Surah 051 - ADH-DHARIYAT (THE WINNOWING WINDS...

Name Why the name Al-Baqarah? Al-Baqarah (the Cow) has been so named from the story of the Cow occurring in this Surah (vv. 67-73). It has not, however, been used as a title to indicate the subject of the Surah. It will, therefore, be as wrong to translate the name Al-Baqarah ...  عرض المزيد

Name This Surah takes its name from v.33. Al-i-Imran, like the names of many other surahs, is merely a name to distinguish it from other surahs and does not imply that the family of Imran has been discussed in it. The Period of Revelation This Surah consists of four discours ...  عرض المزيد

The chapter was revealed in Mecca and deals with the Resurrection and the Day of Judgement. The chapter both opens and closes with the mention of the Quran. The disbelievers in Mecca are warned and Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, is reassured thr ...  عرض المزيد

This chapter sits in the middle of five chapters, all thought to have been revealed in Mecca, in the earliest days of revelation. It is a fifty-verse chapter that takes its name from the first words of the first verse, ‘By the winds sent forth.’ It strings together a series of im ...  عرض المزيد

Surah Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds) by Abdullah Ali Jabir 

(51:1) By the winds which scatter dust, (51:2) which carry clouds laden with water, (51:3) which then smoothly speed along, (51:4) and execute the great task of apportioning (rainfall): (51:5) surely what you are being warned against is true, (51:6) and the Judgement shall dou ...