Sura 51: Adh-Dhariyat map

Surah maps — Sura 51: Adh-Dhariyat

1. The Oaths and the Inevitable Recompense · 1–14
   Oaths by the scatterers, the bearers, the runners, and the distributors that what you are promised is true and the Recompense will occur, then a warning to the lying deniers of the Day of Recompense.
   • The Four Oaths · 1–6
   • Warning the Deniers of the Day · 7–14
2. Traits of the God-conscious · 15–23
   The God-conscious in gardens and springs: before that they did good, sleeping little at night, with a due in their wealth for the asker and the deprived; in the earth, in themselves, and in the sky are signs for the certain.
   • Their Bliss and Their Goodness · 15–19
   • Allah's Signs in the Cosmos · 20–23
3. Abraham's Guests · 24–30
   Abraham's honored guests: the fat calf, his fear of them, their glad tidings of a knowledgeable boy, and his old barren wife's amazement.
4. The Destruction of Lot's People · 31–37
   The angels were sent to a criminal people with marked stones of clay, the believers were brought out, and a sign was left for those who fear the painful punishment.
5. Lessons from Perished Nations · 38–46
   A sign in Moses and Pharaoh, in 'Ad when the barren wind was sent, in Thamud when the thunderbolt seized them, and Noah's people before: each denied its messengers and Allah seized them.
   • Moses and Pharaoh · 38–40
   • 'Ad and Thamud · 41–45
   • Noah's People · 46–46
6. Proofs of Power and the Call to Tawhid · 47–60
   Allah built the sky with might and spread the earth, creating pairs of everything — so flee to Allah and set no other god with Him; jinn and mankind were created only to worship Him; the surah closes warning the wrongdoers.
   • Building the Sky, Spreading the Earth · 47–49
   • Flee to Allah · 50–51
   • Nations Denying Their Messengers · 52–55
   • Jinn and Men Created for Worship · 56–58
   • Warning the Wrongdoers · 59–60