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George Sale

Surah 77. The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth (al-Mursalat)

50 verses Meccan
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1 Consequences of Rejection
77:1 ›
وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَـٰتِ عُرۡفࣰا ۝١
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By the angels which are sent by God, following one another in a continual series; and those which move swiftly
wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fa
77:2 ›
فَٱلۡعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصۡفࣰا ۝٢
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with a rapid motion
fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfa
77:3 ›
وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَ ٰتِ نَشۡرࣰا ۝٣
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and by those which disperse his commands, by divulging them through the earth
wal-nāshirāti nashra
77:4 ›
فَٱلۡفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرۡقࣰا ۝٤
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and by those which separate truth from falsehood, by distinguishing the same
fal-fāriqāti farqa
77:5 ›
فَٱلۡمُلۡقِیَـٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ۝٥
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and by those which communicate the divine admonitions
fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ra
77:6 ›
عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا ۝٦
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to excuse, or to threaten
innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿu
77:7 ›
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٧
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Verily that which ye are promised is inevitable
Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun
77:8 ›
فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ ۝٨
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When the stars, therefore, shall be put out
fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisa
77:9 ›
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فُرِجَتۡ ۝٩
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and when the heaven shall be cloven in sunder
wa-idhā l-samāu furija
77:10 ›
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ۝١٠
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and when the mountains shall be winnowed
wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifa
77:11 ›
وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ ۝١١
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and when the apostles shall have a time assigned them to appear and bear testimony against their respective people
wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqita
77:12 ›
لِأَیِّ یَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ ۝١٢
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to what a day shall that appointment be deferred
li-ayyi yawmin ujjila
77:13 ›
لِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٣
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To the day of separation
liyawmi l-faṣl
77:14 ›
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٤
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And what shall cause thee to understand what the day of separation is
wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣl
77:15 ›
وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٥
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On that day, woe be unto them who accused the prophets of imposture
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn
77:16 ›
أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٦
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Have We not destroyed the obstinate unbelievers of old
alam nuh'liki l-awalīn
77:17 ›
ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝١٧
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We will also cause those of the latter times to follow them
thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīn
77:18 ›
كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝١٨
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Thus do We deal with the wicked
kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīn
77:19 ›
وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٩
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Woe be, on that day, unto them who accused the prophets of imposture
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn
77:20 ›
أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّاۤءࣲ مَّهِینࣲ ۝٢٠
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Have We not created you of a contemptible drop of seed
alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīni
77:21 ›
فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ فِی قَرَارࣲ مَّكِینٍ ۝٢١
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which We placed in a sure repository
fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīni
77:22 ›
إِلَىٰ قَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٢٢
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until the fixed term of delivery
ilā qadarin maʿlūmi
77:23 ›
فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَـٰدِرُونَ ۝٢٣
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And We were able to do this: For We are most powerful
faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūn
77:24 ›
وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٤
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On that day, woe be unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn
77:25 ›
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا ۝٢٥
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Have We not made the earth to contai
alam najʿali l-arḍa kifāta
77:26 ›
أَحۡیَاۤءࣰ وَأَمۡوَ ٰتࣰا ۝٢٦
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the living and the dead
aḥyāan wa-amwāta
77:27 ›
وَجَعَلۡنَا فِیهَا رَوَ ٰسِیَ شَـٰمِخَـٰتࣲ وَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰكُم مَّاۤءࣰ فُرَاتࣰا ۝٢٧
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and placed therein stable and lofty mountains, and given you fresh water to drink
wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furāta
77:28 ›
وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٨
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Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn
77:29 ›
ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢٩
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It shall be said unto them, go ye to the punishment which ye denied as a falsehood
inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūn
77:30 ›
ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلࣲّ ذِی ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبࣲ ۝٣٠
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Go ye into the shadow of the smoke of hell, which shall ascend in three columns
inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabi
77:31 ›
لَّا ظَلِیلࣲ وَلَا یُغۡنِی مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ۝٣١
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and shall not shade you from the heat, neither shall it be of service against the flame
lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahab
77:32 ›
إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِی بِشَرَرࣲ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ ۝٣٢
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but it shall cast forth sparks as big as towers
innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr
77:33 ›
كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتࣱ صُفۡرࣱ ۝٣٣
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resembling yellow camels in colour
ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'ru
77:34 ›
وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٤
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Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn
77:35 ›
هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ لَا یَنطِقُونَ ۝٣٥
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This shall be a day whereon they shall not speak to any purpose
hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūn
77:36 ›
وَلَا یُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَیَعۡتَذِرُونَ ۝٣٦
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neither shall they be permitted to excuse themselves
walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūn
77:37 ›
وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٧
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Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn
77:38 ›
هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَـٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٣٨
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This shall be the day of separation: We will assemble both you and your predecessors
hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīn
77:39 ›
فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَیۡدࣱ فَكِیدُونِ ۝٣٩
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Whereofore, if ye have any cunning stratagem, employ stratagems against Me
fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūn
2 Consequences of Rejection
77:40 ›
وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٠
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Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn
77:41 ›
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی ظِلَـٰلࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٤١
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But the pious shall dwell amidst shades and fountains
inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūni
77:42 ›
وَفَوَ ٰكِهَ مِمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٤٢
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and fruits of the kinds which they shall desire
wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūn
77:43 ›
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٤٣
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And it shall be said unto them, eat and drink with easy digestion, in recompense for that which ye have wrought
kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn
77:44 ›
إِنَّا كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ۝٤٤
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for thus do We reward the righteous doers
innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn
77:45 ›
وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٥
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Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn
77:46 ›
كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِیلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ ۝٤٦
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Eat, O unbelievers, and enjoy the pleasures of this life, for a little while: Verily ye are wicked men
kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūn
77:47 ›
وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٧
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Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn
77:48 ›
وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُوا۟ لَا یَرۡكَعُونَ ۝٤٨
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And when it is said unto them, bow down; they do not bow down
wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūn
77:49 ›
وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩
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Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn
77:50 ›
فَبِأَیِّ حَدِیثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٥٠
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In what new revelation will they believe, after this
fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūn
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Surah
The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth
Verses
50
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
29
Translations
64

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Judgment Warning Messengers Denial

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  1. 1 Consequences of Rejection Ayat 1 – 39
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