Chapter 77, 50 verses
I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit),
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا
By the raging hurricanes,
By the raging hurricanes,
فَالْعَاصِفَاتِ عَصْفًا
Which scatter clouds to their destined places,
By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;
وَالنَّاشِرَاتِ نَشْرًا
Then separate them one from another,
By those who winnow with a winnowing,
فَالْفَارِقَاتِ فَرْقًا
Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,
By those who bring down the Reminder,
فَالْمُلْقِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا
To clear or to warn.
To excuse or to warn,
عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا
Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.
Surely that which ye are promised will befall.
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَاقِعٌ
So when the stars are made to lose their light,
So when the stars are put out,
فَإِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ
And when the heaven is rent asunder,
And when the sky is riven asunder,
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ فُرِجَتْ
And when the mountains are carried away as dust,
And when the mountains are blown away,
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ
And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time
And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -
وَإِذَا الرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ
To what day is the doom fixed?
For what day is the time appointed ?
لِأَيِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ
To the day of decision.
For the Day of Decision.
لِيَوْمِ الْفَصْلِ
And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?
And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Did We not destroy the former generations?
Destroyed We not the former folk,
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Then did We follow them up with later ones.
Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ
Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.
Thus deal We ever with the guilty.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Did We not create you from contemptible water?
Did We not create you from a base fluid
أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّاءٍ مَّهِينٍ
Then We placed it in a secure resting - place,
Which We laid up in a safe abode
فَجَعَلْنَاهُ فِي قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ
Till an appointed term,
For a known term ?
إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
So We proportion it - - how well are We at proportioning (things).
Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!
فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ الْقَادِرُونَ
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,
Have We not made the earth a receptacle
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا
The living and the dead,
Both for the living and the dead,
أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا
And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water?
And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein ?
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ شَامِخَاتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَاكُم مَّاءً فُرَاتًا
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Walk on to that which you called a lie.
(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;
انطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Walk on to the covering having three branches,
Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,
انطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِي ثَلَاثِ شُعَبٍ
Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.
(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.
لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنَ اللَّهَبِ
Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,
Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,
إِنَّهَا تَرْمِي بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ
As if they were tawny camels.
(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.
كَأَنَّهُ جِمَالَتٌ صُفْرٌ
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
This is the day on which they shall not speak,
This is a day wherein they speak not,
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ
And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.
Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.
وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.
This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَاكُمْ وَالْأَوَّلِينَ
So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).
If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.
فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains,
Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي ظِلَالٍ وَعُيُونٍ
And fruits such as they desire.
And fruits such as they desire.
وَفَوَاكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.
(Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.
Thus do We reward the good.
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.
Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.
كُلُوا وَتَمَتَّعُوا قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.
When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?
In what statement, after this, will they believe ?
فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ