Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Ayah 41-60 — Word by Word
الذاريات
The Winnowing Winds
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīma
And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.
mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīmi
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
wafī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīnin
And in Thamūd, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."
faʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣāʿiqatu wahum yanẓurūna
But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
famā is'taṭāʿū min qiyāmin wamā kānū muntaṣirīna
And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.
waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna
And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.
wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūna
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.
wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿ'ma l-māhidūna
And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.
wamin kulli shayin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūna
And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.
fafirrū ilā l-lahi innī lakum min'hu nadhīrun mubīnun
So flee to Allāh. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
walā tajʿalū maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara innī lakum min'hu nadhīrun mubīnun
And do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
kadhālika mā atā alladhīna min qablihim min rasūlin illā qālū sāḥirun aw majnūnun
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūna
Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.
fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūmin
So leave them, [O Muḥammad], for you are not to be blamed.
wadhakkir fa-inna l-dhik'rā tanfaʿu l-mu'minīna
And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.
wamā khalaqtu l-jina wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūni
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
mā urīdu min'hum min riz'qin wamā urīdu an yuṭ'ʿimūni
I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
inna l-laha huwa l-razāqu dhū l-quwati l-matīnu
Indeed, it is Allāh who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.
fa-inna lilladhīna ẓalamū dhanūban mith'la dhanūbi aṣḥābihim falā yastaʿjilūni
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.
fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu alladhī yūʿadūna
And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.