77. Al-Mursalat

وَٱلْمُرْسَلَـٰتِ عُرْفًا

By those [winds] sent forth in gusts

wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fan

فَٱلْعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصْفًا

And the winds that blow violently

fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfan

وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًا

And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]

wal-nāshirāti nashran

فَٱلْفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرْقًا

And those [angels] who bring criterion1

fal-fāriqāti farqan

فَٱلْمُلْقِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا

And those [angels] who deliver a message.

fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ran

عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا

As justification or warning,

ʿudh'ran aw nudh'ran

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.

innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿun

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

So when the stars are obliterated

fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisat

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ

And when the heaven is opened

wa-idhā l-samāu furijat

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

And when the mountains are blown away

wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifat

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ

And when the messengers' time has come...1

wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqitat

لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ

For what Day was it postponed?1

li-ayyi yawmin ujjilat

لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ

For the Day of Judgement.

liyawmi l-faṣli

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ

And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣli

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe,1 that Day, to the deniers.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Did We not destroy the former peoples?

alam nuh'liki l-awalīna

ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Then We will follow them with the later ones.

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīna

كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Thus do We deal with the criminals.

kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīna

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ

Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?

alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīnin

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ

And We placed it in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb]

fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīnin

إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

For a known extent.

ilā qadarin maʿlūmin

فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَـٰدِرُونَ

And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.

faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūna

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا

Have We not made the earth a container

alam najʿali l-arḍa kifātan

أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوَٰتًا

Of the living and the dead?

aḥyāan wa-amwātan

وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَـٰمِخَـٰتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُم مَّآءً فُرَاتًا

And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.

wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furātan

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

[They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.

inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبٍ

Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns.

inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabin

لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ

[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."

lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahabi

إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَٱلْقَصْرِ

Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,

innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣri

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ

As if they were yellowish [black] camels.

ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'run

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

This is a Day they will not speak,

hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūna

وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ

Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.

walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūna

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَـٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīna

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ

So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.

fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūni

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَـٰلٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs

inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūnin

وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

And fruits from whatever they desire,

wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūna

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

[Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ

[O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.

kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūna

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ

And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūna

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Then in what statement after it [i.e., the Qur’ān] will they believe?

fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūna