The subject matter and the style clearly show that it was sent down in the period when although the Holy Prophet's invitation was being resisted and opposed with denial and ridicule and false accusations stubbornly, persecution had not yet started. Therefore, this Surah also seems to have been revealed in the same period in which the Surah Qaf was revealed.

Subject Matter and Topics

The Surah mostly deals with the Hereafter, and in the end it presents the invitation to Tauhid. In addition, the people have also been warned that refusal to accept the message of the Prophets and persistence in the concepts and creeds of ignorance have proved to be disastrous for those nations themselves which have adopted this attitude and way of life in the past.

About the Hereafter what this Surah presents in short but pithy sentences is this: The people's different and conflicting beliefs about the end of human life are themselves an express proof that none of these beliefs and creeds is based on knowledge; everyone by himself has formed an ideology on the basis of conjecture and made the same his creed. Someone thought that there would be no life-after-death; someone believed in the life- after-death, but in the form of the transmigration of souls someone believed in the life hereafter and the meting out of the rewards and punishments but invented different sorts of props and supports to escape retribution. About a question of such vital and fundamental importance a wrong view of which renders man's whole life-work wrong and waste and ruins his future for ever, it would be a disastrous folly to build an ideology only on the basis of speculation and conjecture, without knowledge. It would mean that man should remain involved in a grave misunderstanding, pass his whole life in the heedlessness of error, and after death should suddenly meet with a situation for which he had made no preparation at all. There is only one way of forming the right opinion about such a question, and it is this: Man should seriously ponder over the knowledge about the Hereafter that the Prophet of Allah is conveying to him from Him, and should study carefully the system of the earth and heavens and his own existence: and should see whether the evidence of that knowledge's being sound and correct is afforded by everything around him or not. In this regard, the arrangement of the wind and rain, the structure of the earth and the creatures found on it, man's own self, the creation of the heavens and of everything in the world in the form of pairs have been presented as evidence of the Hereafter, and instances have been cited from human history to show that the temper of the empire of the Universe requires that the law of retribution must operate here.

After this, giving the invitation to Tauhid briefly, it has been said : "Your Creator has not created you for the service of others but for His own service. He is not like your false gods, which receive sustenance from you and godhead of which cannot function without your help, but He is a God Who is the Sustainer of all, Who does not stand in need of sustenance from anyone and Whose Godhead is functioning by His own power and might.

In this very connection, it has also been stated that whenever the Prophets of Allah have been opposed and resisted, they have not been opposed and resisted on the basis of any rational ground but on the basis of the same obduracy and stubbornness and false pride that is being shown against the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and there is no other motive for it than rebellion and arrogance. Then the Holy Prophet has been instructed not to bother about the rebels but to go on performing his mission of invitation and admonition, for it is useful and beneficial for the believers although it may not be so for the other people. As for the wicked people who still persist in their rebellion, they should know that their predecessors who followed the same way of life, have already received their shares of the punishment, and these people's share of the punishment has been made ready for them.

Maududi: English

Adh Dhariyat

Juz 26

سورة الذاريات

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

وَالذَّارِيَاتِ ذَرْوًا ‎﴿١﴾‏ فَالْحَامِلَاتِ وِقْرًا ‎﴿٢﴾‏ فَالْجَارِيَاتِ يُسْرًا ‎﴿٣﴾‏ فَالْمُقَسِّمَاتِ أَمْرًا ‎﴿٤﴾‏ إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٌ ‎﴿٥﴾‏ وَإِنَّ الدِّينَ لَوَاقِعٌ ‎﴿٦﴾‏‏

By the winds which scatter dust, (1) which carry clouds laden with water, (2) which then smoothly speed along, (3) and execute the great task of apportioning (rainfall): (4) surely what you are being warned against is true, (5) and the Judgement shall doubtlessly take place. (6)

Maududi: English

Adh Dhariyat

Juz 26

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ ‎﴿٧﴾‏ إِنَّكُمْ لَفِي قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ ‎﴿٨﴾‏ يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ‎﴿٩﴾‏ قُتِلَ الْخَرَّاصُونَ ‎﴿١٠﴾‏ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ ‎﴿١١﴾‏ يَسْأَلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّينِ ‎﴿١٢﴾‏ يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ ‎﴿١٣﴾‏ ذُوقُوا فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ‎﴿١٤﴾‏ إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ‎﴿١٥﴾‏ آخِذِينَ مَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ ‎﴿١٦﴾‏ كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ ‎﴿١٧﴾‏ وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ‎﴿١٨﴾‏ وَفِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ ‎﴿١٩﴾‏ وَفِي الْأَرْضِ آيَاتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ ‎﴿٢٠﴾‏ وَفِي أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ‎﴿٢١﴾‏ وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ‎﴿٢٢﴾‏ فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ ‎﴿٢٣﴾‏ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ ‎﴿٢٤﴾‏ إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَامٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ‎﴿٢٥﴾‏ فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ فَجَاءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ ‎﴿٢٦﴾‏ فَقَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ‎﴿٢٧﴾‏ فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ ‎﴿٢٨﴾‏ فَأَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ ‎﴿٢٩﴾‏ قَالُوا كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ ‎﴿٣٠﴾‏‏‏

By the heaven with its numerous forms: (7) surely you are at variance (about the Hereafter); (8) though only those who are averse to the Truth will turn away from (believing in it). (9) Doomed are the conjecturers (10) who are steeped in ignorance and heedlessness. (11) They ask: “When will the Day of Judgement be?” (12) It will be the Day when they shall be scourged by the Fire (13) (and be told): “Taste your ordeal! This is what you were seeking to hasten.” (14) As for the God-fearing, they shall be in the midst of gardens and fountains, (15) joyously receiving what their Lord will have granted them. Verily they did good works before (the coming of this Day): (16) they used to sleep but little by night, (17) and would ask for forgiveness at dawn, (18) and in their wealth there was a rightful share for him who would ask and for the destitute. (19) There are many Signs on earth for those of sure faith, (20) and also in your own selves. Do you not see? (21) And in heaven is your provision and also what you are being promised. (22) So, by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, this is certainly true, as true as the fact of your speaking. (23) (O Prophet), did the story of Abraham's honoured guests reach you? (24) When they came to him, they said: “Peace”; he said: “Peace also be to you; (you seem to be) a group of strangers.” (25) Then he went back to his family and brought a fat roasted calf (26) and laid it before them, saying: “Will you not eat?” (27) Then he became afraid of them. They said: “Fear not,” and announced to him the good news of (the birth of) a boy endowed with knowledge. (28) So hearing his wife went forth shouting. She struck her face and exclaimed: “A barren old woman am I.” (29) They said: “So has your Lord said (that you shall have a boy). Surely He is Most Wise, All-Knowing.” (30)

Maududi: English

Adh Dhariyat

Juz 27

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ ‎﴿٣١﴾‏ قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ‎﴿٣٢﴾‏ لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ ‎﴿٣٣﴾‏ مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ‎﴿٣٤﴾‏ فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ‎﴿٣٥﴾‏ فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ‎﴿٣٦﴾‏ وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَا آيَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ ‎﴿٣٧﴾‏ وَفِي مُوسَىٰ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ‎﴿٣٨﴾‏ فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِ وَقَالَ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ‎﴿٣٩﴾‏ فَأَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ‎﴿٤٠﴾‏ وَفِي عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ ‎﴿٤١﴾‏ مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ ‎﴿٤٢﴾‏ وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ‎﴿٤٣﴾‏ فَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ‎﴿٤٤﴾‏ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنتَصِرِينَ ‎﴿٤٥﴾‏ وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ ‎﴿٤٦﴾‏ وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ‎﴿٤٧﴾‏ وَالْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَاهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمَاهِدُونَ ‎﴿٤٨﴾‏ وَمِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ‎﴿٤٩﴾‏ فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ‎﴿٥٠﴾‏ وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ‎﴿٥١﴾‏‏‏‏

Abraham said: “Envoys (of Allah), what is your errand?” (31) They replied: “Behold, we have been sent to a wicked people (32) that we may unleash a shower of clay-stones (33) marked by your Lord upon those who go beyond the limits.” (34) Then We evacuated there from all the believers (35) – and We did not find there any, apart from a single house of Muslims – (36) and We left therein a Sign for those who fear the grievous chastisement. (37) There is also a Sign for you in the story of Moses when We sent him with a clear authority to Pharaoh. (38) But Pharaoh turned away, showing arrogance on account of his power, and said (about Moses): “He is either a sorcerer or a madman.” (39) So We seized him and his hosts, and cast them into the sea. He became an object of much blame. (40) There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Ad, when We let loose upon them an ominous wind (41) that left nothing that it came upon without reducing it to rubble. (42) There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Thamud. They were told: “Enjoy yourselves for a while.” (43) But they brazenly disobeyed their Lord's command, and then a sudden chastisement overtook them while they looked on. (44) They were unable even to stand up or protect themselves. (45) Before all these We destroyed the people of Noah: they were a wicked people. (46) And heaven – We made it with Our Own Power and We have the Power to do so. (47) And the earth – We spread it out, and how well have We smoothed it! (48) And of everything We have created pairs; perhaps you will take heed. (49) Flee, therefore, to Allah. Surely I am a clear warner to you from Him; (50) and do not set up any deity with Allah. Surely I am a clear warner to you from Him. (51)

Maududi: English

Adh Dhariyat

Juz 27

كَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ‎﴿٥٢﴾‏ أَتَوَاصَوْا بِهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ‎﴿٥٣﴾‏ فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَا أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ ‎﴿٥٤﴾‏ وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ‎﴿٥٥﴾‏ وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ ‎﴿٥٦﴾‏ مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ ‎﴿٥٧﴾‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ ‎﴿٥٨﴾‏ فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ‎﴿٥٩﴾‏ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن يَوْمِهِمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ‎﴿٦٠﴾‏‏‏‏‏

Thus has it been (in the past): never did a Messenger come to the nations that preceded them but they said: “(He is) a sorcerer, or a mad-man.” (52) Have they arrived at a common understanding concerning this? No; but they are a people given to transgression. (53) So turn your attention away from them; you shall incur no blame. (54) Do, however, keep exhorting them; for exhortation benefits those endowed with faith. (55) I created the jinn and humans for nothing else but that they may serve Me; (56) I desire from them no provision, nor do I want them to feed Me. (57) Surely Allah is the Bestower of all provision, the Lord of all power, the Strong. (58) The wrong-doers shall receive a portion of the chastisements as their fellows (of yore). So let them not rush Me. (59) Woe, then, betide those who disbelieved in that Day of theirs which they are being asked to hold in dread. (60)

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