المرسلات

Surah Al-Mursalaat

Meaning of the name: The Emissaries

Makkan Ayat 50

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1

وَٱلْمُرْسَلَـٰتِ عُرْفًا

By those [winds] sent forth in succession,

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2

فَٱلْعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصْفًا

those that blow violently,

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3

وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًا

and scatter [rainclouds] far and wide,

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4

فَٱلْفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرْقًا

And by those [angels] who bring criterion[1];

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[1] To Allah's messengers to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
5

فَٱلْمُلْقِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا

and those who deliver revelation,

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6

عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا

leaving no excuse or giving warning –

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7

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

what you are promised will surely come to pass.

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8

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

So when the stars are effaced,

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9

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ

and when the sky is split apart,

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10

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

and when the mountains are blown away,

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11

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ

and when the messengers are summoned[2],

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[2] To testify concerning their nations.
12

لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ

until which Day has all this been postponed?

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13

لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ

Until the Day of Judgment.

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14

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ

How do you know what the Day of Judgment is?

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15

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day to the deniers[3]!

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[3] i.e., Death and destruction be upon them.
16

أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Did We not destroy the earlier nations?

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17

ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Then We will do likewise to the later ones.

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18

كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

This is how We deal with the wicked.

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19

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

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20

أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ

Did We not create you from a worthless fluid,

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21

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ

then We placed it in a secure repository

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22

إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

for a determined period[4]?

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[4] See 23:12-14
23

فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَـٰدِرُونَ

For We determined it; How excellently We determine!

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24

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

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25

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا

Have We not made the earth a receptacle[5]

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Translation footnote [5]

[5] i.e., a lodging, a container that contains all people.
26

أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوَٰتًا

for the living and the dead,

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27

وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَـٰمِخَـٰتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُم مَّآءً فُرَاتًا

and placed therein firm towering mountains, and given you fresh water to drink?

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28

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

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29

ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

[They will be told,] “Proceed to that [Fire] which you used to deny!

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30

ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبٍ

Proceed to the shadow [of smoke] ascending in three columns,

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31

لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ

that provides neither shade nor protection from the flames.

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32

إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَٱلْقَصْرِ

Indeed, it [i.e., Hell] throws up sparks as big as castles,

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33

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ

as if they were tawny camels[6].

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Translation footnote [6]

[6] i.e., huge and black camels.
34

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

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35

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

On that Day they won’t speak,

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36

وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ

nor will they be allowed to make excuses.

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37

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

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38

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَـٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

[They will be told,] “This is the Day of Judgment: We have gathered you along with the earlier generations.

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39

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ

So if you have any scheme, then plot it against Me.”

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40

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

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41

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَـٰلٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Indeed, the righteous will be amid shades and springs

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42

وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

and will have whatever fruit they desire.

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43

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

[They will be told,] “Eat and drink joyfully, as a reward for what you used to do.”

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44

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

This is how We reward those who do good.

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45

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

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46

كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ

“Eat and enjoy yourselves for a while; you are truly wicked.”

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47

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

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48

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ

When it is said to them, “Bow [in prayer],” they do not bow.

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49

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

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50

فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ

In which message after this [Qur’an] will they believe?

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Surah Al-Mursalaat

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