Chapter 77, 50 verses
By those [winds] sent forth in gusts
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والمرسلات عرفا
I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit),
And the winds that blow violently
فالعاصفات عصفا
By the raging hurricanes,
And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]
والناشرات نشرا
Which scatter clouds to their destined places,
And those [angels] who bring criterion
فالفارقات فرقا
Then separate them one from another,
And those [angels] who deliver a message
فالملقيات ذكرا
Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,
As justification or warning,
عذرا أو نذرا
To clear or to warn.
Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.
إنما توعدون لواقع
Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.
So when the stars are obliterated
فإذا النجوم طمست
So when the stars are made to lose their light,
And when the heaven is opened
وإذا السماء فرجت
And when the heaven is rent asunder,
And when the mountains are blown away
وإذا الجبال نسفت
And when the mountains are carried away as dust,
And when the messengers' time has come...
وإذا الرسل أقتت
And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time
For what Day was it postponed?
لأي يوم أجلت
To what day is the doom fixed?
For the Day of Judgement.
ليوم الفصل
To the day of decision.
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
وما أدراك ما يوم الفصل
And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
ألم نهلك الأولين
Did We not destroy the former generations?
Then We will follow them with the later ones.
ثم نتبعهم الآخرين
Then did We follow them up with later ones.
Thus do We deal with the criminals.
كذلك نفعل بالمجرمين
Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
ألم نخلقكم من ماء مهين
Did We not create you from contemptible water?
And We placed it in a firm lodging
فجعلناه في قرار مكين
Then We placed it in a secure resting - place,
For a known extent.
إلى قدر معلوم
Till an appointed term,
And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.
فقدرنا فنعم القادرون
So We proportion it - - how well are We at proportioning (things).
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Have We not made the earth a container
ألم نجعل الأرض كفاتا
Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,
Of the living and the dead?
أحياء وأمواتا
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 made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water?
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
[They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.
انطلقوا إلى ما كنتم به تكذبون
Walk on to that which you called a lie.
Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns
انطلقوا إلى ظل ذي ثلاث شعب
Walk on to the covering having three branches,
[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."
لا ظليل ولا يغني من اللهب
Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.
Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,
إنها ترمي بشرر كالقصر
Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,
As if they were yellowish [black] camels.
كأنه جمالت صفر
As if they were tawny camels.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
This is a Day they will not speak,
هذا يوم لا ينطقون
This is the day on which they shall not speak,
Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.
ولا يؤذن لهم فيعتذرون
And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
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 gathered you and those of yore.
So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.
فإن كان لكم كيد فكيدون
So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs
إن المتقين في ظلال وعيون
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades 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
Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إنا كذلك نجزي المحسنين
Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
[O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.
كلوا وتمتعوا قليلا إنكم مجرمون
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.
وإذا قيل لهم اركعوا لا يركعون
And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?
فبأي حديث بعده يؤمنون
In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?