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77. Al-Mursalaat

The Emissaries · Meccan · 50 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

77:1

وَٱلْمُرْسَلَـٰتِ عُرْفًا ﴿١﴾

Wal-mursalāti ʿurfā

By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another

77:2

فَٱلْعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصْفًا ﴿٢﴾

Fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfā

By the raging hurricanes,

77:3

وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًا ﴿٣﴾

Wan-nāshirāti nashrā

By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;

77:4

فَٱلْفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرْقًا ﴿٤﴾

Fal-fāriqāti farqā

By those who winnow with a winnowing,

77:5

فَٱلْمُلْقِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا ﴿٥﴾

Fal-mulqiyāti dhikrā

By those who bring down the Reminder,

77:6

عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا ﴿٦﴾

ʿudhran aw nudhrā

To excuse or to warn,

77:7

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ﴿٧﴾

Innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿ

Surely that which ye are promised will befall.

77:8

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ ﴿٨﴾

Faʾidhā an-nujūmu ṭumisat

So when the stars are put out,

77:9

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ ﴿٩﴾

Waʾidhā as-samāʾu furijat

And when the sky is riven asunder,

77:10

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ ﴿١٠﴾

Waʾidhā al-jibālu nusifat

And when the mountains are blown away,

77:11

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ ﴿١١﴾

Waʾidhā ar-rusulu uqqitat

And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -

77:12

لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ ﴿١٢﴾

Liʾayyi yawmin ujjilat

For what day is the time appointed?

77:13

لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ ﴿١٣﴾

Liyawmi al-faṣl

For the Day of Decision.

77:14

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ﴿١٤﴾

Wamā adrāka mā yawmu al-faṣl

And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -

77:15

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٥﴾

Waylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:16

أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

Alam nuhliki al-awwalīn

Destroyed We not the former folk,

77:17

ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

Thumma nutbiʿuhumu al-ākhirīn

Then caused the latter folk to follow after?

77:18

كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿١٨﴾

Kadhālika nafʿalu bil-mujrimīn

Thus deal We ever with the guilty.

77:19

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٩﴾

Waylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:20

أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ ﴿٢٠﴾

Alam nakhluqkkum min māʾin mahīn

Did We not create you from a base fluid

77:21

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ ﴿٢١﴾

Fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīn

Which We laid up in a safe abode

77:22

إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Ilā qadarin maʿlūm

For a known term?

77:23

فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَـٰدِرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Faqadarnā faniʿma al-qādirūn

Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!

77:24

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾

Waylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:25

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا ﴿٢٥﴾

Alam najʿali al-arḍa kifātā

Have We not made the earth a receptacle

77:26

أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوَٰتًا ﴿٢٦﴾

Aḥyāʾan waʾamwātā

Both for the living and the dead,

77:27

وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَـٰمِخَـٰتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُم مَّآءً فُرَاتًا ﴿٢٧﴾

Wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin waʾasqaynākum māʾan furātā

And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein?

77:28

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Waylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:29

ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhdhibūn

(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;

77:30

ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبٍ ﴿٣٠﴾

Inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿab

Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,

77:31

لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ﴿٣١﴾

Lā ẓalīlin walā yughnī mina Allāhab

(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.

77:32

إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَٱلْقَصْرِ ﴿٣٢﴾

Innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr

Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,

77:33

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ ﴿٣٣﴾

Kaʾannahu jimālatun ṣufr

(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.

77:34

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Waylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:35

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūn

This is a day wherein they speak not,

77:36

وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Walā yuʾdhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūn

Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.

77:37

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Waylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:38

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَـٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٣٨﴾

Hādhā yawmu al-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awwalīn

This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.

77:39

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ ﴿٣٩﴾

Faʾin kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūn

If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.

77:40

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Waylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:41

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَـٰلٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿٤١﴾

Inna al-muttaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūn

Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,

77:42

وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūn

And fruits such as they desire.

77:43

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

Kulū wāshrabū hanīʾan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

(Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.

77:44

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٤٤﴾

Innā kadhālika najzī al-muḥsinīn

Thus do We reward the good.

77:45

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Waylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:46

كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

Kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum mujrimūn

Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.

77:47

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Waylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:48

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

Waʾidhā qīla lahumu irkaʿū lā yarkaʿūn

When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!

77:49

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾

Waylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:50

فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

Fabiʾayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yuʾminūn

In what statement, after this, will they believe?

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.