Surah Adh-Dhariyat

الذاريات

Full text, transliteration, translation and color-coded tajweed

60 verses
Meccan
Juz 26 to 27
Pages 520 to 523
8 min 55 s to listen
293 tajweed rules

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360 words
Order of revelation: 67

Adh-Dhariyat (الذاريات) is surah 51 of the Quran: Meccan, 60 verses, from juz 26 to 27, pages 520 to 523 of the Madani Mushaf. Listening takes 8 min 55 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation. Here is the full text of Adh-Dhariyat with color-coded tajweed, transliteration, translation of the meaning and an explanation of each verse.

The full text of Adh-Dhariyat

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا ﴿١﴾

wadh-dhāriyāti dharwā

By the [winds] scattering [dust], dispersing [it]
فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًا ﴿٢﴾

fal-ḥāmilāti wiqrā

And the [clouds] carrying a load [of water]
فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًا ﴿٣﴾

fal-jāriyāti yusrā

And the ships sailing with ease
فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا ﴿٤﴾

fal-muqassimāti 'amrā

And the [angels] apportioning [each] matter,
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ ﴿٥﴾

innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiq

Indeed, what you are promised is true.
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ﴿٦﴾

wa'inna d-dīna lawāqiʿ

And indeed, the recompense is to occur.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ ﴿٧﴾

was-samā'i dhāti l-ḥubuk

By the heaven containing pathways,

Explained as tracks, layers or orbits.
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ ﴿٨﴾

innakum lafī qawlim mukhtalif

Indeed, you are in differing speech.

About Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) and the Qur’ān.
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ﴿٩﴾

yu'faku ʿanhu man 'ufik

Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.
قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

qutila l-kharrāṣūn

Destroyed are the misinformers

Or "May they be destroyed" or "cursed."
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ ﴿١١﴾

alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūn

Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١٢﴾

yas'alūna 'ayyāna yawmu d-dīn

They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

yawma hum ʿala n-nāri yuftanūn

[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire
ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

dhūqū fitnatakum hādha lladhī kuntum bihī tastaʿjilūn

[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿١٥﴾

inna l-muttaqīna fī jannātiw waʿuyūn

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

ākhidhīna mā 'ātāhum rabbuhum | innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥsinīn

Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

kānū qalīlam mina llayli mā yahjaʿūn

They used to sleep but little of the night,

i.e., spending a portion of the night in prayer and supplication.
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ﴿١٨﴾

wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūn

And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ﴿١٩﴾

wafī 'amwālihim ḥaqqul lis-sā'ili wal-maḥrūm

And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ ﴿٢٠﴾

wafi l-arḍi 'āyātul lil-mūqinīn

And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

wafī 'anfusikum | afalā tubṣirūn

And in yourselves. Then will you not see?
وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

wafi s-samā'i rizqukum wamā tūʿadūn

And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

fawarabbi s-samā'i wal-arḍi 'innahū laḥaqqum mithla mā 'annakum tanṭiqūn

Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾

hal 'atāka ḥadīthu ḍayfi 'ibrāhīma l-mukramīn

Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -

Who were angels given honored positions by Allāh.
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāmā | qāla salāmun qawmum munkarūn

When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ ﴿٢٦﴾

farāgha 'ilā 'ahlihī fajā'a biʿijlin samīn

Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf.
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

faqarrabahū 'ilayhim qāla 'alā ta'kulūn

And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ ﴿٢٨﴾

fa'awjasa minhum khīfah | qālū lā takhaf | wabashsharūhu bighulāmin ʿalīm

And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.

See footnote to 11:70.
فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ ﴿٢٩﴾

fa'aqbalati mra'atuhū fī ṣarratin faṣakkat wajhahā waqālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīm

And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٣٠﴾

qālū kadhāliki qāla rabbuk | innahū huwa l-ḥakīmu l-ʿalīm

They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."
۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

qāla famā khaṭbukum 'ayyuha l-mursalūn

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾

qālū 'innā 'ursilnā 'ilā qawmim mujrimīn

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

i.e., those who defied Lot (upon him be peace).
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ ﴿٣٣﴾

linursila ʿalayhim ḥijāratam min ṭīn

To send down upon them stones of clay,
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil-musrifīn

Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾

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

So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾

famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytim mina l-muslimīn

And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.

i.e., Lot and his family, excepting his wife.
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ﴿٣٧﴾

wataraknā fīhā 'āyatal lilladhīna yakhāfūna l-ʿadhāba l-alīm

And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٨﴾

wafī mūsā 'idh 'arsalnāhu 'ilā firʿawna bisulṭānim mubīn

And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

i.e., evidences.
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ﴿٣٩﴾

fatawallā biruknihī waqāla sāḥirun 'aw majnūn

But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ﴿٤٠﴾

fa'akhadhnāhu wajunūdahū fanabadhnāhum fi l-yammi wahuwa mulīm

So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.
وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ ﴿٤١﴾

wafī ʿādin 'idh 'arsalnā ʿalayhimu r-rīḥa l-ʿaqīm

And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.

Barren of any benefit, i.e., evil.
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ ﴿٤٢﴾

mā tadharu min shay'in 'atat ʿalayhi 'illā jaʿalat-hu kar-ramīm

It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ﴿٤٣﴾

wafī thamūda 'idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīn

And in Thamūd, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."
فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

faʿataw ʿan 'amri rabbihim fa'akhadhat-humu ṣ-ṣāʿiqatu wahum yanẓurūn

But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

fama staṭāʿū min qiyāmiw wamā kānū muntaṣirīn

And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

waqawma nūḥim min qabl | innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn

And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

was-samā'a banaynāhā bi'aydiw wa'innā lamūsiʿūn

And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

Literally, "hands."
وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿma l-māhidūn

And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.
وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾

wamin kulli shay'in khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūn

And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.
فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٥٠﴾

fafirrū 'ila llāh | innī lakum minhu nadhīrum mubīn

So flee to Allāh. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

i.e., turn to Allāh and take refuge in Him from disbelief and sin, thereby escaping His punishment.
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٥١﴾

walā tajʿalū maʿa llāhi 'ilāhan 'ākhar | innī lakum minhu nadhīrum mubīn

And do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ﴿٥٢﴾

kadhālika mā 'ata lladhīna min qablihim mir rasūlin 'illā qālū sāḥirun 'aw majnūn

Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

atawāṣaw bih | bal hum qawmun ṭāghūn

Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

i.e., Did the former disbelievers pass on these words to the Makkans so that they repeat the same expressions?
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ ﴿٥٤﴾

fatawalla ʿanhum famā 'anta bimalūm

So leave them, [O Muḥammad], for you are not to be blamed.
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾

wadhakkir fa'inna dh-dhikrā tanfaʿu l-mu'minīn

And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ ﴿٥٦﴾

wamā khalaqtu l-jinna wal-insa 'illā liyaʿbudūn

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ ﴿٥٧﴾

mā 'urīdu minhum mir rizqiw wamā 'urīdu 'ay yuṭʿimūn

I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ ﴿٥٨﴾

inna llāha huwa r-razzāqu dhu l-quwwati l-matīn

Indeed, it is Allāh who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.

Providing everything required by His creations during their decreed existence. His provision includes guidance.
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ﴿٥٩﴾

fa'inna lilladhīna ẓalamū dhanūbam mithla dhanūbi 'aṣḥābihim falā yastaʿjilūn

And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their companions [i.e., predecessors], so let them not impatiently urge Me.
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٦٠﴾

fawaylul lilladhīna kafarū miy yawmihimu lladhī yūʿadūn

And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.

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Tajweed in Adh-Dhariyat, by the numbers

The 293 color-coded rules of Adh-Dhariyat, from most to least frequent
Rule	Count	Examples
Madd at a stop	51	ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ51:10 سَاهُونَ51:11
Hamzat al-Wasl	49	وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ51:1 فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ51:2
Madd Tabee'ee	43	وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ51:1 فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ51:2
Ikhfa	25	غَمْرَةٍ51:11 كُنتُم51:14
Ghunnah	20	إِنَّمَا51:5 وَإِنَّ51:6
Qalqalah	20	وِقْرًا51:2 لَصَادِقٌ51:5
Unpronounced letter	20	ذُوقُوا۟51:14 كَانُوا۟51:16
Idgham with Ghunnah	18	قَوْلٍ51:8 جَنَّـٰتٍ51:15
Madd Munfasil	16	مَآ51:16 وَفِىٓ51:19
Lam Shamsiyyah	14	وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ51:1 ٱلدِّينَ51:6
Idgham without Ghunnah	6	حَقٌّ51:19 ءَايَـٰتٌ51:20
Madd Muttasil	6	وَٱلسَّمَآءِ51:7 لِّلسَّآئِلِ51:19
Idgham Shafawi	4	لَكُم51:50 قَبْلِهِم51:52
Ikhfa Shafawi	1	كُنتُم51:14

Surah Adh-Dhariyat tajweed, verse by verse

The meaning of Adh-Dhariyat, verse by verse

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51:1
Allah swears by the wind which scatter dust,
51:2
And by the clouds that carry plenty of water,
51:3
And the ships which sail in the sea with ease,
51:4
And by the angels which distribute the matters of the servants which Allah has ordered them to distribute.
51:5
The reckoning and reward which Allah promises you is true without doubt.
51:6
And the reckoning of the servants is going to occur on the day of judgment without doubt.
51:7
And Allah swears by the sky which has pathways.
51:8
O people of Makkah, you are in a contradicting and conflicting speech. Sometimes you say: The Qur’ān is magic, at times you say poetry. And you say: Muhammad is a magician at times, and sometimes that he is a poet.
51:9
Turned away from faith in the Qur’ān and the Prophet (peace be upon him) is he who he is turned away from it in Allah’s knowledge, due to His knowing that he will not believe, and so he is not enabled to be guided.
51:10
Cursed are these liars who said regarding the Qur’ān and their Prophet what they said.
51:11
Those who are in ignorance and absentminded of the abode of the afterlife, not caring about it.
51:12
They ask: “When is the day of reward?” whilst they do not work for it.
51:13
So Allah answers their question: the day they will be punished on the fire.
51:14
It will be said to them: “Taste your punishment. This is what you used to mockingly ask for quickly when you used to be warned of it”.
51:15
Those who are mindful of their Lord by carrying out His commands and refraining from His prohibitions will be in gardens and running springs on the day of judgment.
51:16
Taking the generous reward their Lord has given them. Before this generous reward, they used to do good in the world.
51:17
They used to pray at night, not sleeping except a little.
51:18
And at the time of morning they seek forgiveness from Allah for their sins.
51:19
And in their wealth is a right for the beggar amongst people and the one who does not ask out of shyness, and so people deprive him of charity.
51:20
And in the earth and the mountains, seas, rivers, trees, plants and animals that Allah has placed in them are proof of Allah’s power for those who have conviction that Allah is their Creator and Fashioner.
51:21
And in your own selves, O people, are proof of Allah’s power; do you not see to take lessons?
51:22
And in the heavens is your worldly and religious provision, and in it is the reward of this world and the afterlife you are promised.
51:23
By the Lord of the heavens and earth, the resurrection is true without any doubt, just as there is no doubt in your speech when you speak.
51:24
O Messenger, has the story of the guests of Abraham (peace be upon him) - the angels whom he honoured - come to you?
51:25
When they came to him and said, ٌ”Peace”. Abraham said in reply: “Peace”, and he said to himself: “These are people we do not recognise”.
51:26
Then he moved to his family secretly, then he brought from them a whole fat calf, thinking them to be humans.
51:27
He then put the calf close to them and addressed them softly: “Do you not eat the food presented to you?”
51:28
When they did not eat, he concealed his fear of them, but they understood this and said to him to put him at ease: “Do not fear. We are messengers from Allah”. And they informed him of what will please him, i.e., that he will have a son who will have a lot of knowledge. The one regarding whom glad tidings were given was Isaac (peace be upon him).
51:29
When his wife heard the glad tiding, she came screaming out of happiness and slapped her face, and said in surprise: “Will an old woman give birth when she is actually barren?”
51:30
The angels said to her: “What we have informed you of is what your Lord has said. And there is nobody to refute what he said. It is He who is Wise in His creating and decreeing, Knowing of His creation and what is in their interests”.
51:31
Abraham (peace be upon him) said to the angels: “What is you case? And what do you intend?”
51:32
The angels said in reply: “Allah has sent us to a criminal people who commit despicable sins.
51:33
So that I can send upon them stones of hard clay.
51:34
Marked in your Lord’s presence, O Abraham, and sent upon those who transgress the limits of Allah and who go to the extreme of disbelief and sins”.
51:35
So I took out whoever was in the city of the people of Lot from the believers, so that the punishment which will befall the criminals will not befall them.
51:36
But I did not find in their city besides one house of the Muslims, which was the household of Lot (peace be upon him).
51:37
And I left in the city of Lot signs of punishment which will show that punishment befell them, so that those who fear the painful punishment which afflicted them take lessons from it and then not do what they did
51:38
And in Moses, when I sent him to Pharaoh with clear miracles and proof, is a sign for the one who fears the painful punishment.
51:39
But Pharaoh turned away from the truth, and he said regarding Moses (peace be upon him): “He is a magician that does magic on people or a madman who says what he does not understand”.
51:40
So I seized him and all of his armies, then threw them in the sea, so they were drowned and destroyed. And Pharaoh will be held accountable for his blameworthy actions- denial of the message and his claim of divinity.
51:41
And in Ad, the people of Hud, is a sign for one who fears the painful punishment, when I sent upon them the wind which does not carry rain or pollinate trees, nor were there any blessings in it.
51:42
It did not leave any soul, wealth or anything else it came upon, except that it destroyed it and left it like scattered ruins.
51:43
And in Thamud, the people of Salih (peace be upon him), is a sign for the one who fears the painful punishment, when it was said to them: “Enjoy yourselves before your life comes to an end”.
51:44
But they were arrogant to the command of their Lord and they were haughty to faith and obedience, so the thunderbolt of punishment seized them whilst they were waiting it to come down, as they were promised punishment three days before it came.
51:45
So they were unable to repel the punishment that befell them nor did they have any power to defend themselves with.
51:46
And I destroyed the people of Noah through flooding before these who have been mentioned. They were a people who left the obedience of Allah, so they deserved His punishment.
51:47
And the sky I made and perfected its making with strength, and I am expanding its edges and expanding for My servants by increasing provision.
51:48
And the earth I made prepared for those who live on it, like a spread for them. How excellent a preparer I am when I prepared it for them.
51:49
And of everything I have created two types, like the male and female, sky and earth, and the land and sea, so that you remember the oneness of Allah who created two types of everything and you remember His power.
51:50
So flee from Allah’s punishment towards His reward, by obeying Him and not disobeying Him. I am a clear warner to you, O people, of His punishment.
51:51
And do not make alongside Allah another deity to worship besides Him. I am a clear warner to you.
51:52
Like the denial of the people of Makkah, the previous nations denied. No Messenger came to them from Allah except that they said regarding him: “He is a magician or a madman”.
51:53
Did the predecessors amongst the disbelievers and the latter amongst them bequest one another to deny the messengers? No, but rather their transgression has united them on this.
51:54
So turn away from these deniers, O Messenger, for you are not blameworthy, as you have conveyed to them what you were sent with towards them.
51:55
And do not let their turning away from you stop you from advising them and reminding them, so advise and remind them, as reminding is beneficial for those who bring faith in Allah.
51:56
And I did not create jinns and men except for My worship alone. I did not create them to make a partner for Me.
51:57
I do not want any provision off them nor do I want them to feed Me.
51:58
Allah is the Provider for His servants, all of them are in need of His provision, He is the Supreme-Lord, Every Mighty, nothing is outside His ability. All of the jinns and men submit to His power (may He be glorified).
51:59
Those who wronged themselves by denying you, O Messenger, have a share of the punishment, like the share of their companions before them, which has a fixed time period. So they should not ask Me to bring it quicker before its time.
51:60
So destruction and loss is for those who disbelieved in Allah and who denied His messengers, on their day, the Day of Judgment, in which they are being promised that the punishment will be sent upon them.

Frequently asked questions

How many verses are in Surah Adh-Dhariyat?

60 verses and 360 words. It starts in juz 26 and covers pages 520 to 523 of the Madani Mushaf.

Is Adh-Dhariyat Meccan or Medinan?

Meccan, according to the classification of the Madani Mushaf. In the order of revelation, it comes 67th.

How long does it take to listen to Adh-Dhariyat?

8 min 55 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation (al-Mushaf al-Mu'allim), which is slower than a usual recitation.

Which tajweed rules are in Adh-Dhariyat?

293 rules are color-coded on this page. The most frequent in Adh-Dhariyat: Madd at a stop (51), Hamzat al-Wasl (49) and Madd Tabee'ee (43).

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