Chapter 77, 50 verses
By those [winds] sent forth in gusts
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والمرسلات عرفا
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another
And the winds that blow violently
فالعاصفات عصفا
By the raging hurricanes,
And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]
والناشرات نشرا
By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;
And those [angels] who bring criterion
فالفارقات فرقا
By those who winnow with a winnowing,
And those [angels] who deliver a message
فالملقيات ذكرا
By those who bring down the Reminder,
As justification or warning,
عذرا أو نذرا
To excuse or to warn,
Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.
إنما توعدون لواقع
Surely that which ye are promised will befall.
So when the stars are obliterated
فإذا النجوم طمست
So when the stars are put out,
And when the heaven is opened
وإذا السماء فرجت
And when the sky is riven asunder,
And when the mountains are blown away
وإذا الجبال نسفت
And when the mountains are blown away,
And when the messengers' time has come...
وإذا الرسل أقتت
And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -
For what Day was it postponed?
لأي يوم أجلت
For what day is the time appointed ?
For the Day of Judgement.
ليوم الفصل
For the Day of Decision.
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
وما أدراك ما يوم الفصل
And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
ألم نهلك الأولين
Destroyed We not the former folk,
Then We will follow them with the later ones.
ثم نتبعهم الآخرين
Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?
Thus do We deal with the criminals.
كذلك نفعل بالمجرمين
Thus deal We ever with the guilty.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
ألم نخلقكم من ماء مهين
Did We not create you from a base fluid
And We placed it in a firm lodging
فجعلناه في قرار مكين
Which We laid up in a safe abode
For a known extent.
إلى قدر معلوم
For a known term ?
And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.
فقدرنا فنعم القادرون
Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Have We not made the earth a container
ألم نجعل الأرض كفاتا
Have We not made the earth a receptacle
Of the living and the dead?
أحياء وأمواتا
Both for the living and the dead,
And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.
وجعلنا فيها رواسي شامخات وأسقيناكم ماء فراتا
And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein ?
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
[They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.
انطلقوا إلى ما كنتم به تكذبون
(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;
Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns
انطلقوا إلى ظل ذي ثلاث شعب
Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,
[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."
لا ظليل ولا يغني من اللهب
(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.
Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,
إنها ترمي بشرر كالقصر
Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,
As if they were yellowish [black] camels.
كأنه جمالت صفر
(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
This is a Day they will not speak,
هذا يوم لا ينطقون
This is a day wherein they speak not,
Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.
ولا يؤذن لهم فيعتذرون
Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.
هذا يوم الفصل ۖ جمعناكم والأولين
This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.
So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.
فإن كان لكم كيد فكيدون
If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs
إن المتقين في ظلال وعيون
Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,
And fruits from whatever they desire,
وفواكه مما يشتهون
And fruits such as they desire.
[Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما كنتم تعملون
(Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إنا كذلك نجزي المحسنين
Thus do We reward the good.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
[O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.
كلوا وتمتعوا قليلا إنكم مجرمون
Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.
وإذا قيل لهم اركعوا لا يركعون
When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?
فبأي حديث بعده يؤمنون
In what statement, after this, will they believe ?