The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth — Dr Laleh Bakhtiar Translation

77:1

وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَـٰتِ عُرۡفࣰا ۝١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

By ones who are sent successively,

wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fa

77:2

فَٱلۡعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصۡفࣰا ۝٢

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by the storm and raging tempest,

fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfa

77:3

وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَ ٰتِ نَشۡرࣰا ۝٣

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by that which causes vegetation to revive, unfolding

wal-nāshirāti nashra

77:4

فَٱلۡفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرۡقࣰا ۝٤

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by the ones who separate a separating

fal-fāriqāti farqa

77:5

فَٱلۡمُلۡقِیَـٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ۝٥

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by ones who cast a remembrance

fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ra

77:6

عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا ۝٦

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as excusing or warning,

innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿu

77:7

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٧

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truly, what you are promised will be that which falls.

Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun

77:8

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ ۝٨

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Then, when the stars will be obliterated

fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisa

77:9

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فُرِجَتۡ ۝٩

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and when the heaven will be cleaved asunder

wa-idhā l-samāu furija

77:10

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ۝١٠

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and when the mountains will be scattered

wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifa

77:11

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ ۝١١

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and when the time will be set for the Messengers,

wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqita

77:12

لِأَیِّ یَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ ۝١٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

for which Day were these appointed?

li-ayyi yawmin ujjila

77:13

لِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

For the Day of Decision.

liyawmi l-faṣl

77:14

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٤

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And what would cause thee to recognize what the Day of Decision is?

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣl

77:15

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Woe on that Day to the ones who deny!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:16

أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٦

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Caused We not the ancient ones to perish?

alam nuh'liki l-awalīn

77:17

ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝١٧

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Again, We will pursue the later ones.

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīn

77:18

كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝١٨

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Thus, We accomplish this with the ones who sin.

kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīn

77:19

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Woe on that Day to the ones who deny!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:20

أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّاۤءࣲ مَّهِینࣲ ۝٢٠

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Create We you not of despicable water?

alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīni

77:21

فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ فِی قَرَارࣲ مَّكِینٍ ۝٢١

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Then, We made it in a secure stopping place

fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīni

77:22

إِلَىٰ قَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٢٢

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for a known measuring?

ilā qadarin maʿlūmi

77:23

فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَـٰدِرُونَ ۝٢٣

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And We measured. How bountiful are the ones who measure!

faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūn

77:24

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Woe on that day to the ones who deny!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:25

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا ۝٢٥

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Make We not the earth a place of drawing together

alam najʿali l-arḍa kifāta

77:26

أَحۡیَاۤءࣰ وَأَمۡوَ ٰتࣰا ۝٢٦

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the living and the lifeless?

aḥyāan wa-amwāta

77:27

وَجَعَلۡنَا فِیهَا رَوَ ٰسِیَ شَـٰمِخَـٰتࣲ وَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰكُم مَّاۤءࣰ فُرَاتࣰا ۝٢٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

We made on it soaring, firm mountains. We satiated you with water of the sweetest kind.

wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furāta

77:28

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Woe on that Day to the ones who deny!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:29

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Set out toward what you had been in it denying.

inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūn

77:30

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلࣲّ ذِی ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبࣲ ۝٣٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Set out to the shade. It is possessor of three columns,

inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabi

77:31

لَّا ظَلِیلࣲ وَلَا یُغۡنِی مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ۝٣١

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having no shade nor availing you against the flaming!

lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahab

77:32

إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِی بِشَرَرࣲ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ ۝٣٢

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Truly, it will throw up sparks of fire like the palace,

innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr

77:33

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتࣱ صُفۡرࣱ ۝٣٣

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as though it was a string of saffron-colored male camels.

ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'ru

77:34

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Woe on that Day to the ones who deny!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:35

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ لَا یَنطِقُونَ ۝٣٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

This Day they will not speak for themselves

hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūn

77:36

وَلَا یُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَیَعۡتَذِرُونَ ۝٣٦

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nor will they be given permission so that they make excuses.

walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūn

77:37

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Woe on that Day to the ones who deny!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:38

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَـٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٣٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

This is the Day of Decision; We gathered you and the ancient ones.

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīn

77:39

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَیۡدࣱ فَكِیدُونِ ۝٣٩

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So if you had been cunning, then, try to outwit Me.

fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūn

77:40

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Woe on that Day to the ones who deny!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:41

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی ظِلَـٰلࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٤١

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Truly, the ones who are Godfearing will be amidst shade and springs

inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūni

77:42

وَفَوَ ٰكِهَ مِمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٤٢

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and sweet fruit for which they lust:

wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūn

77:43

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٤٣

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Eat and drink wholesomely for what you had been doing.

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

77:44

إِنَّا كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ۝٤٤

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Truly, We, thus, give recompense to the ones who are doers of good.

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

77:45

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Woe on that Day to the ones who deny!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:46

كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِیلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ ۝٤٦

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Eat, take joy for a little. You are ones who sin.

kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūn

77:47

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Woe on that Day to the ones who deny!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:48

وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُوا۟ لَا یَرۡكَعُونَ ۝٤٨

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When it will be said: Bow down, they bow not down.

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūn

77:49

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Woe on that Day to the ones who deny!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:50

فَبِأَیِّ حَدِیثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٥٠

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Then, in which discourse after this will they believe?

fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūn

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