Chapter 77, 50 verses
I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit),
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
Which scatter clouds to their destined places,
والناشرات نشرا
And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]
Then separate them one from another,
فالفارقات فرقا
And those [angels] who bring criterion
Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,
فالملقيات ذكرا
And those [angels] who deliver a message
To clear or to warn.
عذرا أو نذرا
As justification or warning,
Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.
إنما توعدون لواقع
Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.
So when the stars are made to lose their light,
فإذا النجوم طمست
So when the stars are obliterated
And when the heaven is rent asunder,
وإذا السماء فرجت
And when the heaven is opened
And when the mountains are carried away as dust,
وإذا الجبال نسفت
And when the mountains are blown away
And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time
وإذا الرسل أقتت
And when the messengers' time has come...
To what day is the doom fixed?
لأي يوم أجلت
For what Day was it postponed?
To the day of decision.
ليوم الفصل
For the Day of Judgement.
And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الفصل
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Did We not destroy the former generations?
ألم نهلك الأولين
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
Then did We follow them up with later ones.
ثم نتبعهم الآخرين
Then We will follow them with the later ones.
Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.
كذلك نفعل بالمجرمين
Thus do We deal with the criminals.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Did We not create you from contemptible water?
ألم نخلقكم من ماء مهين
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
Then We placed it in a secure resting - place,
فجعلناه في قرار مكين
And We placed it in a firm lodging
Till an appointed term,
إلى قدر معلوم
For a known extent.
So We proportion it - - how well are We at proportioning (things).
فقدرنا فنعم القادرون
And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,
ألم نجعل الأرض كفاتا
Have We not made the earth a container
The living and the dead,
أحياء وأمواتا
Of the living and the dead?
And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water?
وجعلنا فيها رواسي شامخات وأسقيناكم ماء فراتا
And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Walk on to that which you called a lie.
انطلقوا إلى ما كنتم به تكذبون
[They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.
Walk on to the covering having three branches,
انطلقوا إلى ظل ذي ثلاث شعب
Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns
Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.
لا ظليل ولا يغني من اللهب
[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."
Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,
إنها ترمي بشرر كالقصر
Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,
As if they were tawny camels.
كأنه جمالت صفر
As if they were yellowish [black] camels.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
This is the day on which they shall not speak,
هذا يوم لا ينطقون
This is a Day they will not speak,
And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.
ولا يؤذن لهم فيعتذرون
Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.
هذا يوم الفصل ۖ جمعناكم والأولين
This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.
So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).
فإن كان لكم كيد فكيدون
So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades 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,
Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما كنتم تعملون
[Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.
إنا كذلك نجزي المحسنين
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.
كلوا وتمتعوا قليلا إنكم مجرمون
[O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.
وإذا قيل لهم اركعوا لا يركعون
And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?
فبأي حديث بعده يؤمنون
Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?