Sura 51: Al-Dhãreyãt (Driver of the Winds) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[51:1] The blowing winds.

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِwal-dhāriyātiBy those raising winds / blowing winds,ذَرْوًاdharwandispersing / scattering. ﴿١﴾

[51:2] Bearing rain.

فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِfal-ḥāmilātiAnd those carryingوِقْرًاwiq'ranheaviness (rain). ﴿٢﴾

[51:3] Bringing provisions.

فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِfal-jāriyātiAnd those sailing / runningيُسْرًاyus'ran(with) ease / gains / prosper. ﴿٣﴾

[51:4] Distributing them as commanded.

فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِfal-muqasimātiAnd the distributors (of)أَمْرًاamrancommand. ﴿٤﴾

[51:5] What is promised to you will surely come to pass.

إِنَّمَاinnamāIndeed, whatتُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnayou [all] are promised (is)لَصَادِقٌlaṣādiqunsurely true / confirmed. ﴿٥﴾

[51:6] The Day of Judgment is inevitable.

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱلدِّينَl-dīnathe Judgmentلَوَٰقِعٌlawāqiʿun(is) surely to occur / inevitable. ﴿٦﴾

[51:7] Despite the perfectly created sky.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِwal-samāiAnd the heavenذَاتِdhāti[it] possessingٱلْحُبُكِl-ḥubukithe pathways / trails of stars / orbits. ﴿٧﴾

[51:8] You continue to dispute the truth.

إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you [all] (are)لَفِىlafīsurely inقَوْلٍqawlina speechمُّخْتَلِفٍmukh'talifindiffering / disputing. ﴿٨﴾

[51:9] Deviating therefrom are the deviators.

يُؤْفَكُyu'fakuHe (who) turns away / deviatesعَنْهُʿanhufrom it (is)مَنْman(he) whoأُفِكَufika[he] was deluded / deviators. ﴿٩﴾

[51:10] Woe to the falsifiers.

قُتِلَqutilaWoe toٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَl-kharāṣūnathe falsifiers / speculators. ﴿١٠﴾

[51:11] In their blundering, they are totally heedless.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoهُمْhumthey (are)فِىfīinغَمْرَةٍghamratinconfusion / flood (of)سَاهُونَsāhūnaheedless [ones]. ﴿١١﴾

[51:12] They question the Day of Judgment.

يَسْـَٔلُونَyasalūnaThey ask (questions)أَيَّانَayyāna"When (is)يَوْمُyawmu(the) Day (of)ٱلدِّينِl-dīni[the] Judgment?" ﴿١٢﴾

[51:13] The day they are presented to the fire.

يَوْمَyawmaA Day,هُمْhumtheyعَلَىʿalāoverٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fireيُفْتَنُونَyuf'tanūna[they] will be tested / put on trial, ﴿١٣﴾

[51:14] Taste the retribution; this is what you used to challenge.

ذُوقُوا۟dhūqū"Taste [you all]فِتْنَتَكُمْfit'natakumyour trial / retribution.هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] wereبِهِۦbihiin itتَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūna[you all] seek to challenge / hasten." ﴿١٤﴾

[51:15] The righteous have deserved gardens and springs.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous [ones]فِىfī(will be) inجَنَّـٰتٍjannātingardensوَعُيُونٍwaʿuyūninand springs. ﴿١٥﴾

[51:16] They receive their Lord's rewards, for they used to be pious.

ءَاخِذِينَākhidhīnaOnes takingمَآmāwhatءَاتَىٰهُمْātāhum[He] gave themرَبُّهُمْrabbuhumtheir Lord.إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, theyكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereقَبْلَqablabeforeذَٰلِكَdhālikathatمُحْسِنِينَmuḥ'sinīnagood-doers / pious [ones]. ﴿١٦﴾

[51:17] Rarely did they sleep the whole night.

كَانُوا۟kānūThey used toقَلِيلًاqalīlanlittleمِّنَminaofٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe nightمَاmāthatيَهْجَعُونَyahjaʿūna[they] sleep. ﴿١٧﴾

[51:18] At dawn, they prayed for forgiveness.

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِwabil-asḥāriAnd in the dawnهُمْhumtheyيَسْتَغْفِرُونَyastaghfirūna[they] ask forgiveness. ﴿١٨﴾

[51:19] A portion of their money was set aside for the beggar and the needy.

وَفِىٓwafīAnd inأَمْوَٰلِهِمْamwālihimtheir wealth / moneyحَقٌّḥaqqun(the) right / dueلِّلسَّآئِلِlilssāilifor the one who asks / beggarوَٱلْمَحْرُومِwal-maḥrūmiand the needy / deprived. ﴿١٩﴾

[51:20] The earth is full of signs for those who are certain.

وَفِىwafīAnd inٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth (are)ءَايَـٰتٌāyātunsignsلِّلْمُوقِنِينَlil'mūqinīnafor those who are certain. ﴿٢٠﴾

[51:21] And within yourselves; can you see?

وَفِىٓwafīAnd inأَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselves.أَفَلَاafalāThen will notتُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnayou [all] see? ﴿٢١﴾

[51:22] In the heaven is your provision, and everything that is promised to you.

وَفِىwafīAnd inٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven (is)رِزْقُكُمْriz'qukumyour provisionوَمَاwamāand whatتُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnayou [all] are promised. ﴿٢٢﴾

[51:23] By the Lord of the heaven and the earth, this is as true as the fact that you speak.

فَوَرَبِّfawarabbiThen by (the) Lord (of)ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavenوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed, it (is)لَحَقٌّlaḥaqqunsurely (the) truthمِّثْلَmith'la(just as) likeمَآmāthatأَنَّكُمْannakum[that] you [all]تَنطِقُونَtanṭiqūna[you all] speak. ﴿٢٣﴾

[51:24] Have you noted the history of Abraham's honorable guests?

هَلْhalHasأَتَىٰكَatāka[it] came to youحَدِيثُḥadīthu(the) history (of)ضَيْفِḍayfi(the) guests (of)إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamٱلْمُكْرَمِينَl-muk'ramīnathe honored [ones]? ﴿٢٤﴾

[51:25] They visited him, saying, "Peace." He said, "Peace to you, strangers!"

إِذْidhWhenدَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey enteredعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon it,فَقَالُوا۟faqālūand [they] said,سَلَـٰمًاsalāman"Peace."قَالَqālaHe said,سَلَـٰمٌsalāmun"Peace,قَوْمٌqawmuna peopleمُّنكَرُونَmunkarūnathose who are not recognized / unknown (strangers)." ﴿٢٥﴾

[51:26] He asked his family to prepare a fat calf.

فَرَاغَfarāghaThen he turnedإِلَىٰٓilātoأَهْلِهِۦahlihihis householdفَجَآءَfajāaand he cameبِعِجْلٍbiʿij'linwith a calfسَمِينٍsamīninfat. ﴿٢٦﴾

[51:27] When he offered it to them, he remarked, "Do you not eat?"

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓfaqarrabahuAnd he placed it nearإِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them,قَالَqālahe said,أَلَاalā"Do notتَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou [all] eat?" ﴿٢٧﴾

[51:28] He harbored fear of them. They said, "Have no fear," and they gave good news of a knowledgeable son.

فَأَوْجَسَfa-awjasaThen he felt / harboredمِنْهُمْmin'humfrom themخِيفَةًkhīfatana apprehension / suspicion / fear.قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,لَاlā"Notتَخَفْtakhafyou fear,"وَبَشَّرُوهُwabasharūhuand they gave him good newsبِغُلَـٰمٍbighulāminof a sonعَلِيمٍʿalīminlearned / knowledgeable. ﴿٢٨﴾

[51:29] His wife was astonished. Noting her wrinkled face: "I am a sterile old woman."

فَأَقْبَلَتِfa-aqbalatiThen [she] came forwardٱمْرَأَتُهُۥim'ra-atuhuhis wifeفِىfīwithصَرَّةٍṣarratingroaning / extremely embarrassed / astonished,فَصَكَّتْfaṣakkatand she struck / slappedوَجْهَهَاwajhahāher faceوَقَالَتْwaqālatand she said,عَجُوزٌʿajūzun"(I am) an old womanعَقِيمٌʿaqīmunbarren / sterile!" ﴿٢٩﴾

[51:30] They said, "Thus said your Lord. He is the Most Wise, the Omniscient."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,كَذَٰلِكِkadhāliki"Thusقَالَqāla[He] saidرَبُّكِrabbukiyour Lord.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, [He]هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise,ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient." ﴿٣٠﴾

[51:31] He said, "What are you up to, O messengers?"

قَالَqālaHe said,فَمَاfamā"Then what (is)خَطْبُكُمْkhaṭbukumyour declaration / matter / mission,أَيُّهَاayyuhāOٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūna[the] messengers?" ﴿٣١﴾

[51:32] They said, "We have been dispatched to criminal people.

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,إِنَّآinnā"Indeed, [we]أُرْسِلْنَآur'sil'nāwe were sentإِلَىٰilātoقَوْمٍqawmina peopleمُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals. ﴿٣٢﴾

[51:33] "We will shower them with rocks of clay.

لِنُرْسِلَlinur'sila"That we may send downعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon themحِجَارَةًḥijāratanrocksمِّنminofطِينٍṭīninclay. ﴿٣٣﴾

[51:34] "Marked by your Lord for the transgressors."

مُّسَوَّمَةًmusawwamatan"Markedعِندَʿindabyرَبِّكَrabbikayour Lordلِلْمُسْرِفِينَlil'mus'rifīnafor the transgressors." ﴿٣٤﴾

[51:35] We then delivered all the believers.

فَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnāThen we brought outمَنman(those) whoكَانَkānawereفِيهَاfīhāthereinمِنَminaofٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers. ﴿٣٥﴾

[51:36] We did not find in it except one house of submitters.

فَمَاfamāBut notوَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe foundفِيهَاfīhāthereinغَيْرَghayraother thanبَيْتٍbaytina houseمِّنَminaofٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnathe submitters. ﴿٣٦﴾

[51:37] We set it up as a lesson for those who fear the painful retribution.

وَتَرَكْنَاwataraknāAnd we leftفِيهَآfīhāthereinءَايَةًāyatana sign / lessonلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoيَخَافُونَyakhāfūnathey fearٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe retributionٱلْأَلِيمَl-alīmathe painful. ﴿٣٧﴾

[51:38] In Moses (there is a lesson). We sent him to Pharaoh with manifest signs.

وَفِىwafīAnd inمُوسَىٰٓmūsāMoses,إِذْidhwhenأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُarsalnāhuwe sent himإِلَىٰilātoفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaohبِسُلْطَـٰنٍbisul'ṭāninwith an authorityمُّبِينٍmubīninclear / manifest. ﴿٣٨﴾

[51:39] But he turned away, in arrogance, and said, "Magician, or crazy."

فَتَوَلَّىٰfatawallāBut he turned awayبِرُكْنِهِۦbiruk'nihiwith his arrogance / mightوَقَالَwaqālaand he said,سَـٰحِرٌsāḥirun"A magicianأَوْaworمَجْنُونٌmajnūnunone who is crazy." ﴿٣٩﴾

[51:40] Consequently, we punished him and his troops. We threw them into the sea, and he is the one to blame.

فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُfa-akhadhnāhuSo we punished himوَجُنُودَهُۥwajunūdahuand his troopsفَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْfanabadhnāhumand we threw themفِىfīintoٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe sea,وَهُوَwahuwawhile he (was)مُلِيمٌmulīmunone to blame. ﴿٤٠﴾

[51:41] In 'Ãd (there is a lesson). We sent upon them disastrous wind.

وَفِىwafīAnd inعَادٍʿādinAd,إِذْidhwhenأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuagainst themٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥathe windٱلْعَقِيمَl-ʿaqīmathe barren / destructive. ﴿٤١﴾

[51:42] Anything that it came upon was utterly destroyed.

مَاmāNotتَذَرُtadharuit leftمِنminanyشَىْءٍshayinthingأَتَتْatatit cameعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon it,إِلَّاillābutجَعَلَتْهُjaʿalathuit made itكَٱلرَّمِيمِkal-ramīmilike the dust / ashes (utterly destroyed). ﴿٤٢﴾

[51:43] In Thamûd (there is a lesson). They were told, "Enjoy temporarily."

وَفِىwafīAnd inثَمُودَthamūdaThamud,إِذْidhwhenقِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُمْlahumto them,تَمَتَّعُوا۟tamattaʿū"You [all] enjoyحَتَّىٰḥattātillحِينٍḥīnina time." ﴿٤٣﴾

[51:44] They rebelled against the command of their Lord. Consequently, the lightning struck them as they looked.

فَعَتَوْا۟faʿatawBut they rebelledعَنْʿanagainstأَمْرِamri(the) commandرَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord,فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuso [it] struck themٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُl-ṣāʿiqatuthe lightningوَهُمْwahumwhile theyيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūna[they] look. ﴿٤٤﴾

[51:45] They could never get up, nor were they helped.

فَمَاfamāThen notٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟is'taṭāʿūthey were able (to)مِنminofقِيَامٍqiyāminstandingوَمَاwamāand notكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereمُنتَصِرِينَmuntaṣirīnathose helped. ﴿٤٥﴾

[51:46] And the people of Noah before that; they were wicked people.

وَقَوْمَwaqawmaAnd (the) people (of)نُوحٍnūḥinNoahمِّنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore;إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, theyكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereقَوْمًاqawmana peopleفَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]. ﴿٤٦﴾

[51:47] We constructed the sky with our hands, and we will continue to expand it.

وَٱلسَّمَآءَwal-samāaAnd the heavenبَنَيْنَـٰهَاbanaynāhāwe constructed itبِأَيْي۟دٍbi-aydinwith (our) hands,وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we (are)لَمُوسِعُونَlamūsiʿūnasurely (its) expanders. ﴿٤٧﴾

[51:48] And we made the earth habitable; a perfect design.

وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaAnd the earth,فَرَشْنَـٰهَاfarashnāhāwe spread / furnished it (*made it habitable);فَنِعْمَfaniʿ'mathen excellent / best (are)ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَl-māhidūnathe spreaders (*ones who spreads a bed / couch / makes comfortable)! ﴿٤٨﴾

[51:49] We created a pair (male and female) of everything, that you may take heed.

وَمِنwaminAnd ofكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāwe createdزَوْجَيْنِzawjaynipairs,لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūna[you all] take heed. ﴿٤٩﴾

[51:50] You shall escape to GOD. I am sent by Him to you as a manifest warner.

فَفِرُّوٓا۟fafirrūSo flee [you all]إِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I amلَكُمlakumto you [all]مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Himنَذِيرٌnadhīruna warnerمُّبِينٌmubīnunclear / manifest. ﴿٥٠﴾

[51:51] Do not set up besides GOD any other god. I am sent by Him to you as a manifest warner.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَجْعَلُوا۟tajʿalūyou [all] makeمَعَmaʿawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِلَـٰهًاilāhangodءَاخَرَākharaanother.إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I amلَكُمlakumto you [all]مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Himنَذِيرٌnadhīruna warnerمُّبِينٌmubīnunclear / manifest. ﴿٥١﴾

[51:52] Consistently, when a messenger went to the previous generations, they said, "Magician," or, "Crazy."

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLikewiseمَآmānotأَتَىatāit cameٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) thoseمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore themمِّنminanyرَّسُولٍrasūlinmessengerإِلَّاillābutقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,سَاحِرٌsāḥirun"A magician"أَوْaworمَجْنُونٌmajnūnun"one who is crazy." ﴿٥٢﴾

[51:53] Did they make an agreement with each other? Indeed, they are transgressors.

أَتَوَاصَوْا۟atawāṣaw Have they joined / colluded (with each other)بِهِۦbihiin it?بَلْbalNay,هُمْhumthey (are)قَوْمٌqawmuna peopleطَاغُونَṭāghūnatransgressors. ﴿٥٣﴾

[51:54] You may disregard them; you cannot be blamed.

فَتَوَلَّʿanhumSo turn awayعَنْهُمْfamāfrom themفَمَآfamāfor notأَنتَbimalūminyou (are)بِمَلُومٍfatawallato be blamed. ﴿٥٤﴾

[51:55] And remind, for the reminder benefits the believers.

وَذَكِّرْwadhakkirAnd remind,فَإِنَّfa-innafor indeed,ٱلذِّكْرَىٰl-dhik'rāthe reminderتَنفَعُtanfaʿuit benefitsٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers. ﴿٥٥﴾

[51:56] I did not create the jinns and the humans except to worship Me alone.

وَمَاwamāAnd notخَلَقْتُkhalaqtuI createdٱلْجِنَّl-jinathe jinnوَٱلْإِنسَwal-insaand the humanإِلَّاillāexceptلِيَعْبُدُونِliyaʿbudūnithat they worship Me. ﴿٥٦﴾

[51:57] I need no provisions from them, nor do I need them to feed Me.

مَآmāNotأُرِيدُurīduI wantمِنْهُمmin'humfrom themمِّنminanyرِّزْقٍriz'qinprovisionوَمَآwamāand notأُرِيدُurīduI wantأَنanthatيُطْعِمُونِyuṭ'ʿimūnithey feed Me. ﴿٥٧﴾

[51:58] GOD is the Provider, the Possessor of all power, the Supreme.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلرَّزَّاقُl-razāquthe Provider,ذُوdhūPossessor ofٱلْقُوَّةِl-quwatiall powerٱلْمَتِينُl-matīnuthe Formidable / Supreme. ﴿٥٨﴾

[51:59] The transgressors have incurred the same fate as their previous counterparts; they should not challenge.

فَإِنَّfa-innaSo indeed,لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrong / transgressed,ذَنُوبًاdhanūban(is) a sinمِّثْلَmith'lalikeذَنُوبِdhanūbi(the) sins (of)أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْaṣḥābihimtheir companions,فَلَاfalā so notيَسْتَعْجِلُونِyastaʿjilūnithey (shall) seek to hasten / challenge. ﴿٥٩﴾

[51:60] Woe to those who disbelieved from the day that is awaiting them.

فَوَيْلٌfawaylunThen woeلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedمِنminfromيَوْمِهِمُyawmihimutheir dayٱلَّذِىalladhīwhichيُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnathey are promised. ﴿٦٠﴾

Sura 51: Al-Dhãreyãt (Driver of the Winds) الذاريات

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