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Adh-Dhariyat · The Winnowing Winds

60 ayahs Makki Pages 520–523 Juz 27
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
Ayahs 1 – 40
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وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ ﴿٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.

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مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ ﴿٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.

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وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ﴿٤٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.

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فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;

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فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.

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وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.

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وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).

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وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!

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وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.

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فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٥٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.

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وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٥١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.

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كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ﴿٥٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEven so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!

53
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أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.

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فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ ﴿٥٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,

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وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd warn, for warning profiteth believers.

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وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ ﴿٥٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallI created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.

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مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ ﴿٥٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallI seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.

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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ ﴿٥٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.

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فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ﴿٥٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).

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فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٦٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.

Mishary Rashid AlafasyMurattal · Adh-Dhariyat
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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).