Al Zariyat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those that winnow with a winnowing

Saheeh International

1 By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing

Transliteration

1 Waalththariyati tharwan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

2 And those that bear the burden (of the rain)

Saheeh International

2 And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

Transliteration

2 Faalhamilati wiqran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

3 And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)

Saheeh International

3 And those [ships] sailing with ease

Transliteration

3 Faaljariyati yusran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

4 And those who distribute (blessings) by command,

Saheeh International

4 And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter,

Transliteration

4 Faalmuqassimati amran

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.

Pickthall

5 Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,

Saheeh International

5 Indeed, what you are promised is true.

Transliteration

5 Innama tooAAadoona lasadiqun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 And verily, the Recompense is sure to happen.

Pickthall

6 And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.

Saheeh International

6 And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

Transliteration

6 Wainna alddeena lawaqiAAun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 By the heaven full of paths,

Pickthall

7 By the heaven full of paths,

Saheeh International

7 By the heaven containing pathways,

Transliteration

7 Waalssamai thati alhubuki

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

8 Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).

Saheeh International

8 Indeed, you are in differing speech.

Transliteration

8 Innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalifin

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).

Pickthall

9 He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.

Saheeh International

9 Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.

Transliteration

9 Yufaku AAanhu man ofika

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Cursed be the liars

Pickthall

10 Accursed be the conjecturers

Saheeh International

10 Destroyed are the falsifiers

Transliteration

10 Qutila alkharrasoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

11 Who are careless in an abyss!

Saheeh International

11 Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.

Transliteration

11 Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

12 They ask: When is the Day of Judgment ?

Saheeh International

12 They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"

Transliteration

12 Yasaloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

13 (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,

Saheeh International

13 [It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire

Transliteration

13 Yawma hum AAala alnnari yuftanoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

14 (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.

Saheeh International

14 [And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

Transliteration

14 Thooqoo fitnatakum hatha allathee kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloona

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),

Pickthall

15 Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,

Saheeh International

15 Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,

Transliteration

15 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

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).

Pickthall

16 Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;

Saheeh International

16 Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

Transliteration

16 Akhitheena ma atahum rabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

17 They used to sleep but little of the night,

Saheeh International

17 They used to sleep but little of the night,

Transliteration

17 Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli ma yahjaAAoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

18 And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,

Saheeh International

18 And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

Transliteration

18 Wabialashari hum yastaghfiroona

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) .

Pickthall

19 And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.

Saheeh International

19 And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.

Transliteration

19 Wafee amwalihim haqqun lilssaili waalmahroomi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

20 And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.

Saheeh International

20 And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

Transliteration

20 Wafee alardi ayatun lilmooqineena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

21 And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see ?

Saheeh International

21 And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

Transliteration

21 Wafee anfusikum afala tubsiroona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

22 And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;

Saheeh International

22 And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.

Transliteration

22 Wafee alssamai rizqukum wama tooAAadoona

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.

Pickthall

23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.

Saheeh International

23 Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.

Transliteration

23 Fawarabbi alssamai waalardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

24 Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad) ?

Saheeh International

24 Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -

Transliteration

24 Hal ataka hadeethu dayfi ibraheema almukrameena

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."

Pickthall

25 When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).

Saheeh International

25 When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.

Transliteration

25 Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroona

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].

Pickthall

26 Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;

Saheeh International

26 Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf

Transliteration

26 Faragha ila ahlihi fajaa biAAijlin sameenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

27 And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat ?

Saheeh International

27 And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"

Transliteration

27 Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala takuloona

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).

Pickthall

28 Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.

Saheeh International

28 And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.

Transliteration

28 Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo la takhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleemin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

29 Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!

Saheeh International

29 And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

Transliteration

29 Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

30 They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.

Saheeh International

30 They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."

Transliteration

30 Qaloo kathaliki qala rabbuki innahu huwa alhakeemu alAAaleemu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

31 (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah) ?

Saheeh International

31 [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

Transliteration

31 Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

32 They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,

Saheeh International

32 They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

Transliteration

32 Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 To send down upon them stones of baked clay.

Pickthall

33 That we may send upon them stones of clay,

Saheeh International

33 To send down upon them stones of clay,

Transliteration

33 Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin

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).

Pickthall

34 Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.

Saheeh International

34 Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

Transliteration

34 Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 So We brought out from therein the believers.

Pickthall

35 Then we brought forth such believers as were there.

Saheeh International

35 So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers.

Transliteration

35 Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almumineena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

36 But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).

Saheeh International

36 And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.

Transliteration

36 Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena

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.

Pickthall

37 And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.

Saheeh International

37 And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

Transliteration

37 Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba alaleema

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.

Pickthall

38 And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,

Saheeh International

38 And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

Transliteration

38 Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firAAawna bisultanin mubeenin

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."

Pickthall

39 But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.

Saheeh International

39 But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."

Transliteration

39 Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

40 So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.

Saheeh International

40 So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

Transliteration

40 Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

41 And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.

Saheeh International

41 And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.

Transliteration

41 Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

42 It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.

Saheeh International

42 It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

Transliteration

42 Ma tatharu min shayin atat AAalayhi illa jaAAalathu kaalrrameemi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

43 And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.

Saheeh International

43 And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

Transliteration

43 Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaAAoo hatta heenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

44 But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;

Saheeh International

44 But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

Transliteration

44 FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathathumu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

45 And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

Transliteration

45 Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena

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).

Pickthall

46 And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.

Saheeh International

46 And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

Transliteration

46 Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

47 We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).

Saheeh International

47 And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

Transliteration

47 Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

48 And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!

Saheeh International

48 And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.

Transliteration

48 Waalarda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

49 And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.

Saheeh International

49 And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember.

Transliteration

49 Wamin kulli shayin khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona

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.

Pickthall

50 Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.

Saheeh International

50 So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

Transliteration

50 Fafirroo ila Allahi 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.

Pickthall

51 And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.

Saheeh International

51 And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

Transliteration

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

52 Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!

Saheeh International

52 Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

Transliteration

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

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)!

Pickthall

53 Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another ? Nay, but they are froward folk.

Saheeh International

53 Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

Transliteration

53 Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona

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).

Pickthall

54 So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,

Saheeh International

54 So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed.

Transliteration

54 Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

55 And warn, for warning profiteth believers.

Saheeh International

55 And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.

Transliteration

55 Wathakkir fainna alththikra tanfaAAu almumineena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

56 I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.

Saheeh International

56 And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

Transliteration

56 Wama khalaqtu aljinna waalinsa illa liyaAAbudooni

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).

Pickthall

57 I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.

Saheeh International

57 I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.

Transliteration

57 Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

58 Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.

Saheeh International

58 Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.

Transliteration

58 Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu

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!

Pickthall

59 And 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).

Saheeh International

59 And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their predecessors, so let them not impatiently urge Me.

Transliteration

59 Fainna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi ashabihim fala yastaAAjiloona

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).

Pickthall

60 And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.

Saheeh International

60 And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.

Transliteration

60 Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona