আল মুরসালাত (প্রেরিত)

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

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

1 By the (Winds) sent forth one after another (to man's profit);

2 By the raging hurricanes,

2 By the raging hurricanes,

2 Which then blow violently in tempestuous Gusts,

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

3 Which scatter clouds to their destined places,

3 And scatter (things) far and wide;

4 By those who winnow with a winnowing,

4 Then separate them one from another,

4 Then separate them, one from another,

5 By those who bring down the Reminder,

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

5 Then spread abroad a Message,

6 To excuse or to warn,

6 To clear or to warn.

6 Whether of Justification or of Warning; -

7 Surely that which ye are promised will befall.

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

7 Assuredly, what ye are promised must come to pass.

8 So when the stars are put out,

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

8 Then when the stars become dim;

9 And when the sky is riven asunder,

9 And when the heaven is rent asunder,

9 When the heaven is cleft asunder;

10 And when the mountains are blown away,

10 And when the mountains are carried away as dust,

10 When the mountains are scattered (to the winds) as dust;

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

11 And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time

11 And when the messengers are (all) appointed a time (to collect); -

12 For what day is the time appointed ?

12 To what day is the doom fixed?

12 For what Day are these (portents) deferred?

13 For the Day of Decision.

13 To the day of decision.

13 For the Day of Sorting out.

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

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

14 And what will explain to thee what is the Day of Sorting out?

15 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

15 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

15 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

16 Destroyed We not the former folk,

16 Did We not destroy the former generations?

16 Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?

17 Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?

17 Then did We follow them up with later ones.

17 So shall We make later (generations) follow them.

18 Thus deal We ever with the guilty.

18 Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.

18 Thus do We deal with men of sin.

19 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

19 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

19 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

20 Did We not create you from a base fluid

20 Did We not create you from contemptible water?

20 Have We not created you from a fluid (held) despicable? -

21 Which We laid up in a safe abode

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

21 The which We placed in a place of rest, firmly fixed,

22 For a known term ?

22 Till an appointed term,

22 For a period (of gestation), determined (according to need)?

23 Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!

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

23 For We do determine (according to need); for We are the best to determine (things).

24 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

24 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

24 Ah woe, that Day! to the Rejecters of Truth!

25 Have We not made the earth a receptacle

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

25 Have We not made the earth (as a place) to draw together.

26 Both for the living and the dead,

26 The living and the dead,

26 The living and the dead,

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

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

27 And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); and provided for you water sweet (and wholesome)?

28 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

28 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

28 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

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

29 Walk on to that which you called a lie.

29 (It will be said:) "Depart ye to that which ye used to reject as false!

30 Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,

30 Walk on to the covering having three branches,

30 "Depart ye to a Shadow (of smoke ascending) in three columns,

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

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

31 "(Which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no use against the fierce Blaze.

32 Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,

32 Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,

32 "Indeed it throws about sparks (huge) as Forts,

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

33 As if they were tawny camels.

33 "As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."

34 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

34 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

34 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

35 This is a day wherein they speak not,

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

35 That will be a Day when they shall not be able to speak.

36 Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.

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

36 Nor will it be open to them to put forth pleas.

37 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

37 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

37 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

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

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

38 That will be a Day of Sorting out! We shall gather you together and those before (you)!

39 If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.

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

39 Now, if ye have a trick (or plot), use it against Me!

40 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

40 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

40 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

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

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

41 As to the Righteous, they shall be amidst (cool) shades and springs (of water).

42 And fruits such as they desire.

42 And fruits such as they desire.

42 And (they shall have) fruits, - all they desire.

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

43 Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.

43 "Eat ye and drink ye to your heart's content: for that ye worked (Righteousness).

44 Thus do We reward the good.

44 Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.

44 Thus do We certainly reward the Doers of Good.

45 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

45 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

45 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

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

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

46 (O ye unjust!) Eat ye and enjoy yourselves (but) a little while, for that ye are Sinners.

47 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

47 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

47 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

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

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

48 And when it is said to them, "Prostrate yourselves!" they do not so.

49 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

49 Woe on that day to the rejecters.

49 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

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

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

50 Then what Message, after that, will they believe in?