Chapter 77, 50 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والمرسلات عرفا
By those [winds] sent forth in gusts
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another
فالعاصفات عصفا
And the winds that blow violently
By the raging hurricanes,
والناشرات نشرا
And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]
By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;
فالفارقات فرقا
And those [angels] who bring criterion
By those who winnow with a winnowing,
فالملقيات ذكرا
And those [angels] who deliver a message
By those who bring down the Reminder,
عذرا أو نذرا
As justification or warning,
To excuse or to warn,
إنما توعدون لواقع
Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.
Surely that which ye are promised will befall.
فإذا النجوم طمست
So when the stars are obliterated
So when the stars are put out,
وإذا السماء فرجت
And when the heaven is opened
And when the sky is riven asunder,
وإذا الجبال نسفت
And when the mountains are blown away
And when the mountains are blown away,
وإذا الرسل أقتت
And when the messengers' time has come...
And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -
لأي يوم أجلت
For what Day was it postponed?
For what day is the time appointed ?
ليوم الفصل
For the Day of Judgement.
For the Day of Decision.
وما أدراك ما يوم الفصل
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
ألم نهلك الأولين
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
Destroyed We not the former folk,
ثم نتبعهم الآخرين
Then We will follow them with the later ones.
Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?
كذلك نفعل بالمجرمين
Thus do We deal with the criminals.
Thus deal We ever with the guilty.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
ألم نخلقكم من ماء مهين
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
Did We not create you from a base fluid
فجعلناه في قرار مكين
And We placed it in a firm lodging
Which We laid up in a safe abode
إلى قدر معلوم
For a known extent.
For a known term ?
فقدرنا فنعم القادرون
And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.
Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
ألم نجعل الأرض كفاتا
Have We not made the earth a container
Have We not made the earth a receptacle
أحياء وأمواتا
Of the living and the dead?
Both for the living and the dead,
وجعلنا فيها رواسي شامخات وأسقيناكم ماء فراتا
And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.
And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein ?
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
انطلقوا إلى ما كنتم به تكذبون
[They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.
(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;
انطلقوا إلى ظل ذي ثلاث شعب
Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns
Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,
لا ظليل ولا يغني من اللهب
[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."
(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.
إنها ترمي بشرر كالقصر
Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,
Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,
كأنه جمالت صفر
As if they were yellowish [black] camels.
(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
هذا يوم لا ينطقون
This is a Day they will not speak,
This is a day wherein they speak not,
ولا يؤذن لهم فيعتذرون
Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.
Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
هذا يوم الفصل ۖ جمعناكم والأولين
This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.
This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.
فإن كان لكم كيد فكيدون
So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.
If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
إن المتقين في ظلال وعيون
Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs
Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,
وفواكه مما يشتهون
And fruits from whatever they desire,
And fruits such as they desire.
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما كنتم تعملون
[Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
(Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.
إنا كذلك نجزي المحسنين
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
Thus do We reward the good.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
كلوا وتمتعوا قليلا إنكم مجرمون
[O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.
Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وإذا قيل لهم اركعوا لا يركعون
And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.
When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
فبأي حديث بعده يؤمنون
Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?
In what statement, after this, will they believe ?