Surah Az-Zariyat: Arabic, Transliteration & Translation
الذَّاريَات
- Surah 51
- 60 verses
- Meccan
- Juz 26, 27
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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
فَالْمُقَسِّمٰتِ اَمْرًاۙ
Fal muqassimaati amran
and execute the great task of apportioning (rainfall):
اِنَّمَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ لَصَادِقٌۙ
Innamaa tuu'aduuna lashaadiqun
surely what you are being warned against is true,
وَّاِنَّ الدِّيْنَ لَوَاقِعٌۗ
Wa-innaddiina lawaaqi'un
and the Judgement shall doubtlessly take place.
اِنَّكُمْ لَفِيْ قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍۙ
Innakum lafii qaulin mukhtalifin
surely you are at variance (about the Hereafter);
يُّؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ اُفِكَۗ
Yu'faku 'anhu man ufik(a)
though only those who are averse to the Truth will turn away from (believing in it).
الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ فِيْ غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُوْنَۙ
Al-ladziina hum fii ghamratin saahuun(a)
who are steeped in ignorance and heedlessness.
يَسْـَٔلُوْنَ اَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّيْنِۗ
Yasaluuna ai-yaana yaumuddiin(i)
They ask: “When will the Day of Judgement be?”
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ يُفْتَنُوْنَ
Yauma hum 'alannaari yuftanuun(a)
It will be the Day when they shall be scourged by the Fire
ذُوْقُوْا فِتْنَتَكُمْۗ هٰذَا الَّذِيْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ
Dzuuquu fitnatakum hadzaal-ladzii kuntum bihi tasta'jiluun(a)
(and be told): “Taste your ordeal! This is what you were seeking to hasten.”
اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۙ
Innal muttaqiina fii jannaatin wa'uyuunin
As for the God-fearing, they shall be in the midst of gardens and fountains,
اٰخِذِيْنَ مَآ اٰتٰىهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِيْنَۗ
Aakhidziina maa aataahum rabbuhum innahum kaanuu qabla dzalika muhsiniin(a)
joyously receiving what their Lord will have granted them. Verily they did good works before (the coming of this Day):
كَانُوْا قَلِيْلًا مِّنَ الَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُوْنَ
Kaanuu qaliilaa minallaili maa yahja'uun(a)
they used to sleep but little by night,
وَبِالْاَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوْنَ
Wa bil ashaari hum yastaghfiruun(a)
and would ask for forgiveness at dawn,
وَفِيْٓ اَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَالْمَحْرُوْمِ
Wafii amwaalihim haqqun li-ssaa-ili wal mahruum(i)
and in their wealth there was a rightful share for him who would ask and for the destitute.
وَفِى الْاَرْضِ اٰيٰتٌ لِّلْمُوْقِنِيْنَۙ
Wafiil ardhi aayaatul(n)-lilmuuqiniin(a)
There are many Signs on earth for those of sure faith,
وَفِيْٓ اَنْفُسِكُمْ ۗ اَفَلَا تُبْصِرُوْنَ
Wafii anfusikum afalaa tubshiruun(a)
and also in your own selves. Do you not see?
وَفِى السَّمَاۤءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ
Wafiissamaa-i rizqukum wamaa tuu'aduun(a)
And in heaven is your provision and also what you are being promised.
فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاۤءِ وَالْاَرْضِ اِنَّهٗ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ اَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُوْنَ ࣖ
Fawarabbissamaa-i wal ardhi innahu lahaqqun mitsla maa annakum tanthiquun(a)
So, by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, this is certainly true, as true as the fact of your speaking.
هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيْثُ ضَيْفِ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ الْمُكْرَمِيْنَۘ
Hal ataaka hadiitsu dhaifi ibraahiimal mukramiin(a)
(O Prophet), did the story of Abraham's honoured guests reach you?
اِذْ دَخَلُوْا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوْا سَلٰمًا ۗقَالَ سَلٰمٌۚ قَوْمٌ مُّنْكَرُوْنَ
Idz dakhaluu 'alaihi faqaaluuu salaaman qaala salaamun qaumun munkaruun(a)
When they came to him, they said: “Peace”; he said: “Peace also be to you; (you seem to be) a group of strangers.”
فَرَاغَ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِهٖ فَجَاۤءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِيْنٍۙ
Faraagha ila ahlihi fajaa-a bi'ijlin samiinin
Then he went back to his family and brought a fat roasted calf
فَقَرَّبَهٗٓ اِلَيْهِمْۚ قَالَ اَلَا تَأْكُلُوْنَ
Faqarrabahu ilaihim qaala alaa ta'kuluun(a)
and laid it before them, saying: “Will you not eat?”
فَاَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيْفَةً ۗقَالُوْا لَا تَخَفْۗ وَبَشَّرُوْهُ بِغُلٰمٍ عَلِيْمٍ
Fa-a-ujasa minhum khiifatan qaaluuu laa takhaf wabasy-syaruuhu bighulaamin 'aliimin
Then he became afraid of them. They said: “Fear not,” and announced to him the good news of (the birth of) a boy endowed with knowledge.
فَاَقْبَلَتِ امْرَاَتُهٗ فِيْ صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوْزٌ عَقِيْمٌ
Fa-aqbalatiimraatuhu fii sharratin fashakkat wajhahaa waqaalat 'ajuuzun 'aqiimun
So hearing his wife went forth shouting. She struck her face and exclaimed: “A barren old woman am I.”
قَالُوْا كَذٰلِكِۙ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۗاِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْحَكِيْمُ الْعَلِيْمُ ۔
Qaaluuu kadzalika qaala rabbuki innahu huwal hakiimul 'aliim(u)
They said: “So has your Lord said (that you shall have a boy). Surely He is Most Wise, All-Knowing.”
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ اَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُوْنَۚ
Qaala famaa khathbukum ai-yuhaal mursaluun(a)
Abraham said: “Envoys (of Allah), what is your errand?”
قَالُوْٓ اِنَّآ اُرْسِلْنَآ اِلٰى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِيْنَۙ
Qaaluuu innaa ursilnaa ila qaumin mujrimiin(a)
They replied: “Behold, we have been sent to a wicked people
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّنْ طِيْنٍۙ
Linursila 'alaihim hijaaratan min thiinin
that we may unleash a shower of clay-stones
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِيْنَ
Musau-wamatan 'inda rabbika lilmusrifiin(a)
marked by your Lord upon those who go beyond the limits.”
فَاَخْرَجْنَا مَنْ كَانَ فِيْهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَۚ
Fa-akhrajnaa man kaana fiihaa minal mu'miniin(a)
Then We evacuated there from all the believers
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيْهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَۚ
Famaa wajadnaa fiihaa ghaira baitin minal muslimiin(a)
– and We did not find there any, apart from a single house of Muslims –
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيْهَآ اٰيَةً لِّلَّذِيْنَ يَخَافُوْنَ الْعَذَابَ الْاَلِيْمَۗ
Wataraknaa fiihaa aayatal(n)-lil-ladziina yakhaafuunal 'adzaabal aliim(a)
and We left therein a Sign for those who fear the grievous chastisement.
وَفِيْ مُوْسٰىٓ اِذْ اَرْسَلْنٰهُ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍ
Wafii muusa idz arsalnaahu ila fir'auna bisulthaanin mubiinin
There is also a Sign for you in the story of Moses when We sent him with a clear authority to Pharaoh.
فَتَوَلّٰى بِرُكْنِهٖ وَقَالَ سٰحِرٌ اَوْ مَجْنُوْنٌ
Fatawalla biruknihi waqaala saahirun au majnuunun
But Pharaoh turned away, showing arrogance on account of his power, and said (about Moses): “He is either a sorcerer or a madman.”
فَاَخَذْنٰهُ وَجُنُوْدَهٗ فَنَبَذْنٰهُمْ فِى الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيْمٌۗ
Fa-akhadznaahu wajunuudahu fanabadznaahum fiil yammi wahuwa muliimun
So We seized him and his hosts, and cast them into the sea. He became an object of much blame.
وَفِيْ عَادٍ اِذْ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيْحَ الْعَقِيْمَۚ
Wafii 'aadin idz arsalnaa 'alaihimurriihal 'aqiim(a)
There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Ad, when We let loose upon them an ominous wind
مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ اِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيْمِۗ
Maa tadzaru min syai-in atat 'alaihi ilaa ja'alathu karramiim(i)
that left nothing that it came upon without reducing it to rubble.
وَفِيْ ثَمُوْدَ اِذْ قِيْلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوْا حَتّٰى حِيْنٍ
Wafii tsamuuda idz qiila lahum tamatta'uu hatta hiinin
There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Thamud. They were told: “Enjoy yourselves for a while.”
فَعَتَوْا عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُوْنَ
Fa'atau 'an amri rabbihim fa-akhadzathumush-shaa'iqatu wahum yanzhuruun(a)
But they brazenly disobeyed their Lord's command, and then a sudden chastisement overtook them while they looked on.
فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوْا مِنْ قِيَامٍ وَّمَا كَانُوْا مُنْتَصِرِيْنَۙ
Famaaastathaa'uu min qiyaamin wamaa kaanuu muntashiriin(a)
They were unable even to stand up or protect themselves.
وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُ ۗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا فٰسِقِيْنَ ࣖ
Waqauma nuuhin min qablu innahum kaanuu qauman faasiqiin(a)
Before all these We destroyed the people of Noah: they were a wicked people.
وَالسَّمَاۤءَ بَنَيْنٰهَا بِاَيْىدٍ وَّاِنَّا لَمُوْسِعُوْنَ
Wassamaa-a banainaahaa biaidin wa-innaa lamuusi'uun(a)
And heaven – We made it with Our Own Power and We have the Power to do so.
وَالْاَرْضَ فَرَشْنٰهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمَاهِدُوْنَ
Wal ardha farasynaahaa fani'mal maahiduun(a)
And the earth – We spread it out, and how well have We smoothed it!
وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُوْنَ
Wamin kulli syai-in khalaqnaa zaujaini la'allakum tadzakkaruun(a)
And of everything We have created pairs; perhaps you will take heed.
فَفِرُّوْٓا اِلَى اللّٰهِ ۗاِنِّيْ لَكُمْ مِّنْهُ نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌۚ
Fafirruu ilallahi innii lakum minhu nadziirun mubiinun
Flee, therefore, to Allah. Surely I am a clear warner to you from Him;
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوْا مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَۗ اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ مِّنْهُ نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ
Walaa taj'aluu ma'allahi ilahan aakhara innii lakum minhu nadziirun mubiinun
and do not set up any deity with Allah. Surely I am a clear warner to you from Him.
كَذٰلِكَ مَآ اَتَى الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِّنْ رَّسُوْلٍ اِلَّا قَالُوْا سَاحِرٌ اَوْ مَجْنُوْنٌ
Kadzalika maa ataal-ladziina min qablihim min rasuulin ilaa qaaluuu saahirun au majnuunun
Thus has it been (in the past): never did a Messenger come to the nations that preceded them but they said: “(He is) a sorcerer, or a mad-man.”
اَتَوَاصَوْا بِهٖۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُوْنَۚ
Atawaashau bihi bal hum qaumun thaaghuun(a)
Have they arrived at a common understanding concerning this? No; but they are a people given to transgression.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ اَنْتَ بِمَلُوْمٍ
Fatawalla 'anhum famaa anta bimaluumin
So turn your attention away from them; you shall incur no blame.
وَذَكِّرْ فَاِنَّ الذِّكْرٰى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
Wadzakkir fa-innadz-dzikra tanfa'ul mu'miniin(a)
Do, however, keep exhorting them; for exhortation benefits those endowed with faith.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْاِنْسَ اِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوْنِ
Wamaa khalaqtul jinna wal-insa ilaa liya'buduun(i)
I created the jinn and humans for nothing else but that they may serve Me;
مَآ اُرِيْدُ مِنْهُمْ مِّنْ رِّزْقٍ وَّمَآ اُرِيْدُ اَنْ يُّطْعِمُوْنِ
Maa uriidu minhum min rizqin wamaa uriidu an yuth'imuun(i)
I desire from them no provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِيْنُ
Innallaha huwarrazzaaqu dzuul quu-watil matiin(u)
Surely Allah is the Bestower of all provision, the Lord of all power, the Strong.
فَاِنَّ لِلَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا ذَنُوْبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوْبِ اَصْحٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُوْنِ
Fa-inna lil-ladziina zhalamuu dzanuuban mitsla dzanuubi ashhaabihim falaa yasta'jiluun(i)
The wrong-doers shall receive a portion of the chastisements as their fellows (of yore). So let them not rush Me.
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنْ يَّوْمِهِمُ الَّذِيْ يُوْعَدُوْنَ ࣖ
Fawailul(n)-lil-ladziina kafaruu min yaumihimul-ladzii yuu'aduun(a)
Woe, then, betide those who disbelieved in that Day of theirs which they are being asked to hold in dread.
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Surah Az-Zariyat has 60 verses (ayat).
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Surah Az-Zariyat (الذَّاريَات) is chapter 51 of the Quran and is found in Juz 26, 27.
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