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