Chapter 77, 50 verses
Waalmursalati AAurfan
By those [winds] sent forth in gusts
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another
FaalAAasifati AAasfan
And the winds that blow violently
By the raging hurricanes,
Waalnnashirati nashran
And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]
By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;
Faalfariqati farqan
And those [angels] who bring criterion
By those who winnow with a winnowing,
Faalmulqiyati thikran
And those [angels] who deliver a message
By those who bring down the Reminder,
AAuthran aw nuthran
As justification or warning,
To excuse or to warn,
Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun
Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.
Surely that which ye are promised will befall.
Faitha alnnujoomu tumisat
So when the stars are obliterated
So when the stars are put out,
Waitha alssamao furijat
And when the heaven is opened
And when the sky is riven asunder,
Waitha aljibalu nusifat
And when the mountains are blown away
And when the mountains are blown away,
Waitha alrrusulu oqqitat
And when the messengers' time has come...
And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -
Liayyi yawmin ojjilat
For what Day was it postponed?
For what day is the time appointed ?
Liyawmi alfasli
For the Day of Judgement.
For the Day of Decision.
Wama adraka ma yawmu alfasli
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Alam nuhliki alawwaleena
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
Destroyed We not the former folk,
Thumma nutbiAAuhumu alakhireena
Then We will follow them with the later ones.
Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?
Kathalika nafAAalu bialmujrimeena
Thus do We deal with the criminals.
Thus deal We ever with the guilty.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Alam nakhluqkum min main maheenin
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
Did We not create you from a base fluid
FajaAAalnahu fee qararin makeenin
And We placed it in a firm lodging
Which We laid up in a safe abode
Ila qadarin maAAloomin
For a known extent.
For a known term ?
Faqadarna faniAAma alqadiroona
And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.
Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Alam najAAali alarda kifatan
Have We not made the earth a container
Have We not made the earth a receptacle
Ahyaan waamwatan
Of the living and the dead?
Both for the living and the dead,
WajaAAalna feeha rawasiya shamikhatin waasqaynakum maan furatan
And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.
And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein ?
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Intaliqoo ila ma kuntum bihi tukaththiboona
[They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.
(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;
Intaliqoo ila thillin thee thalathi shuAAabin
Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns
Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,
La thaleelin wala yughnee mina allahabi
[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."
(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.
Innaha tarmee bishararin kaalqasri
Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,
Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,
Kaannahu jimalatun sufrun
As if they were yellowish [black] camels.
(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Hatha yawmu la yantiqoona
This is a Day they will not speak,
This is a day wherein they speak not,
Wala yuthanu lahum fayaAAtathiroona
Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.
Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Hatha yawmu alfasli jamaAAnakum waalawwaleena
This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.
This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.
Fain kana lakum kaydun fakeedooni
So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.
If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Inna almuttaqeena fee thilalin waAAuyoonin
Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs
Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,
Wafawakiha mimma yashtahoona
And fruits from whatever they desire,
And fruits such as they desire.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona
[Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
(Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.
Inna kathalika najzee almuhsineena
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
Thus do We reward the good.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Kuloo watamattaAAoo qaleelan innakum mujrimoona
[O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.
Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Waitha qeela lahumu irkaAAoo la yarkaAAoona
And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.
When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!
Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Fabiayyi hadeethin baAAdahu yuminoona
Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?
In what statement, after this, will they believe ?