The Qur'an · Pickthall Translation

51. Adh-Dhariyat

Pickthall translation · 60 verses

Surah Adh-Dhariyat (51) of the Holy Qur'an, in the respected public domain Pickthall translation. It opens: “By those that winnow with a winnowing” — the complete text of all 60 verses is below, free to read online, no account needed.

1By those that winnow with a winnowing

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

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

4And those who distribute (blessings) by command

5Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true

6And lo! the judgment will indeed befall

7By the heaven full of paths

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

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

10Accursed be the conjecturers

11Who are careless in an abyss

12They ask: When is the Day of Judgment

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

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

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

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

17They used to sleep but little of the night

18And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33That we may send upon them stones of clay

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

35Then we brought forth such believers as were there

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

55And warn, for warning profiteth believers

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

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

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

59And 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)

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

60 verses · Pickthall translation (public domain)

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