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