AL MURSALAT (THE SENT ONES)
(Revealed at Mecca – contains 50 verses – 2 sections)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
| AYAT | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|
| 1 | وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا |
| By oath of those that are sent, one after the other. (The verses of the Holy Qur’an or the angels or the winds). | |
| 2 | فَالْعَاصِفَاتِ عَصْفًا |
| Then by oath of those that push with a strong gust. | |
| 3 | وَالنَّاشِرَاتِ نَشْرًا |
| Then by oath of those that lift and carry. | |
| 4 | فَالْفَارِقَاتِ فَرْقًا |
| Then by those that clearly differentiate the right and wrong. | |
| 5 | فَالْمُلْقِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا |
| And then by those that instil Remembrance into the hearts. | |
| 6 | عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا |
| To complete the argument or to warn. | |
| 7 | إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَاقِعٌ |
| Indeed what you are promised, will surely befall. | |
| 8 | فَإِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ |
| So when the lights of the stars are put out. | |
| 9 | وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ فُرِجَتْ |
| And when the sky is split apart. | |
| 10 | وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ |
| And when the mountains are made into dust and blown away. | |
| 11 | وَإِذَا الرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ |
| And when the time of the Noble Messengers arrives. | |
| 12 | لِأَيِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ |
| For which day were they appointed? | |
| 13 | لِيَوْمِ الْفَصْلِ |
| For the Day of Decision. | |
| 14 | وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ |
| And what do you know, what the Day of Decision is! | |
| 15 | وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
| Ruin is for the deniers on that day! | |
| 16 | أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ |
| Did We not destroy the earlier people? | |
| 17 | ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ |
| We shall then send the latter after them. | |
| 18 | كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ |
| This is how We deal with the guilty. | |
| 19 | وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
| Ruin is for the deniers on that day! | |
| 20 | أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّاءٍ مَّهِينٍ |
| Did We not create you from an abject fluid? | |
| 21 | فَجَعَلْنَاهُ فِي قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ |
| We then kept it in a safe place. | |
| 22 | إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ |
| For a known calculated term. | |
| 23 | فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ الْقَادِرُونَ |
| We then calculated; so how excellently do We control! | |
| 24 | وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
| Ruin is for the deniers on that day! | |
| 25 | أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا |
| Did We not make the earth a storehouse? | |
| 26 | أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا |
| For the living and the dead among you? | |
| 27 | وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ شَامِخَاتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَاكُم مَّاءً فُرَاتًا |
| And We placed high mountains as anchors in it and gave you sweet water to drink. | |
| 28 | وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
| Ruin is for the deniers on that day! | |
| 29 | انطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ |
| “Move towards what you used to deny!” | |
| 30 | انطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِي ثَلَاثِ شُعَبٍ |
| “Move towards the shadow of the smoke having three branches.” | |
| 31 | لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنَ اللَّهَبِ |
| “Which neither gives shade, nor saves from the flame.” | |
| 32 | إِنَّهَا تَرْمِي بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ |
| Indeed hell throws up sparks like huge castles. | |
| 33 | كَأَنَّهُ جِمَالَتٌ صُفْرٌ |
| Seeming like yellow camels. | |
| 34 | وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
| Ruin is for the deniers on that day! | |
| 35 | هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ |
| This is a day in which they will not be able to speak. | |
| 36 | وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ |
| Nor will they be given permission to present excuses. | |
| 37 | وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
| Ruin is for the deniers on that day! | |
| 38 | هَٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَاكُمْ وَالْأَوَّلِينَ |
| This is the Day of Decision; We have gathered you and all the earlier men. | |
| 39 | فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ |
| If you now have any conspiracy, carry it out on Me. | |
| 40 | وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
| Ruin is for the deniers on that day! | |
| 41 | إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي ظِلَالٍ وَعُيُونٍ |
| Indeed the pious are in shade and springs. | |
| 42 | وَفَوَاكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ |
| And among fruits whichever they may desire. | |
| 43 | كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ |
| “Eat and drink with pleasure, the reward of your deeds.” | |
| 44 | إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ |
| This is how We reward the virtuous. | |
| 45 | وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
| Ruin is for the deniers on that day! | |
| 46 | كُلُوا وَتَمَتَّعُوا قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ |
| “Eat and enjoy for a while – indeed you are guilty.” | |
| 47 | وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
| Ruin is for the deniers on that day! | |
| 48 | وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ |
| And when it is said to them, “Offer the prayer” – they do not! | |
| 49 | وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
| Ruin is for the deniers on that day! | |
| 50 | فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
| So after this, in what matter will they believe? | |