Surah Az-Zariyat — The Winnowing Winds

وَالذّٰرِيٰتِ ذَرْوًاۙ

Waż-żāriyāti żarwā(n).

By the [winds] scattering [dust], dispersing [it]

فَالْحٰمِلٰتِ وِقْرًاۙ

Fal-ḥāmilāti wiqrā(n).

And the [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

فَالْجٰرِيٰتِ يُسْرًاۙ

Fal-jāriyāti yusrā(n).

And the ships sailing with ease

فَالْمُقَسِّمٰتِ اَمْرًاۙ

Fal-muqassimāti amrā(n).

And the [angels] apportioning [each] matter,

اِنَّمَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ لَصَادِقٌۙ

Innamā tū‘adūna laṣādiq(un).

Indeed, what you are promised is true.

وَّاِنَّ الدِّيْنَ لَوَاقِعٌۗ

Wa innad-dīna lawāqi‘(un).

And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

وَالسَّمَاۤءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِۙ

Was-samā'i żātil-ḥubuk(i).

By the heaven containing pathways,

اِنَّكُمْ لَفِيْ قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍۙ

Innakum lafī qaulim mukhtalif(in).

Indeed, you are in differing speech.

يُّؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ اُفِكَۗ

Yu'faku ‘anhu man ufik(a).

Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.

قُتِلَ الْخَرَّاصُوْنَۙ

Qutilal-kharrāṣūn(a).

Destroyed are the misinformers

الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ فِيْ غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُوْنَۙ

Allażīna hum fī gamratin sāhūn(a).

Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.

يَسْـَٔلُوْنَ اَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّيْنِۗ

Yas'alūna ayyāna yaumud-dīn(i).

They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"

يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ يُفْتَنُوْنَ

Yauma hum ‘alan-nāri yuftanūn(a).

[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire.

ذُوْقُوْا فِتْنَتَكُمْۗ هٰذَا الَّذِيْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ

Żūqū fitnatakum, hāżal-lażī kuntum bihī tasta‘jilūn(a).

[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۙ

Innal-muttaqīna fī jannātiw wa ‘uyūn(in).

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,

اٰخِذِيْنَ مَآ اٰتٰىهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِيْنَۗ

Ākhiżīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum, innahum kānū qabla żālika muḥsinīn(a).

Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

كَانُوْا قَلِيْلًا مِّنَ الَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُوْنَ

Kānū qalīlam minal-laili mā yahja‘ūn(a).

They used to sleep but little of the night,

وَبِالْاَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوْنَ

Wa bil-asḥāri hum yastagfirūn(a).

And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

وَفِيْٓ اَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَالْمَحْرُوْمِ

Wa fī amwālihim ḥaqqul lis-sā'ili wal-maḥrūm(i).

And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.

وَفِى الْاَرْضِ اٰيٰتٌ لِّلْمُوْقِنِيْنَۙ

Wa fil-arḍi āyātul lil-mūqinīn(a).

And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

وَفِيْٓ اَنْفُسِكُمْ ۗ اَفَلَا تُبْصِرُوْنَ

Wa fī anfusikum, afalā tubṣirūn(a).

And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

وَفِى السَّمَاۤءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ

Wa fis-samā'i rizqukum wa mā tū‘adūn(a).

And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.

فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاۤءِ وَالْاَرْضِ اِنَّهٗ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ اَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُوْنَ ࣖ

Fa wa rabbis-samā'i wal-arḍi innahū laḥaqqum miṡla mā annakum tanṭiqūn(a).

Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.

هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيْثُ ضَيْفِ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ الْمُكْرَمِيْنَۘ

Hal atāka ḥadīṡu ḍaifi ibrāhīmal-mukramīn(a).

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

اِذْ دَخَلُوْا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوْا سَلٰمًا ۗقَالَ سَلٰمٌۚ قَوْمٌ مُّنْكَرُوْنَ

Iż dakhalū ‘alaihi fa qālū salāmā(n), qāla salām(un), qaumum munkarūn(a).

When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."

فَرَاغَ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِهٖ فَجَاۤءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِيْنٍۙ

Farāga ilā ahlihī fa jā'a bi‘ijlin samīn(in).

Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf.

فَقَرَّبَهٗٓ اِلَيْهِمْۚ قَالَ اَلَا تَأْكُلُوْنَ

Fa qarrabahū ilaihim, qāla alā ta'kulūn(a).

And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"

فَاَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيْفَةً ۗقَالُوْا لَا تَخَفْۗ وَبَشَّرُوْهُ بِغُلٰمٍ عَلِيْمٍ

Fa aujasa minhum khīfah(tan), qālū lā takhaf, wa basysyarūhu bigulāmin ‘alīm(in).

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

فَاَقْبَلَتِ امْرَاَتُهٗ فِيْ صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوْزٌ عَقِيْمٌ

Fa aqbalatimra'atuhū fī ṣarratin fa ṣakkat wajhahā wa qālat ‘ajūzun ‘aqīm(un).

And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

قَالُوْا كَذٰلِكِۙ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۗاِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْحَكِيْمُ الْعَلِيْمُ ۔

Qālū każālik(i), qāla rabbuk(i), innahū huwal-ḥakīmul-‘alīm(u).

They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ اَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُوْنَۚ

Qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhal-mursalūn(a).

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

قَالُوْآ اِنَّآ اُرْسِلْنَآ اِلٰى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِيْنَۙ

Qālū innā ursilnā ilā qaumim mujrimīn(a).

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

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّنْ طِيْنٍۙ

Linursila ‘alaihim ḥijāratam min ṭīn(in).

To send down upon them stones of clay,

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِيْنَ

Musawwamatan ‘inda rabbika lil-musrifīn(a).

Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

فَاَخْرَجْنَا مَنْ كَانَ فِيْهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَۚ

Fa akhrajnā man kāna fīhā minal-mu'minīn(a).

So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيْهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَۚ

Famā wajadnā fīhā gaira baitim minal-muslimīn(a).

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

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيْهَآ اٰيَةً لِّلَّذِيْنَ يَخَافُوْنَ الْعَذَابَ الْاَلِيْمَۗ

Wa taraknā fīhā āyatal lil-lażīna yakhāfūnal-‘ażābal-alīm(a).

And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

وَفِيْ مُوْسٰىٓ اِذْ اَرْسَلْنٰهُ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍ

Wa fī mūsā iż arsalnāhu ilā fir‘auna bisulṭānim mubīn(in).

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

فَتَوَلّٰى بِرُكْنِهٖ وَقَالَ سٰحِرٌ اَوْ مَجْنُوْنٌ

Fa tawallā biruknihī wa qāla sāḥirun au majnūn(un).

But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."

فَاَخَذْنٰهُ وَجُنُوْدَهٗ فَنَبَذْنٰهُمْ فِى الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيْمٌۗ

Fa akhażnāhu wa junūdahū fanabażnāhum fil-yammi wa huwa mulīm(un).

So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

وَفِيْ عَادٍ اِذْ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيْحَ الْعَقِيْمَۚ

Wa fī ‘ādin iż arsalnā ‘alaihimur-rīḥal-‘aqīm(a).

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

مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ اِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيْمِۗ

Mā tażaru min syai'in atat ‘alaihi illā ja‘alathu kar-ramīm(i).

It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

وَفِيْ ثَمُوْدَ اِذْ قِيْلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوْا حَتّٰى حِيْنٍ

Wa fī ṡamūda iż qīla lahum tamatta‘ū ḥattā ḥīn(in).

And in Thamūd, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

فَعَتَوْا عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُوْنَ

Fa‘atau ‘an amri rabbihim fa akhażathumuṣ-ṣā‘iqatu wa hum yanẓurūn(a).

But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوْا مِنْ قِيَامٍ وَّمَا كَانُوْا مُنْتَصِرِيْنَۙ

Famastaṭā‘ū min qiyāmiw wa mā kānū muntaṣirīn(a).

And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُ ۗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا فٰسِقِيْنَ ࣖ

Wa qauma nūḥim min qabl(u), innahum kānū qauman fāsiqīn(a).

And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

وَالسَّمَاۤءَ بَنَيْنٰهَا بِاَيْىدٍ وَّاِنَّا لَمُوْسِعُوْنَ

Was-samā'a banaināhā bi'aidiw wa innā lamūsi‘ūn(a).

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

وَالْاَرْضَ فَرَشْنٰهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمٰهِدُوْنَ

Wal-arḍa farasynāhā fa ni‘mal-māhidūn(a).

And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.

وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُوْنَ

Wa min kulli syai'in khalaqnā zaujaini la‘allakum tażakkarūn(a).

And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.

فَفِرُّوْٓا اِلَى اللّٰهِ ۗاِنِّيْ لَكُمْ مِّنْهُ نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌۚ

Fa firrū ilallāh(i), innī lakum minhu nażīrum mubīn(un).

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

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوْا مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَۗ اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ مِّنْهُ نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ

Wa lā taj‘alū ma‘allāhi ilāhan ākhar(a), innī lakum minhu nażīrum mubīn(un).

And do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

كَذٰلِكَ مَآ اَتَى الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِّنْ رَّسُوْلٍ اِلَّا قَالُوْا سَاحِرٌ اَوْ مَجْنُوْنٌ

Każālika mā atal-lażīna min qablihim mir rasūlin illā qālū sāḥirun au majnūn(un).

Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

اَتَوَاصَوْا بِهٖۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُوْنَۚ

Atawāṣau bih(ī), bal hum qaumun ṭāgūn(a).

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

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ اَنْتَ بِمَلُوْمٍ

Fa tawalla ‘anhum famā anta bimalūm(in).

So leave them, [O Muḥammad], for you are not to be blamed.

وَذَكِّرْ فَاِنَّ الذِّكْرٰى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ

Wa żakkir fa innaż-żikra tanfa‘ul-mu'minīn(a).

And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْاِنْسَ اِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوْنِ

Wa mā khalaqtul-jinna wal-insa illā liya‘budūn(i).

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

مَآ اُرِيْدُ مِنْهُمْ مِّنْ رِّزْقٍ وَّمَآ اُرِيْدُ اَنْ يُّطْعِمُوْنِ

Mā urīdu minhum mir rizqiw wa mā urīdu ay yuṭ‘imūn(i).

I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِيْنُ

Innallāha huwar-razzāqu żul-quwwatil-matīn(u).

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

فَاِنَّ لِلَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا ذَنُوْبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوْبِ اَصْحٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُوْنِ

Fa inna lil-lażīna ẓalamū żanūbam miṡla żanūbi aṣḥābihim falā yasta‘jilūn(i).

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 لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنْ يَّوْمِهِمُ الَّذِيْ يُوْعَدُوْنَ ࣖ

Fa wailul lil-lażīna kafarū miy yaumihimul-lażī yū‘adūn(a).

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