The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth — Maulana Muhammad Ali Translation

77:1

وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَـٰتِ عُرۡفࣰا ۝١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

By those sent forth to spread goodness

wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fa

77:2

فَٱلۡعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصۡفࣰا ۝٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then those driving off the chaff

fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfa

77:3

وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَ ٰتِ نَشۡرࣰا ۝٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those spreading (goodness), far and wide

wal-nāshirāti nashra

77:4

فَٱلۡفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرۡقࣰا ۝٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then those making a distinction

fal-fāriqāti farqa

77:5

فَٱلۡمُلۡقِیَـٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ۝٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then those offering the Reminder

fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ra

77:6

عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا ۝٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

To clear or to warn! -

innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿu

77:7

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely that which you are promised will come to pass

Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun

77:8

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ ۝٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So when the stars are made to disappear

fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisa

77:9

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فُرِجَتۡ ۝٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And when the heaven is rent asunder

wa-idhā l-samāu furija

77:10

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ۝١٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And when the mountains are carried away as dust

wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifa

77:11

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ ۝١١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And when the messengers are made to reach their appointed time

wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqita

77:12

لِأَیِّ یَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ ۝١٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

To what day is the doom fixed

li-ayyi yawmin ujjila

77:13

لِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

To the day of Decision

liyawmi l-faṣl

77:14

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And what will make thee comprehend what the day of Decision is

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣl

77:15

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe on that day to the rejectors

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:16

أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Did We not destroy the former generations

alam nuh'liki l-awalīn

77:17

ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝١٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then We followed them up with later ones

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīn

77:18

كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝١٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Thus do We deal with the guilty

kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīn

77:19

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe on that day to the rejectors

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:20

أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّاۤءࣲ مَّهِینࣲ ۝٢٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Did We not create you from ordinary water

alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīni

77:21

فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ فِی قَرَارࣲ مَّكِینٍ ۝٢١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then We placed it in a secure resting-place

fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīni

77:22

إِلَىٰ قَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٢٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Till an appointed term

ilā qadarin maʿlūmi

77:23

فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَـٰدِرُونَ ۝٢٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So We determined -- how well are We at determining

faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūn

77:24

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe on that day to the rejectors

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:25

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا ۝٢٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Have We not made the earth draw to itsel

alam najʿali l-arḍa kifāta

77:26

أَحۡیَاۤءࣰ وَأَمۡوَ ٰتࣰا ۝٢٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The living and the dead

aḥyāan wa-amwāta

77:27

وَجَعَلۡنَا فِیهَا رَوَ ٰسِیَ شَـٰمِخَـٰتࣲ وَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰكُم مَّاۤءࣰ فُرَاتࣰا ۝٢٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water

wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furāta

77:28

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe on that day to the rejectors

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:29

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Walk on to that which you called a lie

inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūn

77:30

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلࣲّ ذِی ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبࣲ ۝٣٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Walk on to the shadow, having three branches

inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabi

77:31

لَّا ظَلِیلࣲ وَلَا یُغۡنِی مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ۝٣١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Neither cool, nor availing against the flame

lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahab

77:32

إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِی بِشَرَرࣲ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ ۝٣٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

It sends up sparks like palaces

innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr

77:33

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتࣱ صُفۡرࣱ ۝٣٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

As if they were tawny camels

ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'ru

77:34

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe on that day to the rejectors

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:35

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ لَا یَنطِقُونَ ۝٣٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

This is the day on which they speak not

hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūn

77:36

وَلَا یُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَیَعۡتَذِرُونَ ۝٣٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Nor are they allowed to offer excuses

walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūn

77:37

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe on that day to the rejectors

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:38

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَـٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٣٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

This is the day of Decision; We have gathered you and those of yore

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīn

77:39

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَیۡدࣱ فَكِیدُونِ ۝٣٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So if you have a plan, plan against me (now)

fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūn

77:40

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe on that day to the rejectors

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:41

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی ظِلَـٰلࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٤١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely the dutiful are amid shades and fountains

inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūni

77:42

وَفَوَ ٰكِهَ مِمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٤٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And fruits such as they desire

wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūn

77:43

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٤٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

77:44

إِنَّا كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ۝٤٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Thus do We reward the doers of good

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

77:45

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe on that day to the rejectors

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:46

كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِیلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ ۝٤٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

East and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty

kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūn

77:47

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe on that day to the rejectors

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:48

وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُوا۟ لَا یَرۡكَعُونَ ۝٤٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And when it is said to them, Bow down, they bow not down

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūn

77:49

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe on that day to the rejectors

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:50

فَبِأَیِّ حَدِیثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٥٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

In what narration after it, will they believe

fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūn

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