The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth — Al Muntakhab Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Consequences of Rejection

وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَـٰتِ عُرۡفࣰا ۝١

By the winds blowing in any of the four directions and of gradual degrees of force perceptible to the senses

wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fa

فَٱلۡعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصۡفࣰا ۝٢

Then they become high, causing violent disturbance of the atmosphere and may engender a storm

fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfa

وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَ ٰتِ نَشۡرࣰا ۝٣

and by the winds carrying clouds* floating at various heights and scatter them and drift them to where a nimbus must form

wal-nāshirāti nashra

فَٱلۡفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرۡقࣰا ۝٤

and by the angels carrying Allah's Messages to His Messengers heralding the standard by which anything is judged right or wrong, virtuous or immoral, permissible or forbidden

fal-fāriqāti farqa

فَٱلۡمُلۡقِیَـٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ۝٥

Then they disclose to them -to the Messengers- Allah's revelations and ordinances which inspirit the faith

fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ra

عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا ۝٦

To admonish the responsive who opens his hearts' ears and warn the irresponsive, who turns a deaf ear

innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿu

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٧

That all that you have been promised, from resurrection to judgment and paying off the equivalent will come to pass

Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ ۝٨

When the stars are dimmed and emit no light,

fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisa

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فُرِجَتۡ ۝٩

And the heaven is split asunder

wa-idhā l-samāu furija

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ۝١٠

And the mountains melt and disappear out of sight

wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifa

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ ۝١١

and at a later deferred date shall all the Messengers be made to convene

wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqita

لِأَیِّ یَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ ۝١٢

But as to which day has the Messengers convention been postponed and when will it then be made to supervene

li-ayyi yawmin ujjila

لِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٣

It has been postponed until the Day of decision and adjudication

liyawmi l-faṣl

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٤

You just do not know what this Day of decision and adjudication is like

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣl

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٥

Woe then, to those who looked upon the truth as manifest falsification

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٦

Did We not destroy those who charged Our Messengers with falsehood among the predecessors

alam nuh'liki l-awalīn

ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝١٧

and in like manner did We destroy the successors

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīn

كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝١٨

Thus do We requite people given to sin

kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٩

Woe then, to those who looked upon the truth as an intentional assertion of falsehood

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّاۤءࣲ مَّهِینࣲ ۝٢٠

Did We not bring you into being from a contemptible fluid, an ejaculation

alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīni

فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ فِی قَرَارࣲ مَّكِینٍ ۝٢١

Fluid whose product, the fertilized seed,* We embedded in the depth of a safe and secure situation (the womb)

fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīni

إِلَىٰ قَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٢٢

For a determined period of gestation

ilā qadarin maʿlūmi

فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَـٰدِرُونَ ۝٢٣

We then determined, besides the span of this period, the relevant constitution and how right is the determination

faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٤

Woe then, to those who looked upon the truth as an intentional assertion of falsehood

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا ۝٢٥

Did We not make the earth widely spread,

alam najʿali l-arḍa kifāta

أَحۡیَاۤءࣰ وَأَمۡوَ ٰتࣰا ۝٢٦

To accommodate the living and the dead

aḥyāan wa-amwāta

وَجَعَلۡنَا فِیهَا رَوَ ٰسِیَ شَـٰمِخَـٰتࣲ وَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰكُم مَّاۤءࣰ فُرَاتࣰا ۝٢٧

Did We not establish therein firm mountains* to afford stabilization, and furnish you with a supply of fresh water from springs, rain fall and other sources, each, in a blessed stead

wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furāta

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٨

Woe then, to those who looked upon the truth as an intentional assertion of falsehood

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢٩

There and then shall the wicked be told "Now suffer the consequence of what you denied and treated as falsehood"

inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūn

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلࣲّ ذِی ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبࣲ ۝٣٠

"Go to the blaze, with its fumes and scarlet shade and its flames that are shooting out in three colossal branches"

inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabi

لَّا ظَلِیلࣲ وَلَا یُغۡنِی مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ۝٣١

Which neither screen, nor hide nor protect from the heat or from the blazing flames streaming in avalanches

lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahab

إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِی بِشَرَرࣲ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ ۝٣٢

Fire throwing off sparks as immense as the fortress

innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتࣱ صُفۡرࣱ ۝٣٣

Sparks looking like huge implements covered with copper troubling the infidels grievously and subjecting them to a severe distress

ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'ru

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٤

Woe then to those who looked upon the truth as an intentional assertion of what is false

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ لَا یَنطِقُونَ ۝٣٥

This is the Day they are dumbfounded and unable to talk

hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūn

وَلَا یُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَیَعۡتَذِرُونَ ۝٣٦

Nor are they permitted to plea in justification of their deeds of inequity nor of the deeds which with their words did not accor

walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٧

Woe. then to those who looked upon the truth as an intentional assertion of falsehood

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَـٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٣٨

This is the Day of decision and adjudication, and thereon will We throng you all including all who came before

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīn

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَیۡدࣱ فَكِیدُونِ ۝٣٩

Now if you have a plan to evade judgment, conduct it to conclusion if you can

fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūn

2 Consequences of Rejection

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٠

Woe then to those who looked upon the truth as an intentional assertion of what is false

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی ظِلَـٰلࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٤١

But the righteous who keep Allah in mind with bosoms filled with reverential awe are amidst cool shades and spectacular springs

inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūni

وَفَوَ ٰكِهَ مِمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٤٢

and delicious fruits to their hearts’ desire and all that righteousness merits and the felicity it brings

wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūn

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٤٣

They shall be told: "Eat and drink and enjoy all that affords pleasure in return for your deeds and actions which involved effort directed to a definite and commendable end."

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

إِنَّا كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ۝٤٤

For thus do We reward those whose deeds are imprinted with wisdom and piety and the benevolence they spend

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٥

Woe then, to those who looked upon the truth as an intentional assertion of falsehood

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِیلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ ۝٤٦

You infidels may eat and enjoy yourselves here, but the span is short and then your iniquities shall be laid to your charge

kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٧

Woe to those who looked upon the truth as an intentional assertion of falsehood

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُوا۟ لَا یَرۡكَعُونَ ۝٤٨

When told to engage in the act of worship and to humble themselves to Allah and bow down to Him in adoration, they refuse

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

Woe then. to those who looked upon the truth as an intentional assertion of what is false, for nothing then will serve as an excuse

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

فَبِأَیِّ حَدِیثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٥٠

What then will convince them if this Quran does not

fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūn

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