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Surat al-mursalat (Sent Angels)

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وَالْمُرْسَلٰتِ عُرْفًاۙ

wal-mursalāti 'urfā

I CALL TO WITNESS those who are sent consecutively

فَالْعٰصِفٰتِ عَصْفًاۙ

fal-'āṣifāti 'aṣfā

And those that strike violently

وَّالنّٰشِرٰتِ نَشْرًاۙ

wan-nāsyirāti nasyrā

And those that revive by quickening

فَالْفٰرِقٰتِ فَرْقًاۙ

fal-fāriqāti farqā

And those that distinguish distinctly

فَالْمُلْقِيٰتِ ذِكْرًاۙ

fal-mulqiyāti żikrā

And those that bring down the Reminder

عُذْرًا اَوْ نُذْرًاۙ

'użran au nużrā

To end all argument or to warn.

اِنَّمَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ لَوَاقِعٌۗ

innamā tụ'adụna lawāqi'

What is promised will surely come to pass.

فَاِذَا النُّجُوْمُ طُمِسَتْۙ

fa iżan-nujụmu ṭumisat

When the stars are obliterated

وَاِذَا السَّمَاۤءُ فُرِجَتْۙ

wa iżas-samā`u furijat

The heavens split asunder

وَاِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْۙ

wa iżal-jibālu nusifat

The mountains reduced to dust and blown away

وَاِذَا الرُّسُلُ اُقِّتَتْۗ

wa iżar-rusulu uqqitat

And when the time comes for raising the little girls (buried alive) --

لِاَيِّ يَوْمٍ اُجِّلَتْۗ

li`ayyi yaumin ujjilat

For what day is that time fixed?

لِيَوْمِ الْفَصْلِۚ

liyaumil-faṣl

The Day of Judgement.

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِۗ

wa mā adrāka mā yaumul-faṣl

How will you comprehend what the Day of Judgement is?

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ

wailuy yauma`iżil lil-mukażżibīn

Alas the woe that day for those who deny!

اَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۗ

a lam nuhlikil-awwalīn

Have We not destroyed the earlier generations?

ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْاٰخِرِيْنَ

ṡumma nutbi'uhumul-ākhirīn

So shall We make the later ones to follow them.

كَذٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِيْنَ

każālika naf'alu bil-mujrimīn

That is what We shall do to those who are guilty of crime.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ

wailuy yauma`iżil lil-mukażżibīn

Alas the woe that day for those who deny!

اَلَمْ نَخْلُقْكُّمْ مِّنْ مَّاۤءٍ مَّهِيْنٍۙ

a lam nakhlukkum mim mā`im mahīn

Did We not create you from contemptible water?

فَجَعَلْنٰهُ فِيْ قَرَارٍ مَّكِيْنٍ

fa ja'alnāhu fī qarārim makīn

Then We lodged you in a secure place (the womb)

اِلٰى قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍۙ

ilā qadarim ma'lụm

For a certain appointed time

فَقَدَرْنَاۖ فَنِعْمَ الْقٰدِرُوْنَ

fa qadarnā fa ni'mal-qādirụn

Then We facilitated (your birth). How well do We calculate!

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ

wailuy yauma`iżil lil-mukażżibīn

Alas the woe that day for those who deny!

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْاَرْضَ كِفَاتًاۙ

a lam naj'alil-arḍa kifātā

Have We not made the earth a repository

اَحْيَاۤءً وَّاَمْوَاتًاۙ

aḥyā`aw wa amwātā

For the living and the dead

وَّجَعَلْنَا فِيْهَا رَوَاسِيَ شٰمِخٰتٍ وَّاَسْقَيْنٰكُمْ مَّاۤءً فُرَاتًاۗ

wa ja'alnā fīhā rawāsiya syāmikhātiw wa asqainākum mā`an furātā

And placed in it lofty and broad stablisers and gave you sweet water to drink?

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ

wailuy yauma`iżil lil-mukażżibīn

Alas the woe that day for those who deny!

اِنْطَلِقُوْٓا اِلٰى مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوْنَۚ

inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihī tukażżibụn

"Go to what you used to deny;

اِنْطَلِقُوْٓا اِلٰى ظِلٍّ ذِيْ ثَلٰثِ شُعَبٍ

inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin żī ṡalāṡi syu'ab

Go to the shadow with three ramifications

لَا ظَلِيْلٍ وَّلَا يُغْنِيْ مِنَ اللَّهَبِۗ

lā ẓalīliw wa lā yugnī minal-lahab

Neither shady nor protecting against the blazing Fire.

اِنَّهَا تَرْمِيْ بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِۚ

innahā tarmī bisyararing kal-qaṣr

It will throw out sparks as logs of wood

كَاَنَّهٗ جِمٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌۗ

ka`annahụ jimālatun ṣufr

So like golden camels."

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ

wailuy yauma`iżil lil-mukażżibīn

Alas the woe that day for those who deny!

هٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنْطِقُوْنَۙ

hāżā yaumu lā yanṭiqụn

They will not be able to speak that day

وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُوْنَ

wa lā yu`żanu lahum fa ya'tażirụn

Nor given leave to make excuses.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ

wailuy yauma`iżil lil-mukażżibīn

Alas the woe that day for those who deny!

هٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ جَمَعْنٰكُمْ وَالْاَوَّلِيْنَ

hāżā yaumul-faṣli jama'nākum wal-awwalīn

That will be the Day of Reckoning. Gathered will be (you) and the earlier (generations).

فَاِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيْدُوْنِ

fa ing kāna lakum kaidun fa kīdụn

So if you have any plot to devise against Me then devise it.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ

wailuy yauma`iżil lil-mukażżibīn

Alas the woe that day for those who deny!

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ ظِلٰلٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۙ

innal-muttaqīna fī ẓilāliw wa 'uyụn

Those who take heed for themselves and fear God will be amidst shade and springs of water

وَّفَوَاكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُوْنَۗ

wa fawākiha mimmā yasytahụn

And such fruits as they desire.

كُلُوْا وَاشْرَبُوْا هَنِيْۤـًٔا ۢبِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ

kulụ wasyrabụ hanī`am bimā kuntum ta'malụn

"Eat and drink with relish as reward for what you had done."

اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ

innā każālika najzil-muḥsinīn

That is how We reward the good.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ

wailuy yauma`iżil lil-mukażżibīn

Alas the woe that day for those who deny!

كُلُوْا وَتَمَتَّعُوْا قَلِيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ مُّجْرِمُوْنَ

kulụ wa tamatta'ụ qalīlan innakum mujrimụn

Eat and enjoy for a while: You are certainly sinners.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ

wailuy yauma`iżil lil-mukażżibīn

Alas the woe that day for those who deny!

وَاِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوْا لَا يَرْكَعُوْنَ

wa iżā qīla lahumurka'ụ lā yarka'ụn

When it is said to them: "Bow in homage " they do not bow.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ

wailuy yauma`iżil lil-mukażżibīn

Alas the woe that day for those who deny!

فَبِاَيِّ حَدِيْثٍۢ بَعْدَهٗ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ ۔

fa bi`ayyi ḥadīṡim ba'dahụ yu`minụn

In what other lore after this will they then believe?