Chapter 77, Al-Mursalat [ The Emissaries ]
- Seeking refuge with Allah from the banished Satan.I begin in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful.
- 1. By the (Winds) sent forth one after another (to man's profit);
- 2. Which then blow violently in tempestuous Gusts,
- 3. And scatter (things) far and wide;
- 4. Then separate them, one from another,
- 5. Then spread abroad a Message,
- 6. Whether of Justification or of Warning;-
- 7. Assuredly, what ye are promised must come to pass.
- 8. Then when the stars become dim;
- 9. When the heaven is cleft asunder;
- 10. When the mountains are scattered (to the winds) as dust;
- 11. And when the messengers are (all) appointed a time (to collect);-
- 12. For what Day are these (portents) deferred?
- 13. For the Day of Sorting out.
- 14. And what will explain to thee what is the Day of Sorting out?
- 15. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
- 16. Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?
- 17. So shall We make later (generations) follow them.
- 18. Thus do We deal with men of sin.
- 19. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
- 20. Have We not created you from a fluid (held) despicable?-
- 21. The which We placed in a place of rest, firmly fixed,
- 22. For a period (of gestation), determined (according to need)?
- 23. For We do determine (according to need); for We are the best to determine (things).
- 24. Ah woe, that Day! to the Rejecters of Truth!
- 25. Have We not made the earth (as a place) to draw together.
- 26. The living and the dead,
- 27. And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); and provided for you water sweet (and wholesome)?
- 28. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
- 29. (It will be said:) "Depart ye to that which ye used to reject as false!
- 30. "Depart ye to a Shadow (of smoke ascending) in three columns,
- 31. "(Which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no use against the fierce Blaze.
- 32. "Indeed it throws about sparks (huge) as Forts,
- 33. "As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."
- 34. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
- 35. That will be a Day when they shall not be able to speak.
- 36. Nor will it be open to them to put forth pleas.
- 37. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
- 38. That will be a Day of Sorting out! We shall gather you together and those before (you)!
- 39. Now, if ye have a trick (or plot), use it against Me!
- 40. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
- 41. As to the Righteous, they shall be amidst (cool) shades and springs (of water).
- 42. And (they shall have) fruits,- all they desire.
- 43. "Eat ye and drink ye to your heart's content: for that ye worked (Righteousness).
- 44. Thus do We certainly reward the Doers of Good.
- 45. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
- 46. (O ye unjust!) Eat ye and enjoy yourselves (but) a little while, for that ye are Sinners.
- 47. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
- 48. And when it is said to them, "Prostrate yourselves!" they do not so.
- 49. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
- 50. Then what Message, after that, will they believe in?