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Surah 51

Adh-Dhaariyatالذاريات

The Winnowing Winds · 60 verses · Meccan

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Sixty verses: Winds, clouds, ships and angels apportioning, sworn by in sequence before the argument begins. Abraham's guests refusing food, and his wife striking her face at the news. Then Moses, 'Aad, Thamud and Noah, each in a few verses.

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51:1

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًا

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Easy-read (simplified)wadh-dhaariyaati dharwaa

DIN 31635waḏ-ḏāriyāti ḏarwan

The translators word this verse differently

By the spreaders spreading.

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By those that winnow with a winnowing

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

By the scatterers who scatter

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

By the clouds which scatter with SCATTERING

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

By the winds dispersing and scattering the dust

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734
51:2

فَٱلْحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقْرًا

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Easy-read (simplified)fal-haamilaati wiqraa

DIN 31635fal-ḥāmilāti wiqran

The translators word this verse differently

And those carrying loads.

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And those that bear the burden (of the rain)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and by those pregnant with their burden

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And those which bear their load

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and by the clouds bearing a load of rain

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734
51:3

فَٱلْجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسْرًا

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Easy-read (simplified)fal-jaariyaati yusraa

DIN 31635fal-ǧāriyāti yusran

The translators word this verse differently

And those moving gently.

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And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and by those running on easily

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And by those which speed lightly along

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

by the ships running swiftly in the sea

George Sale · published 1734

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51:4

فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمْرًا

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Easy-read (simplified)fal-muqassimaati amraa

DIN 31635fal-muqassimāti ʾamran

The translators word this verse differently

And those distributing as commanded.

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And those who distribute (blessings) by command

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and by the distributors of affairs

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And those which apportion by command

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and by the angels who distribute things necessary for the support of all creatures

George Sale · published 1734

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51:5

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)innamaa too'adoona lasaadiq

DIN 31635ʾinnamā tūʿadūna laṣādiqun

What you are promised is true.

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Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

verily, what ye are threatened with is surely true

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

True, indeed, is that with which ye are threatened

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily that wherewith ye are threatened is certainly true

George Sale · published 1734

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51:6

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'inna d-deena lawaaqi'

DIN 31635waʾinna d-dīna lawāqiʿun

Judgment will take place.

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And lo! the judgment will indeed befall

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And, verily, the judgment will surely take place

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And lo! the judgment will surely come

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and the last judgment will surely come

George Sale · published 1734

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51:7

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ

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Easy-read (simplified)was-samaa'i dhaati l-hubuk

DIN 31635was-samāʾi ḏāti l-ḥubuki

By the sky that is woven.

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By the heaven full of paths

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

By the heaven possessed of paths

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

By the star-tracked heaven

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

By the heaven furnished with paths

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734
51:8

إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)innakum lafee qawlin mukhtalif

DIN 31635ʾinnakum lafī qawlin muḫtalifin

The translators word this verse differently

You differ in what you say.

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

verily, ye are at variance in what ye say

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Ye are discordant in what ye say

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

ye widely differ in what ye say

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734
51:9

يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ

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Easy-read (simplified)yu'faku 'anhu man ufik

DIN 31635yuʾfaku ʿanhu man ʾufika

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Averted from it is he who is averted.

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He is turned from it who is turned

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But whose turneth him from the truth, is turned from it by a divine decree

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

He will be turned aside from the faith, who shall be turned aside by the divine decree

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734
51:10

قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)qutila l-kharraasoon

DIN 31635qutila l-ḫarrāṣūna

The translators word this verse differently

Perish the imposters.

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Accursed be the conjecturers

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Slain be the liars

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Perish the liars

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Cursed be the liars

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734
51:11

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)alladheena hum fee ghamratin saahoon

DIN 31635allaḏīna hum fī ġamratin sāhūna

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Those who are dazed in ignorance.

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Who are careless in an abyss

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

who are heedless in a flood (of ignorance)

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Who are bewildered in the depths of ignorance

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

who wade in deep waters of ignorance, neglecting their salvation

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734
51:12

يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

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Easy-read (simplified)yas'aloona ayyaana yawmu d-deen

DIN 31635yasʾalūna ʾayyāna yawmu d-dīni

They ask, "When is the Day of Judgment?"

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They ask: When is the Day of Judgment

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

They will ask, 'When is the day of judgment

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

They ask, "When this day of judgment

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

They ask, when will the day of judgment come

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
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  • George Sale · 1734
51:13

يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)yawma hum 'alaa n-naari yuftanoon

DIN 31635yawma hum ʿalā n-nāri yuftanūna

The Day they are presented to the Fire.

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

The day when at the fire they shall be tried

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

On that day they shall be tormented at the fire

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

On that day shall they be burned in hell fire

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734
51:14

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)dhooqoo fitnatakum haadhaa lladhee kuntum bihi tasta'jiloon

DIN 31635ḏūqū fitnatakum hāḏā llaḏī kuntum bihi tastaʿǧilūna

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"Taste your ordeal. This is what you used to challenge."

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Taste your trial! this is what we wished to hasten on

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Taste ye of this your torment, whose speedy coming ye challenged

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and it shall be said unto them, taste your punishment; this is what ye demanded to be hastened

George Sale · published 1734

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  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734
51:15

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna l-muttaqeena fee jannaatin wa'uyoon

DIN 31635ʾinna l-muttaqīna fī ǧannātin waʿuyūnin

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But the pious are amidst gardens and springs.

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, the pious are in gardens and springs

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But the God-fearing shall dwell amid gardens and fountains

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

But the pious shall dwell among gardens and fountains

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
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  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

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Translations Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

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Translations Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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