Surah Adh-Dhariyat

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Surah Adh-Dhariyat is the 51st chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah that emphasizes God’s power, the reality of resurrection, and the consequences for past nations who denied the truth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Meccan surah
Quranic surah
addressesAudience Believers
Disbelievers of Mecca
alternateTransliteration Adh-Dhariyat
Adh-Dhariyat
surface form: Adh-Dhariyāt

Az-Zariyat
chapterNumber 51
classification Makki (Meccan) surah
containsStoryOf Prophet Ibrahim
Prophet Lut
emphasizes Certainty of the Day of Judgment
Futility of denial of the Hereafter
Truthfulness of God’s promise
encourages Seeking forgiveness at dawn
Spending in charity
Taqwa (God-consciousness)
keyVerse “And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me”
keyVerseNumber 51:56
keyVerseTheme Creation with purpose
Exclusive worship of God
language Arabic
mentions Earth
Heaven
People of Pharaoh
people of Thamud
surface form: People of Thamud

people of 'Ad
surface form: People of ‘Ad

Provision (rizq)
Rain
Winds
name Adh-Dhariyat
namedAfter The winds that scatter
openingWords Wa adh-dhariyati dharwa
partOf Quran
placeOfRevelation Mecca
positionInQuran 51
style Oath by natural phenomena
Short, emphatic verses
theme Accountability in the Hereafter
Affirmation of God’s power
Call to sincerity in worship
Consequences for nations that denied the truth
Punishment of the disbelievers
Reality of resurrection
Reminder of God’s provision
Reward of the righteous
Signs of God in creation
verseCount 60
warnsAgainst Denial of resurrection
Turning away from reminders

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quran hasPart Surah Adh-Dhariyat
Surah At-Tur precededBy Surah Adh-Dhariyat