Al Mursalat

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

Shakir

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

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2 By the raging hurricanes,

Shakir

2 By the raging hurricanes,

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

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3 Which scatter clouds to their destined places,

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4 By those who winnow with a winnowing,

Shakir

4 Then separate them one from another,

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5 By those who bring down the Reminder,

Shakir

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

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6 To excuse or to warn,

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6 To clear or to warn.

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7 Surely that which ye are promised will befall.

Shakir

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

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8 So when the stars are put out,

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

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9 And when the sky is riven asunder,

Shakir

9 And when the heaven is rent asunder,

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10 And when the mountains are blown away,

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10 And when the mountains are carried away as dust,

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

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11 And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time

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12 For what day is the time appointed ?

Shakir

12 To what day is the doom fixed?

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13 For the Day of Decision.

Shakir

13 To the day of decision.

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

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

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15 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

Shakir

15 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

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16 Destroyed We not the former folk,

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16 Did We not destroy the former generations?

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17 Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?

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17 Then did We follow them up with later ones.

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18 Thus deal We ever with the guilty.

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18 Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.

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19 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

Shakir

19 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

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20 Did We not create you from a base fluid

Shakir

20 Did We not create you from contemptible water?

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21 Which We laid up in a safe abode

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

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22 For a known term ?

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22 Till an appointed term,

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23 Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!

Shakir

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

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24 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

Shakir

24 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

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25 Have We not made the earth a receptacle

Shakir

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

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26 Both for the living and the dead,

Shakir

26 The living and the dead,

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

Shakir

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

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28 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

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28 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

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

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29 Walk on to that which you called a lie.

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30 Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,

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30 Walk on to the covering having three branches,

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

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

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32 Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,

Shakir

32 Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,

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

Shakir

33 As if they were tawny camels.

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34 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

Shakir

34 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

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35 This is a day wherein they speak not,

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

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36 Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.

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

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37 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

Shakir

37 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

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

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

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39 If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.

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

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40 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

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40 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

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

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

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42 And fruits such as they desire.

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42 And fruits such as they desire.

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

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43 Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.

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44 Thus do We reward the good.

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44 Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.

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45 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

Shakir

45 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

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

Shakir

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

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47 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

Shakir

47 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

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

Shakir

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

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49 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

Shakir

49 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

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

Shakir

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