Surah Adh-Dhaariyat

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِذَرْوًۭا

CONSIDER the winds that scatter the dust far and wide,

فَٱلْحَٰمِلَٰتِوِقْرًۭا

and those that carry the burden [of heavy clouds],

فَٱلْجَٰرِيَٰتِيُسْرًۭا

and those that speed along with gentle ease,

فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَٰتِأَمْرًا

and those that apportion [the gift of life] at [God’s] behest!

إِنَّمَاتُوعَدُونَلَصَادِقٌۭ

Verily, that which you are promised is true indeed,

وَإِنَّٱلدِّينَلَوَٰقِعٌۭ

and, verily, judgment is bound to come!

وَٱلسَّمَآءِذَاتِٱلْحُبُكِ

CONSIDER the firmament full of starry paths!

إِنَّكُمْلَفِىقَوْلٍۢمُّخْتَلِفٍۢ

Verily, [O men,] you are deeply at variance as to what to believe:

يُؤْفَكُعَنْهُمَنْأُفِكَ

perverted in his views thereon is he who would deceive himself!

قُتِلَٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ

They but destroy themselves, they who are given to guessing at what they cannot ascertain –

ٱلَّذِينَهُمْفِىغَمْرَةٍۢسَاهُونَ

they who blunder along, in ignorance lost –

يَسْـَٔلُونَأَيَّانَيَوْمُٱلدِّينِ

they who [mockingly] ask, “When is that Day of Judgment to be?”

يَوْمَهُمْعَلَىٱلنَّارِيُفْتَنُونَ

[It will be] a Day when they will be sorely tried by the fire,

ذُوقُوا۟فِتْنَتَكُمْهَٰذَاٱلَّذِىكُنتُمبِهِۦتَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

[and will be told:] “Taste this your trial! It is this that you were so hastily asking for!”

إِنَّٱلْمُتَّقِينَفِىجَنَّٰتٍۢوَعُيُونٍ

[But,] behold, the God-conscious will find themselves amid gardens and springs,

ءَاخِذِينَمَآءَاتَىٰهُمْرَبُّهُمْإِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟قَبْلَذَٰلِكَمُحْسِنِينَ

enjoying all that their Sustainer will have granted them [because], verily, they were doers of good in the past:

كَانُوا۟قَلِيلًۭامِّنَٱلَّيْلِمَايَهْجَعُونَ

they would lie asleep during but a small part of the night,

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِهُمْيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

and would pray for forgiveness from their innermost hearts;

وَفِىٓأَمْوَٰلِهِمْحَقٌّۭلِّلسَّآئِلِوَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

and [would assign] in all that they possessed a due share unto such as might ask [for help] and such as might suffer priva­tion.

وَفِىٱلْأَرْضِءَايَٰتٌۭلِّلْمُوقِنِينَ

AND ON EARTH there are signs [of God’s exis­tence, visible] to all who are endowed with inner certainty,