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),
By those [winds] sent forth in gusts
By the raging hurricanes,
By the raging hurricanes,
And the winds that blow violently
By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;
Which scatter clouds to their destined places,
And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]
By those who winnow with a winnowing,
Then separate them one from another,
And those [angels] who bring criterion
By those who bring down the Reminder,
Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,
And those [angels] who deliver a message
To excuse or to warn,
To clear or to warn.
As justification or warning,
Surely that which ye are promised will befall.
Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.
Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.
So when the stars are put out,
So when the stars are made to lose their light,
So when the stars are obliterated
And when the sky is riven asunder,
And when the heaven is rent asunder,
And when the heaven is opened
And when the mountains are blown away,
And when the mountains are carried away as dust,
And when the mountains are blown away
And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -
And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time
And when the messengers' time has come...
For what day is the time appointed ?
To what day is the doom fixed?
For what Day was it postponed?
For the Day of Decision.
To the day of decision.
For the Day of Judgement.
And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -
And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Destroyed We not the former folk,
Did We not destroy the former generations?
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?
Then did We follow them up with later ones.
Then We will follow them with the later ones.
Thus deal We ever with the guilty.
Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.
Thus do We deal with the criminals.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Did We not create you from a base fluid
Did We not create you from contemptible water?
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
Which We laid up in a safe abode
Then We placed it in a secure resting - place,
And We placed it in a firm lodging
For a known term ?
Till an appointed term,
For a known extent.
Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!
So We proportion it - - how well are We at proportioning (things).
And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Have We not made the earth a receptacle
Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,
Have We not made the earth a container
Both for the living and the dead,
The living and the dead,
Of the living and the dead?
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?
And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;
Walk on to that which you called a lie.
[They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.
Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,
Walk on to the covering having three branches,
Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns
(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.
Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.
[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."
Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,
Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,
Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,
(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.
As if they were tawny camels.
As if they were yellowish [black] camels.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
This is a day wherein they speak not,
This is the day on which they shall not speak,
This is a Day they will not speak,
Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.
And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.
Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
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.
This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.
If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.
So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).
So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains,
Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs
And fruits such as they desire.
And fruits such as they desire.
And fruits from whatever they desire,
(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.
[Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
Thus do We reward the good.
Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.
[O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
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.
And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
In what statement, after this, will they believe ?
In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?
Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?