الـمرسلات

1 Waalmursalati AAurfan

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),

2 FaalAAasifati AAasfan

2 By the raging hurricanes,

2 By the raging hurricanes,

3 Waalnnashirati nashran

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

3 Which scatter clouds to their destined places,

4 Faalfariqati farqan

4 By those who winnow with a winnowing,

4 Then separate them one from another,

5 Faalmulqiyati thikran

5 By those who bring down the Reminder,

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

6 AAuthran aw nuthran

6 To excuse or to warn,

6 To clear or to warn.

7 Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun

7 Surely that which ye are promised will befall.

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

8 Faitha alnnujoomu tumisat

8 So when the stars are put out,

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

9 Waitha alssamao furijat

9 And when the sky is riven asunder,

9 And when the heaven is rent asunder,

10 Waitha aljibalu nusifat

10 And when the mountains are blown away,

10 And when the mountains are carried away as dust,

11 Waitha alrrusulu oqqitat

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

11 And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time

12 Liayyi yawmin ojjilat

12 For what day is the time appointed ?

12 To what day is the doom fixed?

13 Liyawmi alfasli

13 For the Day of Decision.

13 To the day of decision.

14 Wama adraka ma yawmu 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?

15 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

15 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

15 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

16 Alam nuhliki alawwaleena

16 Destroyed We not the former folk,

16 Did We not destroy the former generations?

17 Thumma nutbiAAuhumu alakhireena

17 Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?

17 Then did We follow them up with later ones.

18 Kathalika nafAAalu bialmujrimeena

18 Thus deal We ever with the guilty.

18 Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.

19 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

19 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

19 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

20 Alam nakhluqkum min main maheenin

20 Did We not create you from a base fluid

20 Did We not create you from contemptible water?

21 FajaAAalnahu fee qararin makeenin

21 Which We laid up in a safe abode

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

22 Ila qadarin maAAloomin

22 For a known term ?

22 Till an appointed term,

23 Faqadarna faniAAma alqadiroona

23 Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!

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

24 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

24 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

24 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

25 Alam najAAali alarda kifatan

25 Have We not made the earth a receptacle

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

26 Ahyaan waamwatan

26 Both for the living and the dead,

26 The living and the dead,

27 WajaAAalna feeha rawasiya shamikhatin waasqaynakum maan furatan

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?

28 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

28 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

28 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

29 Intaliqoo ila ma kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

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.

30 Intaliqoo ila thillin thee thalathi shuAAabin

30 Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,

30 Walk on to the covering having three branches,

31 La thaleelin wala yughnee mina allahabi

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

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

32 Innaha tarmee bishararin kaalqasri

32 Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,

32 Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,

33 Kaannahu jimalatun sufrun

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

33 As if they were tawny camels.

34 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

34 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

34 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

35 Hatha yawmu la yantiqoona

35 This is a day wherein they speak not,

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

36 Wala yuthanu lahum fayaAAtathiroona

36 Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.

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

37 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

37 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

37 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

38 Hatha yawmu alfasli jamaAAnakum waalawwaleena

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.

39 Fain kana lakum kaydun fakeedooni

39 If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.

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

40 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

40 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

40 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

41 Inna almuttaqeena fee thilalin waAAuyoonin

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,

42 Wafawakiha mimma yashtahoona

42 And fruits such as they desire.

42 And fruits such as they desire.

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.

43 Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.

44 Inna kathalika najzee almuhsineena

44 Thus do We reward the good.

44 Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.

45 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

45 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

45 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

46 Kuloo watamattaAAoo qaleelan innakum mujrimoona

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.

47 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

47 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

47 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

48 Waitha qeela lahumu irkaAAoo la yarkaAAoona

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.

49 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

49 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

49 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

50 Fabiayyi hadeethin baAAdahu yuminoona

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

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