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