الـمرسلات

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

1 Waalmursalati AAurfan

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

2 By the raging hurricanes,

2 FaalAAasifati AAasfan

2 By the raging hurricanes,

3 Which scatter clouds to their destined places,

3 Waalnnashirati nashran

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

4 Then separate them one from another,

4 Faalfariqati farqan

4 By those who winnow with a winnowing,

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

5 Faalmulqiyati thikran

5 By those who bring down the Reminder,

6 To clear or to warn.

6 AAuthran aw nuthran

6 To excuse or to warn,

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

7 Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun

7 Surely that which ye are promised will befall.

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

8 Faitha alnnujoomu tumisat

8 So when the stars are put out,

9 And when the heaven is rent asunder,

9 Waitha alssamao furijat

9 And when the sky is riven asunder,

10 And when the mountains are carried away as dust,

10 Waitha aljibalu nusifat

10 And when the mountains are blown away,

11 And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time

11 Waitha alrrusulu oqqitat

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

12 To what day is the doom fixed?

12 Liayyi yawmin ojjilat

12 For what day is the time appointed ?

13 To the day of decision.

13 Liyawmi alfasli

13 For the Day of Decision.

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

14 Wama adraka ma yawmu alfasli

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

15 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

15 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

15 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

16 Did We not destroy the former generations?

16 Alam nuhliki alawwaleena

16 Destroyed We not the former folk,

17 Then did We follow them up with later ones.

17 Thumma nutbiAAuhumu alakhireena

17 Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?

18 Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.

18 Kathalika nafAAalu bialmujrimeena

18 Thus deal We ever with the guilty.

19 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

19 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

19 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

20 Did We not create you from contemptible water?

20 Alam nakhluqkum min main maheenin

20 Did We not create you from a base fluid

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

21 FajaAAalnahu fee qararin makeenin

21 Which We laid up in a safe abode

22 Till an appointed term,

22 Ila qadarin maAAloomin

22 For a known term ?

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

23 Faqadarna faniAAma alqadiroona

23 Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!

24 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

24 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

24 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

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

25 Alam najAAali alarda kifatan

25 Have We not made the earth a receptacle

26 The living and the dead,

26 Ahyaan waamwatan

26 Both for the living and the dead,

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

27 WajaAAalna feeha rawasiya shamikhatin waasqaynakum maan furatan

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

28 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

28 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

28 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

29 Walk on to that which you called a lie.

29 Intaliqoo ila ma kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

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

30 Walk on to the covering having three branches,

30 Intaliqoo ila thillin thee thalathi shuAAabin

30 Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,

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

31 La thaleelin wala yughnee mina allahabi

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

32 Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,

32 Innaha tarmee bishararin kaalqasri

32 Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,

33 As if they were tawny camels.

33 Kaannahu jimalatun sufrun

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

34 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

34 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

34 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

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

35 Hatha yawmu la yantiqoona

35 This is a day wherein they speak not,

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

36 Wala yuthanu lahum fayaAAtathiroona

36 Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.

37 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

37 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

37 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

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

38 Hatha yawmu alfasli jamaAAnakum waalawwaleena

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

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

39 Fain kana lakum kaydun fakeedooni

39 If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.

40 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

40 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

40 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

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

41 Inna almuttaqeena fee thilalin waAAuyoonin

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

42 And fruits such as they desire.

42 Wafawakiha mimma yashtahoona

42 And fruits such as they desire.

43 Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.

43 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona

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

44 Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.

44 Inna kathalika najzee almuhsineena

44 Thus do We reward the good.

45 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

45 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

45 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

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

46 Kuloo watamattaAAoo qaleelan innakum mujrimoona

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

47 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

47 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

47 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

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

48 Waitha qeela lahumu irkaAAoo la yarkaAAoona

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

49 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

49 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

49 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

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

50 Fabiayyi hadeethin baAAdahu yuminoona

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