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Tafsir of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (51) — The Winnowing Winds · الذاريات
Meccan surah, 60 ayat. Read the whole surah
Al-Mukhtasar in Interpreting the Noble Quran — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies. QuranEnc.com (english_mokhtasar), 2026-10-30.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:1
وَٱلذَّـٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوٗا
By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing
Tafsir 51:1
Allah swears by the wind which scatter dust,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:2
فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرٗا
And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]
Tafsir 51:2
And by the clouds that carry plenty of water,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:3
فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرٗا
And those [ships] sailing with ease
Tafsir 51:3
And the ships which sail in the sea with ease,
Adh-Dhariyat 51:4
فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا
And those [angels] apportioning [each] matter
Tafsir 51:4
And by the angels which distribute the matters of the servants which Allah has ordered them to distribute.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:5
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٞ
Indeed, what you are promised is true
Tafsir 51:5
The reckoning and reward which Allah promises you is true without doubt.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:6
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٞ
And indeed, the recompense is to occur
Tafsir 51:6
And the reckoning of the servants is going to occur on the day of judgment without doubt.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ
By the heaven containing pathways
Tafsir 51:7
And Allah swears by the sky which has pathways.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:8
إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلٖ مُّخۡتَلِفٖ
Indeed, you are in differing speech
Tafsir 51:8
O people of Makkah, you are in a contradicting and conflicting speech. Sometimes you say: The Qur’ān is magic, at times you say poetry. And you say: Muhammad is a magician at times, and sometimes that he is a poet.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:9
يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ
Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded
Tafsir 51:9
Turned away from faith in the Qur’ān and the Prophet (peace be upon him) is he who he is turned away from it in Allah’s knowledge, due to His knowing that he will not believe, and so he is not enabled to be guided.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:10
قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّـٰصُونَ
Destroyed are the falsifiers
Tafsir 51:10
Cursed are these liars who said regarding the Qur’ān and their Prophet what they said.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:11
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ سَاهُونَ
Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless
Tafsir 51:11
Those who are in ignorance and absentminded of the abode of the afterlife, not caring about it.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:12
يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense
Tafsir 51:12
They ask: “When is the day of reward?” whilst they do not work for it.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:13
يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ
[It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire
Tafsir 51:13
So Allah answers their question: the day they will be punished on the fire.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:14
ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ
[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient
Tafsir 51:14
It will be said to them: “Taste your punishment. This is what you used to mockingly ask for quickly when you used to be warned of it”.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:15
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs
Tafsir 51:15
Those who are mindful of their Lord by carrying out His commands and refraining from His prohibitions will be in gardens and running springs on the day of judgment.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:16
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ
Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good
Tafsir 51:16
Taking the generous reward their Lord has given them. Before this generous reward, they used to do good in the world.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:17
كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ
They used to sleep but little of the night
Tafsir 51:17
They used to pray at night, not sleeping except a little.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:18
وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ
And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness
Tafsir 51:18
And at the time of morning they seek forgiveness from Allah for their sins.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:19
وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ
And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived
Tafsir 51:19
And in their wealth is a right for the beggar amongst people and the one who does not ask out of shyness, and so people deprive him of charity.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:20
وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ
And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]
Tafsir 51:20
And in the earth and the mountains, seas, rivers, trees, plants and animals that Allah has placed in them are proof of Allah’s power for those who have conviction that Allah is their Creator and Fashioner.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:21
وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
And in yourselves. Then will you not see
Tafsir 51:21
And in your own selves, O people, are proof of Allah’s power; do you not see to take lessons?
Adh-Dhariyat 51:22
وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised
Tafsir 51:22
And in the heavens is your worldly and religious provision, and in it is the reward of this world and the afterlife you are promised.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:23
فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقّٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ
Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking
Tafsir 51:23
By the Lord of the heavens and earth, the resurrection is true without any doubt, just as there is no doubt in your speech when you speak.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:24
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ
Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham
Tafsir 51:24
O Messenger, has the story of the guests of Abraham (peace be upon him) - the angels whom he honoured - come to you?
Adh-Dhariyat 51:25
إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ
When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown
Tafsir 51:25
When they came to him and said, ٌ”Peace”. Abraham said in reply: “Peace”, and he said to himself: “These are people we do not recognise”.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:26
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٖ سَمِينٖ
Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf
Tafsir 51:26
Then he moved to his family secretly, then he brought from them a whole fat calf, thinking them to be humans.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:27
فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat
Tafsir 51:27
He then put the calf close to them and addressed them softly: “Do you not eat the food presented to you?”
Adh-Dhariyat 51:28
فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ
And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy
Tafsir 51:28
When they did not eat, he concealed his fear of them, but they understood this and said to him to put him at ease: “Do not fear. We are messengers from Allah”. And they informed him of what will please him, i.e., that he will have a son who will have a lot of knowledge. The one regarding whom glad tidings were given was Isaac (peace be upon him).
Adh-Dhariyat 51:29
فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةٖ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٞ
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman
Tafsir 51:29
When his wife heard the glad tiding, she came screaming out of happiness and slapped her face, and said in surprise: “Will an old woman give birth when she is actually barren?”
Adh-Dhariyat 51:30
قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing
Tafsir 51:30
The angels said to her: “What we have informed you of is what your Lord has said. And there is nobody to refute what he said. It is He who is Wise in His creating and decreeing, Knowing of His creation and what is in their interests”.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:31
۞قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers
Tafsir 51:31
Abraham (peace be upon him) said to the angels: “What is you case? And what do you intend?”
Adh-Dhariyat 51:32
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals
Tafsir 51:32
The angels said in reply: “Allah has sent us to a criminal people who commit despicable sins.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:33
لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن طِينٖ
To send down upon them stones of clay
Tafsir 51:33
So that I can send upon them stones of hard clay.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:34
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors
Tafsir 51:34
Marked in your Lord’s presence, O Abraham, and sent upon those who transgress the limits of Allah and who go to the extreme of disbelief and sins”.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:35
فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers
Tafsir 51:35
So I took out whoever was in the city of the people of Lot from the believers, so that the punishment which will befall the criminals will not befall them.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:36
فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims
Tafsir 51:36
But I did not find in their city besides one house of the Muslims, which was the household of Lot (peace be upon him).
Adh-Dhariyat 51:37
وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment
Tafsir 51:37
And I left in the city of Lot signs of punishment which will show that punishment befell them, so that those who fear the painful punishment which afflicted them take lessons from it and then not do what they did
Adh-Dhariyat 51:38
وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ
And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority
Tafsir 51:38
And in Moses, when I sent him to Pharaoh with clear miracles and proof, is a sign for the one who fears the painful punishment.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:39
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٞ
But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman
Tafsir 51:39
But Pharaoh turned away from the truth, and he said regarding Moses (peace be upon him): “He is a magician that does magic on people or a madman who says what he does not understand”.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:40
فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ
So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy
Tafsir 51:40
So I seized him and all of his armies, then threw them in the sea, so they were drowned and destroyed. And Pharaoh will be held accountable for his blameworthy actions- denial of the message and his claim of divinity.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:41
وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ
And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind
Tafsir 51:41
And in Ad, the people of Hud, is a sign for one who fears the painful punishment, when I sent upon them the wind which does not carry rain or pollinate trees, nor were there any blessings in it.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:42
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins
Tafsir 51:42
It did not leave any soul, wealth or anything else it came upon, except that it destroyed it and left it like scattered ruins.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:43
وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ
And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time
Tafsir 51:43
And in Thamud, the people of Salih (peace be upon him), is a sign for the one who fears the painful punishment, when it was said to them: “Enjoy yourselves before your life comes to an end”.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:44
فَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ
But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on
Tafsir 51:44
But they were arrogant to the command of their Lord and they were haughty to faith and obedience, so the thunderbolt of punishment seized them whilst they were waiting it to come down, as they were promised punishment three days before it came.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:45
فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامٖ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ
And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves
Tafsir 51:45
So they were unable to repel the punishment that befell them nor did they have any power to defend themselves with.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:46
وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ
And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient
Tafsir 51:46
And I destroyed the people of Noah through flooding before these who have been mentioned. They were a people who left the obedience of Allah, so they deserved His punishment.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:47
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander
Tafsir 51:47
And the sky I made and perfected its making with strength, and I am expanding its edges and expanding for My servants by increasing provision.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:48
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ
And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer
Tafsir 51:48
And the earth I made prepared for those who live on it, like a spread for them. How excellent a preparer I am when I prepared it for them.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:49
وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ
And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember
Tafsir 51:49
And of everything I have created two types, like the male and female, sky and earth, and the land and sea, so that you remember the oneness of Allah who created two types of everything and you remember His power.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:50
فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
So flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner
Tafsir 51:50
So flee from Allah’s punishment towards His reward, by obeying Him and not disobeying Him. I am a clear warner to you, O people, of His punishment.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:51
وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner
Tafsir 51:51
And do not make alongside Allah another deity to worship besides Him. I am a clear warner to you.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:52
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman
Tafsir 51:52
Like the denial of the people of Makkah, the previous nations denied. No Messenger came to them from Allah except that they said regarding him: “He is a magician or a madman”.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:53
أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ
Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people
Tafsir 51:53
Did the predecessors amongst the disbelievers and the latter amongst them bequest one another to deny the messengers? No, but rather their transgression has united them on this.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:54
فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٖ
So leave them, [O Muhammad], for you are not to be blamed
Tafsir 51:54
So turn away from these deniers, O Messenger, for you are not blameworthy, as you have conveyed to them what you were sent with towards them.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:55
وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers
Tafsir 51:55
And do not let their turning away from you stop you from advising them and reminding them, so advise and remind them, as reminding is beneficial for those who bring faith in Allah.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:56
وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me
Tafsir 51:56
And I did not create jinns and men except for My worship alone. I did not create them to make a partner for Me.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:57
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ
I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me
Tafsir 51:57
I do not want any provision off them nor do I want them to feed Me.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:58
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ
Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength
Tafsir 51:58
Allah is the Provider for His servants, all of them are in need of His provision, He is the Supreme-Lord, Every Mighty, nothing is outside His ability. All of the jinns and men submit to His power (may He be glorified).
Adh-Dhariyat 51:59
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبٗا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ
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
Tafsir 51:59
Those who wronged themselves by denying you, O Messenger, have a share of the punishment, like the share of their companions before them, which has a fixed time period. So they should not ask Me to bring it quicker before its time.
Adh-Dhariyat 51:60
فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised
Tafsir 51:60
So destruction and loss is for those who disbelieved in Allah and who denied His messengers, on their day, the Day of Judgment, in which they are being promised that the punishment will be sent upon them.
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