Plain Arabic & English text (Surat Adh-Dhariyat)
Ayah 1
وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا
By those scattering dispersing
Ayah 2
فَٱلْحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقْرًا
And those carrying a load
Ayah 3
فَٱلْجَـٰرِيَـٰتِ يُسْرًا
And those sailing (with) ease
Ayah 4
فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَـٰتِ أَمْرًا
And those distributing Command
Ayah 5
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ
Indeed, what you are promised (is) surely true
Ayah 6
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
And indeed the Judgment (is) surely to occur
Ayah 7
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ
By the heaven full of pathways
Ayah 8
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ
Indeed, you (are) surely in a speech differing
Ayah 9
يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ
Deluded away from it (is he) who is deluded
Ayah 10
قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ
Cursed be the liars
Ayah 11
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ
Those who [they] (are) in flood (of) heedlessness
Ayah 12
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
They ask When (is the) Day (of) Judgment
Ayah 13
يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
A Day they over the Fire will be tried
Ayah 14
ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Taste your trial This (is) what you were for it seeking to hasten
Ayah 15
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Indeed the righteous (will be) in Gardens and springs
Ayah 16
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
Taking what their Lord has given them their Lord has given them Indeed, they were before that good-doers
Ayah 17
كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
They used to little of the night [what] sleep
Ayah 18
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness
Ayah 19
وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
And in their wealth (was the) right (of) those who asked and the deprived
Ayah 20
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ
And in the earth (are) signs for those who are certain
Ayah 21
وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And in yourselves Then will not you see
Ayah 22
وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
And in the heaven (is) your provision and what you are promised
Ayah 23
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ
Then by (the) Lord (of) the heaven and the earth indeed, it (is) surely (the) truth (just) as [what] you speak
Ayah 24
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
Has reached you (the) narration (of the) guests (of) Ibrahim the honored
Ayah 25
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
When they entered upon him and said Peace He said Peace a people unknown
Ayah 26
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ
Then he went to his household and came with a calf fat
Ayah 27
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
And he placed it near [to] them he said Will not you eat
Ayah 28
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ
Then he felt from them a fear They said (Do) not fear and they gave him glad tidings of a son learned
Ayah 29
فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
Then came forward his wife with a loud voice and struck her face and she said An old woman barren
Ayah 30
قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
They said Thus said your Lord Indeed, He [He] (is) the All-Wise the All-Knower
Ayah 31
۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
He said Then what (is) your mission O messengers O messengers
Ayah 32
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
They said Indeed, we [we] have been sent to a people criminal
Ayah 33
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ
That we may send down upon them stones of clay
Ayah 34
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Marked by your Lord by your Lord for the transgressors
Ayah 35
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Then We brought out (those) who were therein of the believers
Ayah 36
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
But not We found therein other than a house of the Muslims
Ayah 37
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
And We left therein a Sign for those who fear the punishment the painful
Ayah 38
وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
And in Musa when We sent him to Firaun with an authority clear
Ayah 39
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَـٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
But he turned away with his supporters and said A magician or a madman
Ayah 40
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
So We took him and his hosts and threw them into the sea while he (was) blameworthy
Ayah 41
وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ
And in Aad when We sent against them the wind the barren
Ayah 42
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
Not it left any thing it came upon it but it made it like disintegrated ruins
Ayah 43
وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
And in Thamud when was said to them Enjoy (yourselves) for a time
Ayah 44
فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
But they rebelled against (the) Command (of) their Lord so seized them the thunderbolt while they were looking
Ayah 45
فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ
Then not they were able to [of] stand and not they could help themselves
Ayah 46
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ
And (the) people (of) Nuh before before indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient
Ayah 47
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
And the heaven We constructed it with strength and indeed, We (are) surely (its) Expanders
Ayah 48
وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ
And the earth We have spread it how excellent (are) the Spreaders
Ayah 49
وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
And of every thing We have created pairs so that you may remember
Ayah 50
فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
So flee to Allah indeed, I am to you from Him a warner clear
Ayah 51
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
And (do) not make with Allah god another Indeed, I am to you from Him a warner clear
Ayah 52
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Likewise not came (to) those before them before them any Messenger but they said A magician or a madman
Ayah 53
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
Have they transmitted it to them Have they transmitted it to them Nay they (are) a people transgressing
Ayah 54
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ
So turn away from them for not you (are) to be blamed
Ayah 55
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And remind for indeed the reminder benefits the believers
Ayah 56
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
And not I have created the jinn and the mankind except that they worship Me
Ayah 57
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
Not I want from them any provision and not I want that they (should) feed Me
Ayah 58
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ
Indeed Allah He (is) the All-Provider Possessor (of) Power the Strong
Ayah 59
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
So indeed for those who do wrong (is) a portion like (the) portion (of) their companions so let them not ask Me to hasten so let them not ask Me to hasten
Ayah 60
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Then woe to those who disbelieve from their Day which they are promised
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surat Adh-Dhariyat?
Surat Adh-Dhariyat (الذاريات) has 60 verses.
Was Surat Adh-Dhariyat revealed in Makkah or Madinah?
Surat Adh-Dhariyat was revealed in Makkah.
Which Quran pages is Surat Adh-Dhariyat on?
In the standard mushaf, Surat Adh-Dhariyat spans pages 520 to 523.
What is Surat Adh-Dhariyat about?
It is derived from the very first word wadh-dhariyat, which implies that it is a Surah which begins with the word adh-dhariyat.
English translation: The Clear Quran by Dr. Mustafa Khattab (Quran.com). Quran.com.