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Adh-Dhariyat · The Winnowing Winds

60 ayahs Makki Pages 520–523 Juz 26
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy those that winnow with a winnowing

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فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًا ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those that bear the burden (of the rain)

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فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًا ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those that glide with ease (upon the sea)

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فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who distribute (blessings) by command,

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إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,

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وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! the judgment will indeed befall.

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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the heaven full of paths,

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إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).

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يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.

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قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAccursed be the conjecturers

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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho are careless in an abyss!

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يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey ask: When is the Day of Judgment?

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يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,

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ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.

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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,

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ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTaking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;

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كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey used to sleep but little of the night,

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وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,

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وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.

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وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.

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وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?

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وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;

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فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.

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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)?

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إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).

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فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;

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فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?

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فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.

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فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!

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قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.

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۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?

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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,

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لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat we may send upon them stones of clay,

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مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallMarked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.

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فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen We brought forth such believers as were there.

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فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).

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وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.

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وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,

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فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.

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فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).