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?

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