Al Mursalat

1 I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit),

1 By those [winds] sent forth in gusts

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another

2 By the raging hurricanes,

2 And the winds that blow violently

2 By the raging hurricanes,

3 Which scatter clouds to their destined places,

3 And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]

3 By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;

4 Then separate them one from another,

4 And those [angels] who bring criterion

4 By those who winnow with a winnowing,

5 Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,

5 And those [angels] who deliver a message

5 By those who bring down the Reminder,

6 To clear or to warn.

6 As justification or warning,

6 To excuse or to warn,

7 Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.

7 Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.

7 Surely that which ye are promised will befall.

8 So when the stars are made to lose their light,

8 So when the stars are obliterated

8 So when the stars are put out,

9 And when the heaven is rent asunder,

9 And when the heaven is opened

9 And when the sky is riven asunder,

10 And when the mountains are carried away as dust,

10 And when the mountains are blown away

10 And when the mountains are blown away,

11 And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time

11 And when the messengers' time has come...

11 And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -

12 To what day is the doom fixed?

12 For what Day was it postponed?

12 For what day is the time appointed ?

13 To the day of decision.

13 For the Day of Judgement.

13 For the Day of Decision.

14 And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?

14 And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?

14 And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -

15 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

15 Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

15 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

16 Did We not destroy the former generations?

16 Did We not destroy the former peoples?

16 Destroyed We not the former folk,

17 Then did We follow them up with later ones.

17 Then We will follow them with the later ones.

17 Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?

18 Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.

18 Thus do We deal with the criminals.

18 Thus deal We ever with the guilty.

19 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

19 Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

19 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

20 Did We not create you from contemptible water?

20 Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?

20 Did We not create you from a base fluid

21 Then We placed it in a secure resting - place,

21 And We placed it in a firm lodging

21 Which We laid up in a safe abode

22 Till an appointed term,

22 For a known extent.

22 For a known term ?

23 So We proportion it - - how well are We at proportioning (things).

23 And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.

23 Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!

24 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

24 Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

24 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

25 Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,

25 Have We not made the earth a container

25 Have We not made the earth a receptacle

26 The living and the dead,

26 Of the living and the dead?

26 Both for the living and the dead,

27 And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water?

27 And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.

27 And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein ?

28 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

28 Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

28 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

29 Walk on to that which you called a lie.

29 [They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.

29 (It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;

30 Walk on to the covering having three branches,

30 Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns

30 Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,

31 Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.

31 [But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."

31 (Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.

32 Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,

32 Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,

32 Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,

33 As if they were tawny camels.

33 As if they were yellowish [black] camels.

33 (Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.

34 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

34 Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

34 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

35 This is the day on which they shall not speak,

35 This is a Day they will not speak,

35 This is a day wherein they speak not,

36 And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.

36 Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.

36 Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.

37 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

37 Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

37 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

38 This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.

38 This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.

38 This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.

39 So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).

39 So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.

39 If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.

40 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

40 Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

40 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

41 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains,

41 Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs

41 Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,

42 And fruits such as they desire.

42 And fruits from whatever they desire,

42 And fruits such as they desire.

43 Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.

43 [Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."

43 (Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.

44 Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.

44 Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

44 Thus do We reward the good.

45 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

45 Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

45 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

46 Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.

46 [O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.

46 Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.

47 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

47 Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

47 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

48 And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.

48 And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.

48 When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!

49 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

49 Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

49 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

50 In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?

50 Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?

50 In what statement, after this, will they believe ?