الـمرسلات

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another

1 I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit),

1 Waalmursalati AAurfan

2 By the raging hurricanes,

2 By the raging hurricanes,

2 FaalAAasifati AAasfan

3 By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;

3 Which scatter clouds to their destined places,

3 Waalnnashirati nashran

4 By those who winnow with a winnowing,

4 Then separate them one from another,

4 Faalfariqati farqan

5 By those who bring down the Reminder,

5 Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,

5 Faalmulqiyati thikran

6 To excuse or to warn,

6 To clear or to warn.

6 AAuthran aw nuthran

7 Surely that which ye are promised will befall.

7 Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.

7 Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun

8 So when the stars are put out,

8 So when the stars are made to lose their light,

8 Faitha alnnujoomu tumisat

9 And when the sky is riven asunder,

9 And when the heaven is rent asunder,

9 Waitha alssamao furijat

10 And when the mountains are blown away,

10 And when the mountains are carried away as dust,

10 Waitha aljibalu nusifat

11 And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -

11 And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time

11 Waitha alrrusulu oqqitat

12 For what day is the time appointed ?

12 To what day is the doom fixed?

12 Liayyi yawmin ojjilat

13 For the Day of Decision.

13 To the day of decision.

13 Liyawmi alfasli

14 And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -

14 And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?

14 Wama adraka ma yawmu alfasli

15 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

15 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

15 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

16 Destroyed We not the former folk,

16 Did We not destroy the former generations?

16 Alam nuhliki alawwaleena

17 Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?

17 Then did We follow them up with later ones.

17 Thumma nutbiAAuhumu alakhireena

18 Thus deal We ever with the guilty.

18 Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.

18 Kathalika nafAAalu bialmujrimeena

19 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

19 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

19 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

20 Did We not create you from a base fluid

20 Did We not create you from contemptible water?

20 Alam nakhluqkum min main maheenin

21 Which We laid up in a safe abode

21 Then We placed it in a secure resting - place,

21 FajaAAalnahu fee qararin makeenin

22 For a known term ?

22 Till an appointed term,

22 Ila qadarin maAAloomin

23 Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!

23 So We proportion it - - how well are We at proportioning (things).

23 Faqadarna faniAAma alqadiroona

24 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

24 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

24 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

25 Have We not made the earth a receptacle

25 Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,

25 Alam najAAali alarda kifatan

26 Both for the living and the dead,

26 The living and the dead,

26 Ahyaan waamwatan

27 And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein ?

27 And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water?

27 WajaAAalna feeha rawasiya shamikhatin waasqaynakum maan furatan

28 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

28 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

28 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

29 (It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;

29 Walk on to that which you called a lie.

29 Intaliqoo ila ma kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

30 Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,

30 Walk on to the covering having three branches,

30 Intaliqoo ila thillin thee thalathi shuAAabin

31 (Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.

31 Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.

31 La thaleelin wala yughnee mina allahabi

32 Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,

32 Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,

32 Innaha tarmee bishararin kaalqasri

33 (Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.

33 As if they were tawny camels.

33 Kaannahu jimalatun sufrun

34 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

34 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

34 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

35 This is a day wherein they speak not,

35 This is the day on which they shall not speak,

35 Hatha yawmu la yantiqoona

36 Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.

36 And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.

36 Wala yuthanu lahum fayaAAtathiroona

37 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

37 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

37 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

38 This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.

38 This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.

38 Hatha yawmu alfasli jamaAAnakum waalawwaleena

39 If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.

39 So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).

39 Fain kana lakum kaydun fakeedooni

40 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

40 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

40 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

41 Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,

41 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains,

41 Inna almuttaqeena fee thilalin waAAuyoonin

42 And fruits such as they desire.

42 And fruits such as they desire.

42 Wafawakiha mimma yashtahoona

43 (Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.

43 Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.

43 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona

44 Thus do We reward the good.

44 Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.

44 Inna kathalika najzee almuhsineena

45 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

45 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

45 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

46 Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.

46 Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.

46 Kuloo watamattaAAoo qaleelan innakum mujrimoona

47 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

47 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

47 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

48 When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!

48 And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.

48 Waitha qeela lahumu irkaAAoo la yarkaAAoona

49 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

49 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

49 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

50 In what statement, after this, will they believe ?

50 In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?

50 Fabiayyi hadeethin baAAdahu yuminoona