Al Zariyat

Saheeh International

1 By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

1 I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

2 Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).

Saheeh International

3 And those [ships] sailing with ease

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

3 Then those (ships) that glide easily,

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

4 Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;

Saheeh International

5 Indeed, what you are promised is true.

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.

Shakir

5 What you are threatened with is most surely true,

Saheeh International

6 And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 And verily, the Recompense is sure to happen.

Shakir

6 And the judgment must most surely come about.

Saheeh International

7 By the heaven containing pathways,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 By the heaven full of paths,

Shakir

7 I swear by the heaven full of ways.

Saheeh International

8 Indeed, you are in differing speech.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

8 Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,

Saheeh International

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

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).

Shakir

9 He is turned away from it who would be turned away.

Saheeh International

10 Destroyed are the falsifiers

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Cursed be the liars

Shakir

10 Cursed be the liars,

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

11 Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

12 They ask: When is the day of judgment?

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

13 (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

14 Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.

Saheeh International

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

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),

Shakir

15 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.

Saheeh International

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

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).

Shakir

16 Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.

Saheeh International

17 They used to sleep but little of the night,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

17 They used to sleep but little in the night.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

18 And in the morning they asked forgiveness.

Saheeh International

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

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) .

Shakir

19 And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

20 And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,

Saheeh International

21 And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

21 And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

22 And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.

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.

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.

Shakir

23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

24 Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?

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.

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."

Shakir

25 When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.

Saheeh International

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

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].

Shakir

26 Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

27 So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?

Saheeh International

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

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).

Shakir

28 So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

29 Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

30 They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

31 He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

32 They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,

Saheeh International

33 To send down upon them stones of clay,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 To send down upon them stones of baked clay.

Shakir

33 That we may send down upon them stone of clay,

Saheeh International

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

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).

Shakir

34 Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 So We brought out from therein the believers.

Shakir

35 Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

36 But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).

Saheeh International

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

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.

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

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.

Shakir

38 And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.

Saheeh International

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

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."

Shakir

39 But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

40 So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

41 And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

42 It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

43 And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

44 But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

45 So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves -

Saheeh International

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

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).

Shakir

46 And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

47 And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

48 And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

49 And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.

Saheeh International

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

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.

Shakir

50 Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to 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.

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.

Shakir

51 And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

52 Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.

Saheeh International

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

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)!

Shakir

53 Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.

Saheeh International

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

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).

Shakir

54 Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

55 And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

56 And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.

Saheeh International

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

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).

Shakir

57 I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

58 Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.

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.

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!

Shakir

59 So surely those who are unjust shall have a portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on.

Saheeh International

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

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).

Shakir

60 Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.