Al-Mursalat

wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fan

By the [winds] sent forth in swift succession,

fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfan

violently storming,

wal-nāshirāti nashran

scattering far and wide,

fal-fāriqāti farqan

separating forcefully,

fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ran

delivering a reminder,

ʿudh'ran aw nudh'ran

as a proof or a warning:

innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿun

what you are promised will come to pass.

fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisat

When the stars are dimmed

wa-idhā l-samāu furijat

and the sky is torn apart,

wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifat

when the mountains are turned to dust

wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqitat

and the messengers given their appointed time––

li-ayyi yawmin ujjilat

for what Day has all this been set?

liyawmi l-faṣli

The Day of Decision.

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣli

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

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

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

alam nuh'liki l-awalīna

Did We not destroy the first [of them]?

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīna

We shall make the last follow them:

kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīna

this is how We deal with the guilty.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

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

alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīnin

Did We not make you from an underrated fluid

fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīnin

which We housed in a safe lodging

ilā qadarin maʿlūmin

for a determined period?

faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūna

We determine [it]: how excellently We determine!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

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

alam najʿali l-arḍa kifātan

Did We not make the earth a home

aḥyāan wa-amwātan

for the living and the dead?

wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furātan

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

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

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

inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūna

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

inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabin

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

lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahabi

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

innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣri

it shoots out sparks as large as treetrunks

ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'run

and as bright as copper.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

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

hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūna

On that Day they will be speechless,

walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūna

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

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

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

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīna

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

fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūni

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

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

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

inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūnin

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

wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūna

and any fruit they desire;

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

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

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

this is how We reward those who do good.’

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

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

kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūna

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

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

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

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūna

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

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

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

fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūna

In what revelation, after this, will they believe?