The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth — Arthur John Arberry Translation

77:1

وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَـٰتِ عُرۡفࣰا ۝١

Arthur John Arberry

By the loosed ones successivel

wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fa

77:2

فَٱلۡعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصۡفࣰا ۝٢

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storming tempestuousl

fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfa

77:3

وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَ ٰتِ نَشۡرࣰا ۝٣

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by the scatterers scatterin

wal-nāshirāti nashra

77:4

فَٱلۡفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرۡقࣰا ۝٤

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and the severally severin

fal-fāriqāti farqa

77:5

فَٱلۡمُلۡقِیَـٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ۝٥

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and those hurling a reminde

fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ra

77:6

عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا ۝٦

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excusing or warning

innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿu

77:7

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٧

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surely that which you are promised is about to fall

Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun

77:8

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ ۝٨

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When the stars shall be extinguished

fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisa

77:9

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فُرِجَتۡ ۝٩

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when heaven shall be spli

wa-idhā l-samāu furija

77:10

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ۝١٠

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when the mountains shall be scattere

wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifa

77:11

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ ۝١١

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and when the Messengers' time is set

wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqita

77:12

لِأَیِّ یَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ ۝١٢

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to what day shall they be delayed

li-ayyi yawmin ujjila

77:13

لِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٣

Arthur John Arberry

To the Day of Decision

liyawmi l-faṣl

77:14

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٤

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And what shall teach thee what is the Day of Decision

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣl

77:15

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٥

Arthur John Arberry

Woe that day unto those who cry it lies

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:16

أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٦

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Did We not destroy the ancients

alam nuh'liki l-awalīn

77:17

ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝١٧

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and then follow them with the later folk

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīn

77:18

كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝١٨

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So We serve the sinners

kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīn

77:19

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٩

Arthur John Arberry

Woe that day unto those who cry it lies

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:20

أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّاۤءࣲ مَّهِینࣲ ۝٢٠

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Did We not create you of a mean water

alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīni

77:21

فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ فِی قَرَارࣲ مَّكِینٍ ۝٢١

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that We laid within a sure lodgin

fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīni

77:22

إِلَىٰ قَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٢٢

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till a known term decreed

ilā qadarin maʿlūmi

77:23

فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَـٰدِرُونَ ۝٢٣

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We determined; excellent determiners are We

faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūn

77:24

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٤

Arthur John Arberry

Woe that day unto those who cry it lies

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:25

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا ۝٢٥

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Made We not the earth to be a housin

alam najʿali l-arḍa kifāta

77:26

أَحۡیَاۤءࣰ وَأَمۡوَ ٰتࣰا ۝٢٦

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for the living and for the dead

aḥyāan wa-amwāta

77:27

وَجَعَلۡنَا فِیهَا رَوَ ٰسِیَ شَـٰمِخَـٰتࣲ وَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰكُم مَّاۤءࣰ فُرَاتࣰا ۝٢٧

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Set We not therein soaring mountains? Sated you with sweetest water

wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furāta

77:28

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٨

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Woe that day unto those who cry it lies

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:29

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢٩

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Depart to that you cried was lies

inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūn

77:30

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلࣲّ ذِی ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبࣲ ۝٣٠

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Depart to a triple-massing shado

inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabi

77:31

لَّا ظَلِیلࣲ وَلَا یُغۡنِی مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ۝٣١

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unshading against the blazing flam

lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahab

77:32

إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِی بِشَرَرࣲ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ ۝٣٢

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that shoots sparks like dry faggots

innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr

77:33

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتࣱ صُفۡرࣱ ۝٣٣

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sparks like to golden herds

ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'ru

77:34

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٤

Arthur John Arberry

Woe that day unto those who cry it lies

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:35

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ لَا یَنطِقُونَ ۝٣٥

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This is the day they shall not spea

hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūn

77:36

وَلَا یُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَیَعۡتَذِرُونَ ۝٣٦

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neither be given leave, and excuse themselves

walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūn

77:37

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٧

Arthur John Arberry

Woe that day unto those who cry it lies

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:38

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَـٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٣٨

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'This is the Day of Decision; We have joined you with the ancients

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīn

77:39

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَیۡدࣱ فَكِیدُونِ ۝٣٩

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if you have a trick, try you now to trick Me!

fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūn

77:40

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٠

Arthur John Arberry

Woe that day unto those who cry it lies

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:41

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی ظِلَـٰلࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٤١

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Truly the godfearing shall dwell amid shades and fountains

inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūni

77:42

وَفَوَ ٰكِهَ مِمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٤٢

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and such fruits as their hearts desire

wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūn

77:43

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٤٣

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'Eat and drink, with wholesome appetite, for that you were working.

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

77:44

إِنَّا كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ۝٤٤

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Even so do We recompense the good-doers

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

77:45

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٥

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Woe that day unto those who cry it lies

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:46

كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِیلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ ۝٤٦

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'Eat and take your joy a little; you are sinners!

kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūn

77:47

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٧

Arthur John Arberry

Woe that day unto those who cry it lies

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:48

وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُوا۟ لَا یَرۡكَعُونَ ۝٤٨

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When it is said to them, 'Prostrate yourselves!' they prostrate not

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūn

77:49

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

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Woe that day unto those who cry it lies

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:50

فَبِأَیِّ حَدِیثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٥٠

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In what discourse after this will they believe

fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūn

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