Surah Adh-Dhāriyāt (The Winnowing Winds) in English

1. كذلك ما أتى الذين من قبلهم من رسول إلا قالوا ساحر أو مجنون

   52

   So it was that there did not come any apostle to those who were before them but they said, ‘A magician,’ or ‘A crazy man!’

   ka-dhālika mā ʾatā lladhīna min qablihim min rasūlin ʾillā qālū sāḥirun ʾaw majnūnun

2. أتواصوا به بل هم قوم طاغون

   53

   Did they enjoin this upon one another?! Rather, they were a rebellious lot.

   ʾa-tawāṣaw bihī bal hum qawmun ṭāghūna

3. فتول عنهم فما أنت بملوم

   54

   So turn away from them, as you will not be blameworthy.

   fa-tawalla ʿanhum fa-mā ʾanta bi-malūmin

4. وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين

   55

   And admonish, for admonition indeed benefits the faithful.

   wa-dhakkir fa-ʾinna dh-dhikrā tanfaʿu l-muʾminīna

5. وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون

   56

   I did not create the jinn and the humans except that they may worship Me.

   wa-mā khalaqtu l-jinna wa-l-ʾinsa ʾillā li-yaʿbudūni

6. ما أريد منهم من رزق وما أريد أن يطعمون

   57

   I desire no provision from them, nor do I desire that they should feed Me.

   mā ʾurīdu minhum min rizqin wa-mā ʾurīdu ʾan yuṭʿimūni

7. إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين

   58

   Indeed it is Allah who is the All-provider, Powerful and All-strong.

   ʾinna llāha huwa r-razzāqu dhū l-quwwati l-matīnu

8. فإن للذين ظلموا ذنوبا مثل ذنوب أصحابهم فلا يستعجلون

   59

   Indeed the lot of those who do wrong [now] will be like the lot of their [earlier] counterparts. So let them not ask Me to hasten on [that fate].

   fa-ʾinna li-lladhīna ẓalamū dhanūban mithla dhanūbi ʾaṣḥābihim fa-lā yastaʿjilūni

9. فويل للذين كفروا من يومهم الذي يوعدون

   60

   Woe to the faithless for the day they are promised!

   fa-waylun li-lladhīna kafarū min yawmihimu lladhī yūʿadūna