Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

1. By the (Winds) that scatter broadcast;

2. And those that lift and bear away heavy weights;

3. And those that flow with ease and gentleness;

4. And those that distribute and apportion by Command;-

5. Verily that which ye are promised is true;


7. By the Sky with (its) numerous Paths,

8. Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant,


10. Woe to the falsehood-mongers,-


12. They ask, “When will be the Day of Judgment and Justice?”


14. “Taste ye your trial! This is what ye used to ask to be hastened!”











25. Behold, they entered his presence, and said: “Peace!” He said, “Peace!” (and thought, “These seem) unusual people.”


27. And placed it before them.. he said, “Will ye not eat?”

28. (When they did not eat), He conceived a fear of them. They said, “Fear not,” and they gave him glad tidings of a son endowed with knowledge.

29. But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead and said: “A barren old woman!”

30. They said, “Even so has thy Lord spoken: and He is full of Wisdom and Knowledge.”



33. “To bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone),

34. “Marked as from thy Lord for those who trespass beyond bounds.”





39. But (Pharaoh) turned back with his Chiefs, and said, “A sorcerer, or one possessed!”


41. And in the ‘Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them the devastating Wind:


43. And in the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were told, “Enjoy (your brief day) for a little while!”









52. Similarly, no messenger came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, “A sorcerer, or one possessed”!









The Quran Translation by A. Yusuf Ali