worship. And since the Qur'an consistently promotes action over ritual, 'Ibadah' of Allah is better understood as serving Him by serving His creation. That is in conformity with my rendering, 'consciously and willingly live by --').
مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
( 57 ) No sustenance do I ever require of them, nor do I ask that they feed Me.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ
( 58 ) Verily, Allah! He it is Who is the Provider, the Lord of Might, Invincible.
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
( 59 ) And behold, the violators of human rights trail behind in humanity as their comrades did in the past. So they should not ask Me to hasten their full recompense.
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن يَوْمِهِمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
( 60 ) Then, anguish awaits the deniers of the Truth - anguish from that Day of theirs which they have been promised.
