Al-Mursalat

وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَٰتِ عُرۡفٗا ١

Wal-mursalāti ʿurfā.

By those [winds] sent forth in gusts

فَٱلۡعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصۡفٗا ٢

Fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfā.

And the winds that blow violently

وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشۡرٗا ٣

Wan-nāshirāti nashrā.

And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]

فَٱلۡفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرۡقٗا ٤

Fal-fāriqāti farqā.

And those [angels] who bring criterion¹

فَٱلۡمُلۡقِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ٥

Fal-mulqiyāti dhikrā.

And those [angels] who deliver a message

عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا ٦

ʿUdhran aw nudhrā.

As justification or warning,

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٞ ٧

Innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿ.

Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ ٨

Fa idhan-nujūmu ṭumisat.

So when the stars are obliterated

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتۡ ٩

Wa idhas-samāʾu furijat.

And when the heaven is opened

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ١٠

Wa idhal-jibālu nusifat.

And when the mountains are blown away

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ ١١

Wa idhar-rusulu uqqitat.

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

لِأَيِّ يَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ ١٢

Liʾayyi yawmin ujjilat.

For what Day was it postponed?¹

لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ١٣

Liyawmil-faṣl.

For the Day of Judgement.

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ١٤

Wa mā adrāka mā yawmul-faṣl.

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

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٥

Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

Woe,¹ that Day, to the deniers.

أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٦

Alam nuhlikil-awwalīn.

Did We not destroy the former peoples?

ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١٧

Thumma nutbiʿuhumul-ākhirīn.

Then We will follow them with the later ones.

كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١٨

Kadhālika nafʿalu bil-mujrimīn.

Thus do We deal with the criminals.

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٩

Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٖ مَّهِينٖ ٢٠

Alam nakhluqkkum mim māʾim mahīn.

Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?

فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ فِي قَرَارٖ مَّكِينٍ ٢١

Fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārim makīn.

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

إِلَىٰ قَدَرٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٢٢

Ilā qadarim maʿlūm.

For a known extent.

فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَٰدِرُونَ ٢٣

Faqadarnā faniʿmal-qādirūn.

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

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٢٤

Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا ٢٥

Alam najʿalil-arḍa kifātā.

Have We not made the earth a container

أَحۡيَآءٗ وَأَمۡوَٰتٗا ٢٦

Aḥyāʾaw wa amwātā.

Of the living and the dead?

وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ شَٰمِخَٰتٖ وَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُم مَّآءٗ فُرَاتٗا ٢٧

Wa jaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātiw wa asqaynākum māʾan furātā.

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

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٢٨

Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٩

Inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihī tukadhdhibūn.

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

ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ ظِلّٖ ذِي ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٖ ٣٠

Inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿab.

Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns

لَّا ظَلِيلٖ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ٣١

Lā ẓalīliw wa lā yughnī minal-lahab.

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

إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِي بِشَرَرٖ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ ٣٢

Innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr.

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

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٞ صُفۡرٞ ٣٣

Kaʾannahū jimālatun ṣufr.

As if they were yellowish [black] camels.

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٤

Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ ٣٥

Hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūn.

This is a Day they will not speak,

وَلَا يُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَيَعۡتَذِرُونَ ٣٦

Wa lā yuʾdhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūn.

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

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٧

Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٣٨

Hādhā yawmul-faṣl, jamaʿnākum wal-awwalīn.

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

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَيۡدٞ فَكِيدُونِ ٣٩

Fa in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūn.

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

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٠

Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي ظِلَٰلٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٤١

Innal-muttaqīna fī ẓilāliw wa ʿuyūn.

Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs

وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ٤٢

Wa fawākiha mimmā yashtahūn.

And fruits from whatever they desire,

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٤٣

Kulū washrabū hanīʾam bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

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

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٤٤

Innā kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٥

Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

كُلُواْ وَتَمَتَّعُواْ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ ٤٦

Kulū wa tamattaʿū qalīlan innakum mujrimūn.

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

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٧

Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُواْ لَا يَرۡكَعُونَ ٤٨

Wa idhā qīla lahumurkaʿū lā yarkaʿūn.

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

وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩

Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٥٠

Fabiʾayyi ḥadīthim baʿdahū yuʾminūn.

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