Surah Adh-Dhariyat (الذاريات) • The Winnowing Winds

Quran 51:41

51:41

وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ

wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīma

And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.

— Saheeh International

There is another sign in the Ad: We sent the life-destroying wind against them

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And in ‘Âd (there is also a sign) when We sent against them the barren wind;

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَفِىwafīAnd in
عَادٍʿādinAad
إِذْidhwhen
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuagainst them
ٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥathe wind
ٱلْعَقِيمَl-ʿaqīmathe barren