Surah Adh-Dhariyat

Ta'awwudh · Seeking Refuge

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

A'udhu billahi min ash-shaytani ar-rajim. I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed.

The Name · Bismillah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahi ar-Rahmani ar-Rahim. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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The Surah · Adh-Dhariyat

﷽١﷾

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًۭا

Wadh-dhariyati dharwa

By the winds that scatter, scattering.

﷽٢﷾

فَٱلْحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقْرًۭا

Fal-hamilati wiqra

And by those that carry a heavy load.

﷽٣﷾

فَٱلْجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسْرًۭا

Fal-jariyati yusra

And by those that run with ease.

﷽٤﷾

فَٱلْمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمْرًا

Fal-muqassimati amra

And by those that distribute a command.

﷽٥﷾

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌۭ

Innama tu'aduna lasadiq

What you are promised is true.

﷽٦﷾

وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ

Wa inna ad-dina lawaqi'

And the judgment is certain to fall.

﷽٧﷾

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ

Was-sama'i dhati al-hubuk

By the heaven full of paths.

﷽٨﷾

إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍۢ مُّخْتَلِفٍۢ

Innakum lafi qawlin mukhtalif

You are in speech that contradicts itself.

﷽٩﷾

يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ

Yu'faku 'anhu man ufik

Turned away from it is whoever is turned away.

﷽١٠﷾

قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ

Qutila al-kharrasun

Cursed are the guessers.

﷽١١﷾

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍۢ سَاهُونَ

Alladhina hum fi ghamratin sahun

Those who are heedless in a flood of ignorance.

﷽١٢﷾

يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

Yas'aluna ayyana yawmu ad-din

They ask: when is the Day of Judgment?

﷽١٣﷾

يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ

Yawma hum 'ala an-nari yuftanun

The Day they are tried over the Fire.

﷽١٤﷾

ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Dhuqu fitnatakum hadha alladhi kuntum bihi tasta'jilun

Taste your trial. This is what you were asking to hurry.

﷽١٥﷾

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ

Inna al-muttaqina fi jannatin wa 'uyun

The God-conscious are in gardens and springs.

﷽١٦﷾

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ

Akhidhina ma atahum Rabbuhum, innahum kanu qabla dhalika muhsinin

Taking what their Lord has given them. Before that they were doers of good.

﷽١٧﷾

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

Kanu qalilan mina al-layli ma yahja'un

They used to sleep but little of the night.

﷽١٨﷾

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

Wa bil-ashari hum yastaghfirun

And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness.

﷽١٩﷾

وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

Wa fi amwalihim haqqun lissa'ili wal-mahrum

And in their wealth was a right for the one who asks and the one who is deprived.

﷽٢٠﷾

وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَٰتٌۭ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ

Wa fi al-ardi ayatun lil-muqinin

On the earth are signs for those of certainty.

﷽٢١﷾

وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Wa fi anfusikum, afala tubsirun

And within yourselves. Do you not see?

﷽٢٢﷾

وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ

Wa fi as-sama'i rizqukum wa ma tu'adun

And in the sky is your provision and what you are promised.

﷽٢٣﷾

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّۭ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ

Fawa Rabbi as-sama'i wal-ardi innahu lahaqqun mithla ma annakum tantiqun

By the Lord of the heaven and the earth, it is true, as true as the fact that you speak.

﷽٢٤﷾

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ

Hal ataka hadithu dayfi Ibrahima al-mukramin

Has the account of the honored guests of Ibrahim reached you?

﷽٢٥﷾

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا ۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٌۭ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ

Idh dakhalu 'alayhi faqalu salaman, qala salamun qawmun munkarun

When they entered upon him and said peace, he said peace, a people unknown.

﷽٢٦﷾

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍۢ سَمِينٍۢ

Faragha ila ahlihi faja'a bi'ijlin samin

He went quietly to his household and came with a fattened calf.

﷽٢٧﷾

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

Faqarrabahu ilayhim qala ala ta'kulun

He brought it near them and said: will you not eat?

﷽٢٨﷾

فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةًۭ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍۢ

Fa awjasa minhum khifah, qalu la takhaf, wa bashsharuhu bighulamin 'alim

He felt a fear of them. They said: do not fear. And they gave him glad tidings of a learned boy.

﷽٢٩﷾

فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍۢ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌۭ

Fa aqbalati imra'atuhu fi sarratin fasakkat wajhaha wa qalat 'ajuzun 'aqim

His wife came forward in a loud reaction, struck her face, and said: an old barren woman.

﷽٣٠﷾

قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Qalu kadhaliki qala Rabbuki, innahu huwa al-hakimu al-'alim

They said: thus said your Lord. He is the Wise, the Knowing.

﷽٣١﷾

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha al-mursalun

He said: what is your errand, messengers?

﷽٣٢﷾

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ

Qalu inna ursilna ila qawmin mujrimin

They said: we have been sent to a criminal people.

﷽٣٣﷾

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن طِينٍۢ

Linursila 'alayhim hijaratan min tin

To send upon them stones of clay.

﷽٣٤﷾

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Musawwamatan 'inda Rabbika lil-musrifin

Marked by your Lord for the transgressors.

﷽٣٥﷾

فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Fa akhrajna man kana fiha mina al-mu'minin

We brought out whoever was in it of the believers.

﷽٣٦﷾

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

Fama wajadna fiha ghayra baytin mina al-muslimin

We found in it only one house of those submitted.

﷽٣٧﷾

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

Wa tarakna fiha ayatan lilladhina yakhafuna al-'adhaba al-alim

We left in it a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

﷽٣٨﷾

وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

Wa fi Musa idh arsalnahu ila Fir'awna bisultanin mubin

And in Musa, when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

﷽٣٩﷾

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌۭ

Fatawalla bi-ruknihi wa qala sahirun aw majnun

He turned away with his supporters and said: a magician or a madman.

﷽٤٠﷾

فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌۭ

Fa akhadhnahu wa junudahu fanabadhnahum fi al-yammi wa huwa mulim

We seized him and his troops and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

﷽٤١﷾

وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ

Wa fi 'Adin idh arsalna 'alayhimu ar-riha al-'aqim

And in 'Ad, when We sent against them the barren wind.

﷽٤٢﷾

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

Ma tadharu min shay'in atat 'alayhi illa ja'alathu kar-ramim

It left nothing it came upon without making it like decayed bone.

﷽٤٣﷾

وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ

Wa fi Thamuda idh qila lahum tamatta'u hatta hin

And in Thamud, when it was said to them: enjoy yourselves for a time.

﷽٤٤﷾

فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

Fa'ataw 'an amri Rabbihim fa akhadhathumu as-sa'iqatu wa hum yanzurun

They defied the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they looked on.

﷽٤٥﷾

فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍۢ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ

Fama istata'u min qiyamin wa ma kanu muntasirin

They could not rise, and they were not helped.

﷽٤٦﷾

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا فَٰسِقِينَ

Wa qawma Nuhin min qablu, innahum kanu qawman fasiqin

And the people of Nuh before that. They were a defiant people.

﷽٤٧﷾

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍۢ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

Was-sama'a banaynaha bi'aydin wa inna lamusi'un

And the heaven We built with power, and We are its expander.

﷽٤٨﷾

وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ

Wal-arda farashnaha fani'ma al-mahidun

And the earth We spread out, and how excellent are We at spreading.

﷽٤٩﷾

وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Wa min kulli shay'in khalaqna zawjayni la'allakum tadhakkarun

And of everything We created pairs, so that you might remember.

﷽٥٠﷾

فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

Fafirru ila Allahi, inni lakum minhu nadhirun mubin

So flee to Allah. I am a clear warner to you from Him.

﷽٥١﷾

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

Wa la taj'alu ma'a Allahi ilahan akhar, inni lakum minhu nadhirun mubin

And do not set up another god with Allah. I am a clear warner to you from Him.

﷽٥٢﷾

كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

Kadhalika ma ata alladhina min qablihim min rasulin illa qalu sahirun aw majnun

No messenger came to those before them without their saying: a magician or a madman.

﷽٥٣﷾

أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ

Atawasaw bihi, bal hum qawmun taghun

Did they hand this down to one another? They are a transgressing people.

﷽٥٤﷾

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍۢ

Fatawalla 'anhum fama anta bimalum

So turn away from them. You are not to be blamed.

﷽٥٥﷾

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Wa dhakkir fa inna adh-dhikra tanfa'u al-mu'minin

And remind, for the reminder benefits the believers.

﷽٥٦﷾

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

Wa ma khalaqtu al-jinna wal-insa illa liya'budun

I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

﷽٥٧﷾

مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍۢ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ

Ma uridu minhum min rizqin wa ma uridu an yut'imun

I want no provision from them, and I do not want them to feed Me.

﷽٥٨﷾

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ

Inna Allaha huwa ar-Razzaqu dhu al-quwwati al-matin

Allah is the Provider, the Possessor of firm strength.

﷽٥٩﷾

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًۭا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

Fa inna lilladhina zalamu dhanuban mithla dhanubi ashabihim fala yasta'jilun

For the wrongdoers is a share like the share of their companions, so let them not ask Me to hurry.

﷽٦٠﷾

فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

Fawaylun lilladhina kafaru min yawmihimu alladhi yu'adun

Woe to those who disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.

The Tafsir · The Breakdown

What The Surah Means

Overview

Surah Adh-Dhariyat is sixty verses, chapter 51, Makki. It opens on four oaths sworn by things in motion and lands on the shortest statement of purpose in the Quran, in verse 56. Between the two it runs a portrait of the God-conscious that includes how they sleep, a set of visits by angels, and a survey of nations that were given the same evidence and refused it.

The surah also contains the clearest answer in the Quran to the question of what Allah wants from you. Verse 57 states it in the negative and verse 58 states who actually provides. A man whose life is organized around producing output should read those two verses before he reads the one everybody quotes.

I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me. And then, immediately, I want no provision from them.

Verses 15–23 · How They Sleep, and What Is In Their Wealth

They used to sleep but little of the night, and in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness.

Kanu qalilan mina al-layli ma yahja'un: they slept little of the night. The description of the muttaqin begins with a fact about their sleep, before any mention of their belief or their speech.

Wa bil-ashari hum yastaghfirun: and in the last part of the night they sought forgiveness. Not asking for things. Asking forgiveness, in the hour when a man is least performing for anyone.

Wa fi amwalihim haqqun lissa'ili wal-mahrum: and in their wealth was a right for the one who asks and the one who is deprived. The same clause as Al-Ma'arij 24 and 25, arriving from a different direction, and again the second claimant is the one who does not ask.

Wa fi al-ardi ayatun lil-muqinin, wa fi anfusikum, afala tubsirun: on the earth are signs for those of certainty, and within yourselves. Do you not see. The nearest available evidence is the body reading the verse.

Wa fi as-sama'i rizqukum wa ma tu'adun: and in the sky is your provision and what you are promised. The location of your provision is named, and it is not the market.

Short sleep, pre dawn forgiveness, a right already owed in the wealth, and provision held above the ceiling.

Verses 24–37 · The Guests

Has the account of the honored guests of Ibrahim reached you?

Faragha ila ahlihi faja'a bi'ijlin samin: he went quietly to his household and came with a fattened calf. Ibn Kathir notes the details of hospitality in the sequence. He did not announce it, he did not ask them what they wanted, and the animal was the best he had.

Falamma ra'a aydiyahum la tasilu ilayhi nakirahum wa awjasa minhum khifah: when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he grew uneasy and felt a fear of them. The unease is honest and it is recorded.

Fabashsharuhu bighulamin 'alim: they gave him glad tidings of a learned boy. Fa aqbalati imra'atuhu fi sarratin fasakkat wajhaha wa qalat 'ajuzun 'aqim: his wife came forward in a loud reaction, struck her face, and said, an old barren woman. The human response is preserved in the text without correction.

Qalu kadhaliki qala Rabbuk: thus said your Lord. The answer is not an argument about biology. It is a report of who said it.

The passage then turns to Lut, and the destruction is described as stones of clay marked by your Lord for the transgressors, with the believers brought out first, and one house found.

He fed them before he trusted them, and he was given a son at an age when the news made his wife strike her face.

Verses 38–46 · The Same Evidence, Four Times

And in Musa, when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

Fatawalla bi-ruknihi wa qala sahirun aw majnun: he turned away with his supporters and said, a magician or a madman. Power responds to evidence by naming the messenger.

Wa fi 'Adin idh arsalna 'alayhimu ar-riha al-'aqim: the barren wind, which leaves nothing behind it that it comes upon.

Wa fi Thamuda idh qila lahum tamatta'u hatta hin: enjoy yourselves for a time. The sentence was passed as an invitation to continue.

Wa qawma Nuhin min qablu innahum kanu qawman fasiqin: and the people of Nuh before that.

Four cases, one pattern, each introduced with the same construction. The surah is building an evidentiary record rather than telling stories, and the repetition is the argument.

Four nations, one response, one outcome. The surah files them as exhibits.

Verses 47–51 · Built, Expanded, Paired

And the heaven We constructed with strength, and We are its expander.

Was-sama'a banaynaha bi'aydin wa inna lamusi'un: We built the heaven with power, and We are its expander. Musi'un carries the sense of widening and of having capacity. The mufassirun of the classical period read it as vastness and as ability, and the wording stands on its own without any modern gloss attached to it.

Wal-arda farashnaha fani'ma al-mahidun: and the earth We spread out, and how excellent are We at spreading.

Wa min kulli shay'in khalaqna zawjayni la'allakum tadhakkarun: and of everything We created pairs, so that you might remember. Pairing is presented as a general feature of creation rather than a fact about animals.

Fafirru ila Allah, inni lakum minhu nadhirun mubin: so flee to Allah. I am a clear warner to you from Him. The verb is flight. Not walk, not turn, not consider. And the destination is the One you would normally be fleeing from.

Flee to Allah. The direction of escape and the source of the warning are the same.

Verses 56–60 · What He Wants From You

I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

Wa ma khalaqtu al-jinna wal-insa illa liya'budun: the purpose is stated once, plainly, with no conditions attached. Ibn Kathir carries Ibn Abbas's gloss on liya'budun as to acknowledge Me and to serve Me.

Ma uridu minhum min rizqin wa ma uridu an yut'imun: I want no provision from them, and I do not want them to feed Me. The verse forecloses the entire transactional reading of religion. Nothing you produce is needed.

Inna Allaha huwa ar-Razzaqu dhu al-quwwati al-matin: Allah is the Provider, the Possessor of firm strength. The name is stated in the definite. He is the Provider, not a provider.

Read verses 56 to 58 as one instrument. You were made for worship, He needs nothing from you, and He is the one who feeds you. Every anxiety about output is answered by the middle verse.

Fa inna lilladhina zalamu dhanuban mithla dhanubi ashabihim fala yasta'jilun: for the wrongdoers is a share like the share of their companions, so let them not ask Me to hurry.

Made for worship, needed for nothing, fed by Him. That is the whole economy of the surah.

Structural Summary

Sixty Verses. Flee to Allah.

Verses 1–14The OathsScattering winds and heavy carriers, sworn to one thing: what you are promised is true.

Verses 15–19The PortraitLittle sleep, forgiveness sought before dawn, and a right in the wealth for the asker and the deprived.

Verses 20–23The SignsSigns on the earth, and within yourselves, and provision held in the sky.

Verses 24–37The GuestsIbrahim feeding strangers before trusting them, a son promised, and Lut brought out before the stones.

Verses 38–46The RecordPharaoh, 'Ad, Thamud, and the people of Nuh, filed as four exhibits with one pattern.

Verses 47–51The StructureA heaven built and expanded, an earth spread, everything made in pairs, and one command: flee to Allah.

Verses 56–60The PurposeCreated for worship, wanted for no provision, fed by the Provider who possesses firm strength.

Why This Surah Is For You

Verses 56 to 58 are the correction for a man whose identity is built on producing. You were made to worship, He wants no provision from you, and He is the Provider. Nothing you generate is needed by the One you are working for, which removes the entire basis for anxiety about output while leaving the obligation to work fully intact.

Verse 15 begins the description of the God-conscious with how they sleep. Not with their creed, their speech, or their giving. The night is the first item on the list, again, exactly as Al-Muzzammil put it, and the hour named is the one before dawn when there is no audience.

Verse 19 puts a right in their wealth belonging to the asker and the deprived, which is the third time this juz region has stated it. The Quran keeps repeating that the money in your account already contains someone else's claim.

Verse 50 is one word of instruction, fafirru, flee. Not consider, not return when convenient. It assumes you are already running from something and it redirects the running. The destination is the One most men are running from.

The Practice · Daily Integration

Sixty Verses. Take the Last Hour.

Take the hour before dawn once this week and use it for istighfar only, asking for nothing else. That is verse 18 exactly.

Say verses 57 and 58 out loud on a day the numbers are bad. He wants no provision from you, and He is the Provider.

Feed someone before you have decided about them. Ibrahim brought the calf before he knew who they were.

When you catch yourself running from something, apply verse 50 and change the direction rather than the speed.

Made for worship, needed for nothing, and fed by Him. So flee to Allah.

آمِين

Prepared with discipline · Ameen

Verse-By-Verse · Test Yourself

The Quiz

Two questions per verse. Translation and a key Arabic word. Walk through it slow. The goal is comprehension, not speed.

Verse 11 / 120

The Verse

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًۭا

Wadh-dhariyati dharwa

What does verse 1 say?