Surah Adh-Dhāriyāt (The Winnowing Winds) in English

1. والسماء ذات الحبك

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   By the sky full of adornment [with stars],

   wa-s-samāʾi dhāti l-ḥubuki

2. إنكم لفي قول مختلف

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   indeed you are of different opinions!

   ʾinnakum la-fī qawlin mukhtalifin

3. يؤفك عنه من أفك

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   He who has been turned away [from the truth] is turned away from it.

   yuʾfaku ʿanhu man ʾufika

4. قتل الخراصون

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   Perish the liars,

   qutila-l-kharrāṣūna

5. الذين هم في غمرة ساهون

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   who are heedless in a stupor!

   alladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūna

6. يسألون أيان يوم الدين

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   They ask, ‘When will be the Day of Retribution?’

   yasʾalūna ʾayyāna yawmu d-dīni

7. يوم هم على النار يفتنون

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   It is the day when they will be tormented in the Fire,

   yawma hum ʿalā n-nāri yuftanūna

8. ذوقوا فتنتكم هذا الذي كنتم به تستعجلون

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   [and will be told]: ‘Taste your torment. This is what you used to hasten.’

   dhūqū fitnatakum hādhā lladhī kuntum bihī tastaʿjilūna

9. إن المتقين في جنات وعيون

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   Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and springs,

   ʾinna l-muttaqīna fī jannātin wa-ʿuyūnin

10. آخذين ما آتاهم ربهم إنهم كانوا قبل ذلك محسنين

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    receiving what their Lord has given them, for they had been virtuous aforetime.

    ʾākhidhīna mā ʾātāhum rabbuhum ʾinnahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥsinīna

11. كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون

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    They used to sleep a little during the night,

    kānū qalīlan mina l-layli mā yahjaʿūna

12. وبالأسحار هم يستغفرون

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    and at dawns they would plead for forgiveness,

    wa-bi-l-ʾasḥāri hum yastaghfirūna

13. وفي أموالهم حق للسائل والمحروم

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    and there was a share in their wealth for the beggar and the deprived.

    wa-fī ʾamwālihim ḥaqqun li-s-sāʾili wa-l-maḥrūmi

14. وفي الأرض آيات للموقنين

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    In the earth are signs for those who have conviction,

    wa-fī l-ʾarḍi ʾāyātun li-l-mūqinīna

15. وفي أنفسكم أفلا تبصرون

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    and in your souls [as well]. Will you not then perceive?

    wa-fī ʾanfusikum ʾa-fa-lā tubṣirūna

16. وفي السماء رزقكم وما توعدون

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    And in the sky is your provision and what you are promised.

    wa-fī s-samāʾi rizqukum wa-mā tūʿadūna

17. فورب السماء والأرض إنه لحق مثل ما أنكم تنطقون

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    By the Lord of the sky and the earth, it is indeed the truth, just as [it is a fact that] you speak.

    fa-wa-rabbi s-samāʾi wa-l-ʾarḍi ʾinnahū la-ḥaqqun mithla mā ʾannakum tanṭiqūna

18. هل أتاك حديث ضيف إبراهيم المكرمين

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    Did you receive the story of Abraham’s honoured guests?

    hal ʾatāka ḥadīthu ḍayfi ʾibrāhīma l-mukramīna

19. إذ دخلوا عليه فقالوا سلاما قال سلام قوم منكرون

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    When they entered into his presence, they said, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’ He answered, ‘[You are] an unfamiliar folk.’

    ʾidh dakhalū ʿalayhi fa-qālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūna

20. فراغ إلى أهله فجاء بعجل سمين

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    Then he retired to his family and brought a fat [roasted] calf,

    fa-rāgha ʾilā ʾahlihī fa-jāʾa bi-ʿijlin samīnin

21. فقربه إليهم قال ألا تأكلون

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    and put it near them. He said, ‘Will you not eat?’

    fa-qarrabahū ʾilayhim qāla ʾa-lā taʾkulūna

22. فأوجس منهم خيفة قالوا لا تخف وبشروه بغلام عليم

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    Then he felt a fear of them. They said, ‘Do not be afraid!’ and they gave him the good news of a wise son.

    fa-ʾawjasa minhum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf wa-bashsharūhu bi-ghulāmin ʿalīmin

23. فأقبلت امرأته في صرة فصكت وجهها وقالت عجوز عقيم

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    Then his wife came forward crying [with joy]. She beat her face, and said, ‘A barren old woman!’

    fa-ʾaqbalati mraʾatuhū fī ṣarratin fa-ṣakkat wajhahā wa-qālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīmun

24. قالوا كذلك قال ربك إنه هو الحكيم العليم

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    They said, ‘So has your Lord said. Indeed He is the All-wise, the All-knowing.’

    qālū ka-dhāliki qāla rabbuki ʾinnahū huwa l-ḥakīmu l-ʿalīmu