Chapter 77, 50 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another
I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit),
Waalmursalati AAurfan
By the raging hurricanes,
By the raging hurricanes,
FaalAAasifati AAasfan
By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;
Which scatter clouds to their destined places,
Waalnnashirati nashran
By those who winnow with a winnowing,
Then separate them one from another,
Faalfariqati farqan
By those who bring down the Reminder,
Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,
Faalmulqiyati thikran
To excuse or to warn,
To clear or to warn.
AAuthran aw nuthran
Surely that which ye are promised will befall.
Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.
Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun
So when the stars are put out,
So when the stars are made to lose their light,
Faitha alnnujoomu tumisat
And when the sky is riven asunder,
And when the heaven is rent asunder,
Waitha alssamao furijat
And when the mountains are blown away,
And when the mountains are carried away as dust,
Waitha aljibalu nusifat
And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -
And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time
Waitha alrrusulu oqqitat
For what day is the time appointed ?
To what day is the doom fixed?
Liayyi yawmin ojjilat
For the Day of Decision.
To the day of decision.
Liyawmi alfasli
And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -
And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alfasli
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Destroyed We not the former folk,
Did We not destroy the former generations?
Alam nuhliki alawwaleena
Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?
Then did We follow them up with later ones.
Thumma nutbiAAuhumu alakhireena
Thus deal We ever with the guilty.
Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.
Kathalika nafAAalu bialmujrimeena
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Did We not create you from a base fluid
Did We not create you from contemptible water?
Alam nakhluqkum min main maheenin
Which We laid up in a safe abode
Then We placed it in a secure resting - place,
FajaAAalnahu fee qararin makeenin
For a known term ?
Till an appointed term,
Ila qadarin maAAloomin
Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!
So We proportion it - - how well are We at proportioning (things).
Faqadarna faniAAma alqadiroona
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Have We not made the earth a receptacle
Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,
Alam najAAali alarda kifatan
Both for the living and the dead,
The living and the dead,
Ahyaan waamwatan
And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein ?
And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water?
WajaAAalna feeha rawasiya shamikhatin waasqaynakum maan furatan
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;
Walk on to that which you called a lie.
Intaliqoo ila ma kuntum bihi tukaththiboona
Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,
Walk on to the covering having three branches,
Intaliqoo ila thillin thee thalathi shuAAabin
(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.
Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.
La thaleelin wala yughnee mina allahabi
Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,
Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,
Innaha tarmee bishararin kaalqasri
(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.
As if they were tawny camels.
Kaannahu jimalatun sufrun
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
This is a day wherein they speak not,
This is the day on which they shall not speak,
Hatha yawmu la yantiqoona
Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.
And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.
Wala yuthanu lahum fayaAAtathiroona
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.
This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.
Hatha yawmu alfasli jamaAAnakum waalawwaleena
If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.
So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).
Fain kana lakum kaydun fakeedooni
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains,
Inna almuttaqeena fee thilalin waAAuyoonin
And fruits such as they desire.
And fruits such as they desire.
Wafawakiha mimma yashtahoona
(Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.
Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona
Thus do We reward the good.
Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.
Inna kathalika najzee almuhsineena
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.
Kuloo watamattaAAoo qaleelan innakum mujrimoona
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!
And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.
Waitha qeela lahumu irkaAAoo la yarkaAAoona
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
In what statement, after this, will they believe ?
In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?
Fabiayyi hadeethin baAAdahu yuminoona