الـمرسلات

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

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

1 Waalmursalati AAurfan

2 By the raging hurricanes,

2 By the raging hurricanes,

2 FaalAAasifati AAasfan

3 Which scatter clouds to their destined places,

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

3 Waalnnashirati nashran

4 Then separate them one from another,

4 By those who winnow with a winnowing,

4 Faalfariqati farqan

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

5 By those who bring down the Reminder,

5 Faalmulqiyati thikran

6 To clear or to warn.

6 To excuse or to warn,

6 AAuthran aw nuthran

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

7 Surely that which ye are promised will befall.

7 Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun

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

8 So when the stars are put out,

8 Faitha alnnujoomu tumisat

9 And when the heaven is rent asunder,

9 And when the sky is riven asunder,

9 Waitha alssamao furijat

10 And when the mountains are carried away as dust,

10 And when the mountains are blown away,

10 Waitha aljibalu nusifat

11 And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time

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

11 Waitha alrrusulu oqqitat

12 To what day is the doom fixed?

12 For what day is the time appointed ?

12 Liayyi yawmin ojjilat

13 To the day of decision.

13 For the Day of Decision.

13 Liyawmi alfasli

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

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

14 Wama adraka ma yawmu alfasli

15 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

15 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

15 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

16 Did We not destroy the former generations?

16 Destroyed We not the former folk,

16 Alam nuhliki alawwaleena

17 Then did We follow them up with later ones.

17 Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?

17 Thumma nutbiAAuhumu alakhireena

18 Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.

18 Thus deal We ever with the guilty.

18 Kathalika nafAAalu bialmujrimeena

19 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

19 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

19 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

20 Did We not create you from contemptible water?

20 Did We not create you from a base fluid

20 Alam nakhluqkum min main maheenin

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

21 Which We laid up in a safe abode

21 FajaAAalnahu fee qararin makeenin

22 Till an appointed term,

22 For a known term ?

22 Ila qadarin maAAloomin

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

23 Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!

23 Faqadarna faniAAma alqadiroona

24 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

24 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

24 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

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

25 Have We not made the earth a receptacle

25 Alam najAAali alarda kifatan

26 The living and the dead,

26 Both for the living and the dead,

26 Ahyaan waamwatan

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

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

27 WajaAAalna feeha rawasiya shamikhatin waasqaynakum maan furatan

28 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

28 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

28 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

29 Walk on to that which you called a lie.

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

29 Intaliqoo ila ma kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

30 Walk on to the covering having three branches,

30 Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,

30 Intaliqoo ila thillin thee thalathi shuAAabin

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

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

31 La thaleelin wala yughnee mina allahabi

32 Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,

32 Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,

32 Innaha tarmee bishararin kaalqasri

33 As if they were tawny camels.

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

33 Kaannahu jimalatun sufrun

34 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

34 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

34 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

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

35 This is a day wherein they speak not,

35 Hatha yawmu la yantiqoona

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

36 Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.

36 Wala yuthanu lahum fayaAAtathiroona

37 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

37 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

37 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

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

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

38 Hatha yawmu alfasli jamaAAnakum waalawwaleena

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

39 If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.

39 Fain kana lakum kaydun fakeedooni

40 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

40 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

40 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

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

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

41 Inna almuttaqeena fee thilalin waAAuyoonin

42 And fruits such as they desire.

42 And fruits such as they desire.

42 Wafawakiha mimma yashtahoona

43 Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.

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

43 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona

44 Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.

44 Thus do We reward the good.

44 Inna kathalika najzee almuhsineena

45 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

45 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

45 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

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

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

46 Kuloo watamattaAAoo qaleelan innakum mujrimoona

47 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

47 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

47 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

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

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

48 Waitha qeela lahumu irkaAAoo la yarkaAAoona

49 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

49 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

49 Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

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

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

50 Fabiayyi hadeethin baAAdahu yuminoona