Surah 77
سُورَةُ المُرۡسَلَاتِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلْمُرْسَلَـٰتِ عُرْفًا
wa-l-mursalāti ʿurfan
By the [angelic] emissaries sent successively,
فَٱلْعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصْفًا
fa-l-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfan
by those who sweep along like gale,
وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًا
wa-n-nāširāti našran
by those who publish [the Divine messages] far and wide,
فَٱلْفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرْقًا
fa-l-fāriqāti farqan
by those who separate [the truth from falsehood] distinctly,
فَٱلْمُلْقِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا
fa-l-mulqiyāti ḏikran
by those who inspire [God’s] remembrance,
عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا
ʿuḏran ˈaw nuḏran
as exemption or warning:
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
ˈinnamā tūʿadūna la-wāqiʿun
what you are promised will surely befall.
فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ
fa-ˈiḏā n-nuǧūmu ṭumisat
When the stars are blotted out
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ
wa-ˈiḏā s-samāˈu furiǧat
and the sky is cleft,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ
wa-ˈiḏā l-ǧibālu nusifat
when the mountains are scattered [like dust]
وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ
wa-ˈiḏā r-rusulu ˈuqqitat
and time is set for the apostles [to bear witness]
لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ
li-ˈayyi yawmin ˈuǧǧilat
—for what day has [all] that been set [to occur]?
لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ
li-yawmi l-faṣli
For the Day of Judgement!
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ
wa-mā ˈadrāka mā yawmu l-faṣli
And what will show you what is the Day of Judgement!?
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
waylun yawmaˈiḏin li-l-mukaḏḏibīna
Woe to the deniers on that day!
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
ˈa-lam nuhliki l-ˈawwalīna
Did We not destroy the former generations,
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
ṯumma nutbiʿuhumu l-ˈāḫirīna
[and] then made the latter ones follow them?
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
ka-ḏālika nafʿalu bi-l-muǧrimīna
That is how We deal with the guilty.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
waylun yawmaˈiḏin li-l-mukaḏḏibīna
Woe to the deniers on that day!
أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ
ˈa-lam naḫluqkum min māˈin mahīnin
Have We not created you from a base fluid,
فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ
fa-ǧaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīnin
[and] then lodged it in a secure abode
إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
ˈilā qadarin maʿlūmin
until a known span [of time]?
فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَـٰدِرُونَ
fa-qadarnā fa-niʿma l-qādirūna
Then We determined; and how excellent determiners We are!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
waylun yawmaˈiḏin li-l-mukaḏḏibīna
Woe to the deniers on that day!
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا
ˈa-lam naǧʿali l-ˈarḍa kifātan
Have We not made the earth a receptacle
أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوَٰتًا
ˈaḥyāˈan wa-ˈamwātan
for the living and the dead,
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَـٰمِخَـٰتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُم مَّآءً فُرَاتًا
wa-ǧaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya šāmiḫātin wa-ˈasqaynākum māˈan furātan
and set in it lofty [and] firm mountains, and given you agreeable water to drink?
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
waylun yawmaˈiḏin li-l-mukaḏḏibīna
Woe to the deniers on that day!
ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
inṭaliqū ˈilā mā kuntum bihī tukaḏḏibūna
[The faithless will be told:] ‘Proceed toward what you used to deny!
ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبٍ
inṭaliqū ˈilā ẓillin ḏī ṯalāṯi šuʿabin
Proceed toward the triple-forked shadow,
لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ
lā ẓalīlin wa-lā yuġnī mina l-lahabi
neither shady nor of any avail against the flames.
إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَٱلْقَصْرِ
ˈinnahā tarmī bi-šararin ka-l-qaṣri
Indeed it throws up [giant] sparks like castles,
كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ
ka-ˈannahū ǧimālatun ṣufrun
[bright] like yellow camels.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
waylun yawmaˈiḏin li-l-mukaḏḏibīna
Woe to the deniers on that day!
هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ
hāḏā yawmu lā yanṭiqūna
This is a day wherein they will not speak,
وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ
wa-lā yuˈḏanu lahum fa-yaʿtaḏirūna
nor will they be permitted to offer excuses.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
waylun yawmaˈiḏin li-l-mukaḏḏibīna
Woe to the deniers on that day!
هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَـٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
hāḏā yawmu l-faṣli ǧamaʿnākum wa-l-ˈawwalīna
‘This is the Day of Judgement. We have brought you together with the former generations.
فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ
fa-ˈin kāna lakum kaydun fa-kīdūni
If you have any stratagems [left], try them out against Me!’
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
waylun yawmaˈiḏin li-l-mukaḏḏibīna
Woe to the deniers on that day!
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَـٰلٍ وَعُيُونٍ
ˈinna l-muttaqīna fī ẓilālin wa-ʿuyūnin
Indeed the Godwary will be amid shades and springs
وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
wa-fawākiha mimmā yaštahūna
and [enjoying] such fruits as they desire.
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
kulū wa-šrabū hanīˈan bi-mā kuntum taʿmalūna
[They will be told:] ‘Enjoy your food and drink, [a reward] for what you used to do.
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
ˈinnā ka-ḏālika naǧzī l-muḥsinīna
Thus do We reward the virtuous.’
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
waylun yawmaˈiḏin li-l-mukaḏḏibīna
Woe to the deniers on that day!
كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ
kulū wa-tamattaʿū qalīlan ˈinnakum muǧrimūna
‘Eat and enjoy a little! You are indeed guilty.’
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
waylun yawmaˈiḏin li-l-mukaḏḏibīna
Woe to the deniers on that day!
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ
wa-ˈiḏā qīla lahumu rkaʿū lā yarkaʿūna
When they are told, ‘Bow down [in prayer],’ they do not bow down!
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
waylun yawmaˈiḏin li-l-mukaḏḏibīna
Woe to the deniers on that day!
فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ
fa-bi-ˈayyi ḥadīṯin baʿdahū yuˈminūna
So what discourse will they believe after this?
English translation: Ali Quli Qarai.