SURAH ADH-DHARIYAAT (THE SCATTERERS)

There are 60 verses in this surah and it was revealed in Mecca. In Tafseer of Majma’ul Bayan it is narrated from the Holy Prophet (S) that the reward for reciting this surah is ten times the number of moving winds or breezes.

Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) has said that recitation of this surah increases ones sustenance and makes it easy to earn. Drinking water in which this surah was dissolved after being written acts as a remedy for back problems (e.g. backaches). If a pregnant woman wears a taweez of surah ad-Dhariyaat, her pregnancy and delivery will be easy. Keeping this surah close to a dying person makes his deatheasy.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

وَالذّٰرِيٰتِ ذَرْوًا ۙ‏(1)

(1) I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,

فَالْحٰمِلٰتِ وِقْرًا ۙ‏(2)

(2) Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).

فَالْجٰرِيٰتِ يُسْرًا ۙ‏(3)

(3) Then those (ships) that glide easily,

فَالْمُقَسِّمٰتِ اَمْرًا ۙ‏(4)

(4) Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;

اِنَّمَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ لَصَادِقٌ ۙ‏(5)

(5) What you are threatened with is most surely true,

وَّاِنَّ الدِّيْنَ لوَاقِعٌ ؕ‏(6)

(6) And the Judgement must most surely come about.

وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ ۙ‏(7)

(7) I swear by the heaven full of ways.

اِنَّكُمْ لَفِىْ قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ ۙ‏(8)

(8) Most surely you are at variance witheach other in what you say,

يُّؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ اُفِكَ ؕ‏(9)

(9) He is turned away from it who would be turned away.

قُتِلَ الْخَرّٰصُوْنَۙ‏(10)

(10) Cursed be the liars,

الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ فِىْ غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُوْنَۙ‏(11)

(11) Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;

يَسْئَلُوْنَ اَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّيْنِؕ‏(12)

(12) They ask: When is the day of Judgement?

يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ يُفْتَنُوْنَ‏(13)

(13) (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.

ذُوْقُوْا فِتْنَتَكُمْؕ هٰذَا الَّذِىْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ‏(14)

(14) Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِىْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۙ‏(15)

(15) Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.

اٰخِذِيْنَ مَاۤ اٰتٰٮهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ‌ؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِيْنَؕ‏(16)

(16) Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.

كَانُوْا قَلِيْلًا مِّنَ الَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُوْنَ‏(17)

(17) They used to sleep but little in the night.

وَبِالْاَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوْنَ‏(18)

(18) And in the morning they asked forgiveness.

وَفِىْۤ اَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَالْمَحْرُوْمِ‏(19)

(19) And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).

وَفِى الْاَرْضِ اٰيٰتٌ لِّلْمُوْقِنِيْنَۙ‏(20)

(20) And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,

وَفِىْۤ اَنْفُسِكُمْ‌ؕ اَفَلَا تُبْصِرُوْنَ‏(21)

(21) And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?

وَفِى السَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ‏(22)

(22) And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.

فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَآءِ وَالْاَرْضِ اِنَّهٗ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَاۤ اَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُوْنَ‏(23)

(23) And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.

هَلْ اَتٰٮكَ حَدِيْثُ ضَيْفِ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ الْمُكْرَمِيْنَ‌ۘ‏(24)

(24) Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?

اِذْ دَخَلُوْا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوْا سَلٰمًا‌ؕ قَالَ سَلٰمٌ ۚ قَوْمٌ مُّنْكَرُوْنَ‌‏(25)

(25) When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.

فَرَاغَ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِهٖ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِيْنٍۙ‏(26)

(26) Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,

فَقَرَّبَهٗۤ اِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ اَلَا تَاْكُلُوْنَ‏(27)

(27) So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?

فَاَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيْفَةً‌ؕ قَالُوْا لَا تَخَفْ‌ ؕ وَبَشَّرُوْهُ بِغُلٰمٍ عَلِيْمٍ‏(28)

(28) So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.

فَاَقْبَلَتِ امْرَاَتُهٗ فِىْ صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوْزٌ عَقِيْمٌ‏(29)

(29) Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!

قَالُوْا كَذٰلِكِ ۙ قَالَ رَبُّكِ‌ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْحَكِيْمُ الْعَلِيْمُ‏(30)

(30) They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ اَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُوْنَ‏(31)

(31) He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!

قَالُوْۤا اِنَّاۤ اُرْسِلْنَاۤ اِلٰى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِيْنَۙ‏(32)

(32) They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّنْ طِيْنٍۙ‏(33)

(33) That we may send down upon them stone of clay,

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِيْنَ‏(34)

(34) Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.

فَاَخْرَجْنَا مَنْ كَانَ فِيْهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ‌ۚ‏(35)

(35) Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيْهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ‌ۚ‏(36)

(36) But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيْهَاۤ اٰيَةً لِّلَّذِيْنَ يَخَافُوْنَ الْعَذَابَ الْاَلِيْمَؕ‏(37)

(37) And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

وَفِىْ مُوْسٰۤی اِذْ اَرْسَلْنٰهُ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍ‏(38)

(38) And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.

فَتَوَلّٰى بِرُكْنِهٖ وَقَالَ سٰحِرٌ اَوْ مَجْنُوْنٌ‏(39)

(39) But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.

فَاَخَذْنٰهُ وَجُنُوْدَهٗ فَنَبَذْنٰهُمْ فِى الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيْمٌؕ‏(40)

(40) So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.

وَفِىْ عَادٍ اِذْ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيْحَ الْعَقِيْمَ‌ۚ‏(41)

(41) And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.

مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَىْءٍ اَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ اِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيْمِؕ‏(42)

(42) It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.

وَفِىْ ثَمُوْدَ اِذْ قِيْلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوْا حَتّٰى حِيْنٍ‏(43)

(43) And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.

فَعَتَوْا عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصّٰعِقَةُ وَ هُمْ يَنْظُرُوْنَ‏(44)

(44) But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.

فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوْا مِنْ قِيَامٍ وَّمَا كَانُوْا مُنْتَصِرِيْنَۙ‏(45)

(45) So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves-

وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُ‌ؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا فٰسِقِيْنَ‏(46)

(46) And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.

وَ السَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنٰهَا بِاَيْٮدٍ وَّاِنَّا لَمُوْسِعُوْنَ‏(47)

(47) And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.

وَالْاَرْضَ فَرَشْنٰهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمٰهِدُوْنَ‏(48)

(48) And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.

وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُوْنَ‏(49)

(49) And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.

فَفِرُّوْۤا اِلَى اللّٰهِ‌ؕ اِنِّىْ لَكُمْ مِّنْهُ نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ‌ۚ‏(50)

(50) Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوْا مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ‌ؕ اِنِّىْ لَكُمْ مِّنْهُ نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ‌ۚ‏(51)

(51) And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.

كَذٰلِكَ مَاۤ اَتَى الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِّنْ رَّسُوْلٍ اِلَّا قَالُوْا سَاحِرٌ اَوْ مَجْنُوْنٌ‌ۚ‏(52)

(52) Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.

اَتَوَاصَوْا بِهٖ‌ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُوْنَ‌ۚ‏(53)

(53) Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَاۤ اَنْتَ بِمَلُوْمٍ‏(54)

(54) Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;

وَّذَكِّرْ فَاِنَّ الذِّكْرٰى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ‏(55)

(55) And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْاِنْسَ اِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوْنِ‏(56)

(56) And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.

مَاۤ اُرِيْدُ مِنْهُمْ مِّنْ رِّزْقٍ وَّمَاۤ اُرِيْدُ اَنْ يُّطْعِمُوْنِ‏(57)

(57) I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِيْنُ‏(58)

(58) Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.

فَاِنَّ لِلَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا ذَنُوْبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوْبِ اَصْحٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُوْنِ‏(59)

(59) So surely those who are unjust shall have a portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on.

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنْ يَّوْمِهِمُ الَّذِىْ يُوْعَدُوْنَ‏(60)

(60) Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.