Al-Mursalat

Translation:

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا
By the [angelic] emissaries sent successively,
77:1
فَالْعَاصِفَاتِ عَصْفًا
by those who sweep along like gale,
77:2
وَالنَّاشِرَاتِ نَشْرًا
by those who publish [the Divine messages] far and wide,
77:3
فَالْفَارِقَاتِ فَرْقًا
by those who separate [the truth from falsehood] distinctly,
77:4
فَالْمُلْقِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا
by those who inspire [God’s] remembrance,
77:5
عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا
as exemption or warning:
77:6
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَاقِعٌ
what you are promised will surely befall.
77:7
فَإِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ
When the stars are blotted out
77:8
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ فُرِجَتْ
and the sky is cleft,
77:9
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ
when the mountains are scattered [like dust]
77:10
وَإِذَا الرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ
and time is set for the apostles [to bear witness]
77:11
لِأَيِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ
—for what day has [all] that been set [to occur]?
77:12
لِيَوْمِ الْفَصْلِ
For the Day of Judgement!
77:13
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ
And what will show you what is the Day of Judgement!?
77:14
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe to the deniers on that day!
77:15
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Did We not destroy the former generations,
77:16
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ
[and] then made the latter ones follow them?
77:17
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ
That is how We deal with the guilty.
77:18
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe to the deniers on that day!
77:19
أَلَمْ نَخْلُقْكُمْ مِنْ مَاءٍ مَهِينٍ
Have We not created you from a base fluid,
77:20
فَجَعَلْنَاهُ فِي قَرَارٍ مَكِينٍ
[and] then lodged it in a secure abode
77:21
إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَعْلُومٍ
until a known span [of time]?
77:22
فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ الْقَادِرُونَ
Then We determined; and how excellent determiners We are!
77:23
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe to the deniers on that day!
77:24
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا
Have We not made the earth a receptacle
77:25
أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا
for the living and the dead,
77:26
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ شَامِخَاتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمْ مَاءً فُرَاتًا
and set in it lofty [and] firm mountains, and given you agreeable water to drink?
77:27
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe to the deniers on that day!
77:28
انْطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
[The faithless will be told:] ‘Proceed toward what you used to deny!
77:29
انْطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِي ثَلَاثِ شُعَبٍ
Proceed toward the triple-forked shadow,
77:30
لَا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنَ اللَّهَبِ
neither shady nor of any avail against the flames.
77:31
إِنَّهَا تَرْمِي بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ
Indeed it throws up [giant] sparks like castles,
77:32
كَأَنَّهُ جِمَالَتٌ صُفْرٌ
[bright] like yellow camels.
77:33
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe to the deniers on that day!
77:34
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنْطِقُونَ
This is a day wherein they will not speak,
77:35
وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ
nor will they be permitted to offer excuses.
77:36
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe to the deniers on that day!
77:37
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَاكُمْ وَالْأَوَّلِينَ
‘This is the Day of Judgement. We have brought you together with the former generations.
77:38
فَإِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ
If you have any stratagems [left], try them out against Me!’
77:39
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe to the deniers on that day!
77:40
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي ظِلَالٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Indeed the Godwary will be amid shades and springs
77:41
وَفَوَاكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
and [enjoying] such fruits as they desire.
77:42
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
[They will be told:] ‘Enjoy your food and drink, [a reward] for what you used to do.
77:43
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Thus do We reward the virtuous.’
77:44
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe to the deniers on that day!
77:45
كُلُوا وَتَمَتَّعُوا قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُجْرِمُونَ
‘Eat and enjoy a little! You are indeed guilty.’
77:46
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe to the deniers on that day!
77:47
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ
When they are told, ‘Bow down [in prayer],’ they do not bow down!
77:48
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe to the deniers on that day!
77:49
فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ
So what discourse will they believe after this?
77:50