Al Zariyat

Transliteration

1 Waalththariyati tharwan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By (the winds) that scatter dust.

Yusuf Ali

1 By the (Winds) that scatter broadcast;

Transliteration

2 Faalhamilati wiqran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And (the clouds) that bear heavy weight of water.

Yusuf Ali

2 And those that lift and bear away heavy weights;

Transliteration

3 Faaljariyati yusran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness.

Yusuf Ali

3 And those that flow with ease and gentleness;

Transliteration

4 Faalmuqassimati amran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And those (angels) who distribute (provisions, rain, and other blessings) by (Allah's) Command.

Yusuf Ali

4 And those that distribute and apportion by Command; -

Transliteration

5 Innama tooAAadoona lasadiqun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Verily, that which you are promised (i.e. Resurrection in the Hereafter and receiving the reward or punishment of good or bad deeds) is surely true.

Yusuf Ali

5 Verily that which ye are promised is true;

Transliteration

6 Wainna alddeena lawaqiAAun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 And verily, the Recompense is sure to happen.

Yusuf Ali

6 And verily Judgment and Justice must indeed come to pass.

Transliteration

7 Waalssamai thati alhubuki

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 By the heaven full of paths,

Yusuf Ali

7 By the Sky with (its) numerous Paths,

Transliteration

8 Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 Certainly, you have different ideas (about Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur'an).

Yusuf Ali

8 Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant,

Transliteration

9 Yufaku AAanhu man ofika

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Turned aside therefrom (i.e. from Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur'an) is he who is turned aside (by the Decree and Preordainment القضاء والقدر of Allah).

Yusuf Ali

9 Through which are deluded (away from the Truth) such as would be deluded.

Transliteration

10 Qutila alkharrasoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Cursed be the liars

Yusuf Ali

10 Woe to the falsehood - mongers, -

Transliteration

11 Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 Who are under a cover of heedlessness (think not about the gravity of the Hereafter),

Yusuf Ali

11 Those who (flounder) heedless in a flood of confusion:

Transliteration

12 Yasaloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 They ask: "When will be the Day of Recompense?"

Yusuf Ali

12 They ask, "When will be the Day of Judgment and Justice?"

Transliteration

13 Yawma hum AAala alnnari yuftanoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 (It will be) a Day when they will be tried (punished i.e. burnt) over the Fire!

Yusuf Ali

13 (It will be) a Day when they will be tried (and tested) over the Fire!

Transliteration

14 Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 "Taste you your trial (punishment i.e. burning)! This is what you used to ask to be hastened!"

Yusuf Ali

14 "Taste ye your trial! This is what ye used to ask to be hastened!"

Transliteration

15 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs (in the Paradise),

Yusuf Ali

15 As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs,

Transliteration

16 Akhitheena ma atahum rabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Taking joy in the things which their Lord has given them. Verily, they were before this Muhsinun (good-doers. See V.2:112).

Yusuf Ali

16 Taking joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because, before then, they lived a good life.

Transliteration

17 Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaAAoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 They used to sleep but little by night [invoking their Lord (Allah) and praying, with fear and hope].

Yusuf Ali

17 They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,

Transliteration

18 Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allah) for forgiveness.

Yusuf Ali

18 And in the hour of early dawn, they (were found) praying for Forgiveness;

Transliteration

19 Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 And in their properties there was the right of the Sa'il (the beggar who asks) and the Mahrum (the poor who does not ask others) .

Yusuf Ali

19 And in their wealth and possessions (was remembered) the right of the (needy,) him who asked, and him who (for some reason) was prevented (from asking).

Transliteration

20 Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 And on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty.

Yusuf Ali

20 On the earth are signs for those of assured Faith,

Transliteration

21 Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see?

Yusuf Ali

21 As also in your own selves: Will ye not then see?

Transliteration

22 Wafee alssamai rizqukum wama tooAAadoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 And in the heaven is your provision, and that which you are promised.

Yusuf Ali

22 And in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye are promised.

Transliteration

23 Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Then by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, it is the truth (i.e. what has been promised to you), just as it is the truth that you can speak.

Yusuf Ali

23 Then, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very Truth, as much as the fact that ye can speak intelligently to each other.

Transliteration

24 Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Has the story reached you, of the honoured guests [three angels; Jibril (Gabriel) along with another two] of Ibrahim (Abraham)?

Yusuf Ali

24 Has the story reached thee, of the honoured guests of Abraham?

Transliteration

25 Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 When they came in to him and said: "Salam, (peace be upon you)!" He answered: "Salam, (peace be upon you)," and said: "You are a people unknown to me."

Yusuf Ali

25 Behold, they entered his presence, and said: "Peace!" He said, "Peace!" (and thought, "These seem) unusual people."

Transliteration

26 Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biAAijlin sameenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 Then he turned to his household, and brought out a roasted calf [as the property of Ibrahim (Abraham) was mainly cows].

Yusuf Ali

26 Then he turned quickly to his household, brought out a fatted calf,

Transliteration

27 Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala takuloona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And placed it before them, (saying): "Will you not eat?"

Yusuf Ali

27 And placed it before them.. he said, "Will ye not eat?"

Transliteration

28 Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo la takhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleemin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 Then he conceived fear of them (when they ate not). They said: "Fear not." And they gave him glad tidings of a son having knowledge (about Allah and His religion of True Monotheism).

Yusuf Ali

28 (When they did not eat), He conceived a fear of them. They said, "Fear not," and they gave him glad tidings of a son endowed with knowledge.

Transliteration

29 Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Then his wife came forward with a loud voice: she smote her face, and said: "A barren old woman!"

Yusuf Ali

29 But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead and said: "A barren old woman!"

Transliteration

30 Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 They said: "Even so says your Lord. Verily, He is the All-Wise, the All-Knower."

Yusuf Ali

30 They said, "Even so has thy Lord spoken: and He is full of Wisdom and Knowledge."

Transliteration

31 Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"

Yusuf Ali

31 (Abraham) said: "And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand (now)?"

Transliteration

32 Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 They said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in Allah)

Yusuf Ali

32 They said, "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin; -

Transliteration

33 Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 To send down upon them stones of baked clay.

Yusuf Ali

33 "To bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone),

Transliteration

34 Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 Marked by your Lord for the Musrifun (polytheists, criminals, sinners - those who trespass Allah's set limits in evil-doings by committing great sins).

Yusuf Ali

34 "Marked as from thy Lord for those who trespass beyond bounds."

Transliteration

35 Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 So We brought out from therein the believers.

Yusuf Ali

35 Then We evacuated those of the Believers who were there,

Transliteration

36 Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one [of Lut (Lot) and his two daughters].

Yusuf Ali

36 But We found not there any just (Muslim) persons except in one house:

Transliteration

37 Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba alaleema

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 And We have left there a sign (i.e. the place of the Dead Sea in Palestine) for those who fear the painful torment.

Yusuf Ali

37 And We left there a Sign for such as fear the Grievous Penalty.

Transliteration

38 Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firAAawna bisultanin mubeenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 And in Musa (Moses) (too, there is a sign), when We sent him to Fir'aun (Pharaoh) with a manifest authority.

Yusuf Ali

38 And in Moses (was another Sign): Behold, We sent him to Pharaoh, with authority manifest.

Transliteration

39 Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] turned away (from Belief in might) along with his hosts, and said: "A sorcerer, or a madman."

Yusuf Ali

39 But (Pharaoh) turned back with his Chiefs, and said, "A sorcerer, or one possessed!"

Transliteration

40 Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 So We took him and his hosts, and dumped them into the sea, for he was blameworthy.

Yusuf Ali

40 So We took him and his forces, and threw them into the sea; and his was the blame.

Transliteration

41 Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

41 And in 'Ad (there is also a sign) when We sent against them the barren wind;

Yusuf Ali

41 And in the 'Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them the devastating Wind:

Transliteration

42 Ma tatharu min shayin atat AAalayhi illa jaAAalathu kaalrrameemi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 It spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins.

Yusuf Ali

42 It left nothing whatever that it came up against, but reduced it to ruin and rottenness.

Transliteration

43 Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaAAoo hatta heenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

43 And in Thamud (there is also a sign), when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while!"

Yusuf Ali

43 And in the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were told, "Enjoy (your brief day) for a little while!"

Transliteration

44 FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

44 But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord, so the Sa'iqah overtook them while they were looking.

Yusuf Ali

44 But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning noise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were looking on.

Transliteration

45 Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

45 Then they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.

Yusuf Ali

45 Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they help themselves.

Transliteration

46 Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

46 (So were) the people of Nuh (Noah) before them. Verily, they were a people who were Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).

Yusuf Ali

46 So were the People of Noah before them for they wickedly transgressed.

Transliteration

47 Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

47 With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof.

Yusuf Ali

47 With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of pace.

Transliteration

48 Waalarda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

48 And We have spread out the earth: how Excellent Spreader (thereof) are We!

Yusuf Ali

48 And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do spread out!

Transliteration

49 Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

49 And of everything We have created pairs, that you may remember (the Grace of Allah).

Yusuf Ali

49 And of every thing We have created pairs: That ye may receive instruction.

Transliteration

50 Fafirroo ila Allahi innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

50 So flee to Allah (from His Torment to His Mercy - Islamic Monotheism). Verily, I (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) am a plain warner to you from Him.

Yusuf Ali

50 Hasten ye then (at once) to Allah: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open!

Transliteration

51 Wala tajAAaloo maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

51 And set not up (or worship not) any other ilah (god) along with Allah [Glorified be He (Alone), Exalted above all that they associate as partners with Him]. Verily, I (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) am a plain warner to you from Him.

Yusuf Ali

51 And make not another an object of worship with Allah: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open!

Transliteration

52 Kathalika ma ata allatheena min qablihim min rasoolin illa qaloo sahirun aw majnoonun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

52 Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"

Yusuf Ali

52 Similarly, no messenger came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!

Transliteration

53 Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

53 Have they (the people of the past) transmitted this saying to these (Quraish pagans)? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds (in disbelief)!

Yusuf Ali

53 Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!

Transliteration

54 Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

54 So turn away (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) from them (Quraish pagans), you are not blame-worthy (as you have conveyed Allah's Message).

Yusuf Ali

54 So turn away from them: not thine is the blame.

Transliteration

55 Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaAAu almumineena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

55 And remind (by preaching the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), for verily, the reminding profits the believers.

Yusuf Ali

55 But teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers.

Transliteration

56 Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaAAbudooni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

56 And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone).

Yusuf Ali

56 I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me.

Transliteration

57 Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

57 I seek not any provision from them (i.e. provision for themselves or for My creatures) nor do I ask that they should feed Me (i.e. feed themselves or My creatures).

Yusuf Ali

57 No Sustenance do I require of them, nor do I require that they should feed Me.

Transliteration

58 Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

58 Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong.

Yusuf Ali

58 For Allah is He Who gives (all) Sustenance, - Lord of Power, - Steadfast (for ever).

Transliteration

59 Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaAAjiloona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

59 And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a portion of torment like to the evil portion of torment (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on!

Yusuf Ali

59 For the Wrong - doers, their portion is like unto the portion of their fellows (of earlier generations): then let them not ask Me to hasten (that portion)!

Transliteration

60 Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

60 Then woe to those who disbelieve (in Allah and His Oneness - Islamic Monotheism) from their Day which they have been promised (for their punishment).

Yusuf Ali

60 Woe, then, to the Unbelievers, on account of that Day of theirs which they have been promised!