Al-Mursalaat

By the [winds] sent forth in swift succession,

وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا

wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fan

violently storming,

فَالْعَاصِفَاتِ عَصْفًا

fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfan

scattering far and wide,

وَالنَّاشِرَاتِ نَشْرًا

wal-nāshirāti nashran

separating forcefully,

فَالْفَارِقَاتِ فَرْقًا

fal-fāriqāti farqan

delivering a reminder,

فَالْمُلْقِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا

fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ran

as a proof or a warning:

عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا

ʿudh'ran aw nudh'ran

what you are promised will come to pass.

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَاقِعٌ

innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿun

When the stars are dimmed

فَإِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisat

and the sky is torn apart,

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ فُرِجَتْ

wa-idhā l-samāu furijat

when the mountains are turned to dust

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifat

and the messengers given their appointed time––

وَإِذَا الرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ

wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqitat

for what Day has all this been set?

لِأَيِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ

li-ayyi yawmin ujjilat

The Day of Decision.

لِيَوْمِ الْفَصْلِ

liyawmi l-faṣli

What will explain to you what the Day of Decision is?

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣli

Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

Did We not destroy the first [of them]?

أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

alam nuh'liki l-awalīna

We shall make the last follow them:

ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīna

this is how We deal with the guilty.

كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ

kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīna

Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

Did We not make you from an underrated fluid

أَلَمْ نَخْلُقْكُمْ مِنْ مَاءٍ مَهِينٍ

alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīnin

which We housed in a safe lodging

فَجَعَلْنَاهُ فِي قَرَارٍ مَكِينٍ

fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīnin

for a determined period?

إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَعْلُومٍ

ilā qadarin maʿlūmin

We determine [it]: how excellently We determine!

فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ الْقَادِرُونَ

faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūna

Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

Did We not make the earth a home

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا

alam najʿali l-arḍa kifātan

for the living and the dead?

أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا

aḥyāan wa-amwātan

Did We not place firm, lofty mountains on it and provide you with sweet water?

وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ شَامِخَاتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمْ مَاءً فُرَاتًا

wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furātan

Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

They will be told, ‘Go to that which you used to deny!

انْطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ

inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

Go to a shadow of smoke!’ It rises in three columns;

انْطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِي ثَلَاثِ شُعَبٍ

inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabin

no shade does it give, nor relief from the flame;

لَا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنَ اللَّهَبِ

lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahabi

it shoots out sparks as large as treetrunks

إِنَّهَا تَرْمِي بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ

innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣri

and as bright as copper.

كَأَنَّهُ جِمَالَتٌ صُفْرٌ

ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'run

Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

On that Day they will be speechless,

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنْطِقُونَ

hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūna

and they will be given no chance to offer any excuses.

وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ

walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūna

Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

[They will be told], ‘This is the Day of Decision: We have gathered you and earlier generations.

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَاكُمْ وَالْأَوَّلِينَ

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīna

If you have any plots against Me, try them now.’

فَإِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ

fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūni

Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

But those who took heed of God will enjoy cool shade, springs,

إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي ظِلَالٍ وَعُيُونٍ

inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūnin

and any fruit they desire;

وَفَوَاكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūna

[they will be told], ‘Eat and drink to your hearts’ content as a reward for your deeds:

كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

this is how We reward those who do good.’

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

[You may] eat and enjoy yourselves for a short while, evildoers that you are.

كُلُوا وَتَمَتَّعُوا قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُجْرِمُونَ

kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūna

Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

When they are told, ‘Bow down in prayer,’ they do not do so.

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūna

Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

In what revelation, after this, will they believe?

فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ

fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūna