Chapter 77, 50 verses
By those [winds] sent forth in gusts
I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit),
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another
And the winds that blow violently
By the raging hurricanes,
By the raging hurricanes,
And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]
Which scatter clouds to their destined places,
By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;
And those [angels] who bring criterion
Then separate them one from another,
By those who winnow with a winnowing,
And those [angels] who deliver a message
Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,
By those who bring down the Reminder,
As justification or warning,
To clear or to warn.
To excuse or to warn,
Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.
Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.
Surely that which ye are promised will befall.
So when the stars are obliterated
So when the stars are made to lose their light,
So when the stars are put out,
And when the heaven is opened
And when the heaven is rent asunder,
And when the sky is riven asunder,
And when the mountains are blown away
And when the mountains are carried away as dust,
And when the mountains are blown away,
And when the messengers' time has come...
And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time
And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -
For what Day was it postponed?
To what day is the doom fixed?
For what day is the time appointed ?
For the Day of Judgement.
To the day of decision.
For the Day of Decision.
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?
And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
Did We not destroy the former generations?
Destroyed We not the former folk,
Then We will follow them with the later ones.
Then did We follow them up with later ones.
Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?
Thus do We deal with the criminals.
Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.
Thus deal We ever with the guilty.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
Did We not create you from contemptible water?
Did We not create you from a base fluid
And We placed it in a firm lodging
Then We placed it in a secure resting - place,
Which We laid up in a safe abode
For a known extent.
Till an appointed term,
For a known term ?
And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.
So We proportion it - - how well are We at proportioning (things).
Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Have We not made the earth a container
Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,
Have We not made the earth a receptacle
Of the living and the dead?
The living and the dead,
Both for the living and the dead,
And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.
And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water?
And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein ?
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
[They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.
Walk on to that which you called a lie.
(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;
Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns
Walk on to the covering having three branches,
Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,
[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."
Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.
(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.
Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,
Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,
Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,
As if they were yellowish [black] camels.
As if they were tawny camels.
(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
This is a Day they will not speak,
This is the day on which they shall not speak,
This is a day wherein they speak not,
Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.
And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.
Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.
This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.
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.
So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).
If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains,
Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,
And fruits from whatever they desire,
And fruits such as they desire.
And fruits such as they desire.
[Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.
(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.
Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.
Thus do We reward the good.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
[O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.
Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.
And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.
When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
Woe on that day to the rejecters.
Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?
In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?
In what statement, after this, will they believe ?