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