The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth — Muhammad Asad Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Consequences of Rejection

وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَـٰتِ عُرۡفࣰا ۝١

CONSIDER these [messages,] sent forth in wave

wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fa

فَٱلۡعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصۡفࣰا ۝٢

and then storming on with a tempest's force

fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfa

وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَ ٰتِ نَشۡرࣰا ۝٣

Consider these [messages] that spread [the truth] far and wide

wal-nāshirāti nashra

فَٱلۡفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرۡقࣰا ۝٤

thus separating [right and wrong] with all clarity

fal-fāriqāti farqa

فَٱلۡمُلۡقِیَـٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ۝٥

and then giving forth a reminder

fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ra

عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا ۝٦

[promising] freedom from blame or [offering] a warning

innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿu

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٧

BEHOLD, all that you are told to expect will surely come to pass

Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ ۝٨

Thus, [it will come to pass] when the stars are effaced

fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisa

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فُرِجَتۡ ۝٩

and when the sky is rent asunder

wa-idhā l-samāu furija

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ۝١٠

and when the mountains are scattered like dust

wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifa

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ ۝١١

and when all the apostles are called together at a time appointed..

wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqita

لِأَیِّ یَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ ۝١٢

For what day has the term [of all this] been set

li-ayyi yawmin ujjila

لِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٣

For the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false]

liyawmi l-faṣl

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٤

And what could make thee conceive what that Day of Distinction will be

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣl

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٥

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٦

Did We not destroy [so many of] those [sinners] of olden days

alam nuh'liki l-awalīn

ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝١٧

And We shall let them be followed by those of later times

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīn

كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝١٨

[for] thus do We deal with such as are lost in sin

kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٩

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّاۤءࣲ مَّهِینࣲ ۝٢٠

Did We not create you out of a humble flui

alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīni

فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ فِی قَرَارࣲ مَّكِینٍ ۝٢١

which We then let remain in [the womb's] firm keepin

fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīni

إِلَىٰ قَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٢٢

for a term pre-ordained

ilā qadarin maʿlūmi

فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَـٰدِرُونَ ۝٢٣

Thus have We determined [the nature of man's creation]: and excellent indeed is Our power to determine [what is to be]

faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٤

Woe, on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا ۝٢٥

Have We not caused the earth to hold within itsel

alam najʿali l-arḍa kifāta

أَحۡیَاۤءࣰ وَأَمۡوَ ٰتࣰا ۝٢٦

the living and the dead

aḥyāan wa-amwāta

وَجَعَلۡنَا فِیهَا رَوَ ٰسِیَ شَـٰمِخَـٰتࣲ وَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰكُم مَّاۤءࣰ فُرَاتࣰا ۝٢٧

and have We not set on it proud, firm mountains, and given you sweet water to drink

wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furāta

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٨

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢٩

GO ON towards that [resurrection] which you were wont to call a lie

inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūn

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلࣲّ ذِی ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبࣲ ۝٣٠

Go on towards the threefold shado

inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabi

لَّا ظَلِیلࣲ وَلَا یُغۡنِی مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ۝٣١

that will offer no [cooling] shade and will be of no avail against the flam

lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahab

إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِی بِشَرَرࣲ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ ۝٣٢

which – behold!- will throw up sparks like [burning] logs

innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتࣱ صُفۡرࣱ ۝٣٣

like giant fiery ropes

ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'ru

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٤

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ لَا یَنطِقُونَ ۝٣٥

that Day on which they will not [be able to] utter a word

hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūn

وَلَا یُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَیَعۡتَذِرُونَ ۝٣٦

nor be allowed to proffer excuses

walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٧

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَـٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٣٨

that Day of Distinction [between the true and the false, when they will be told]: "We have brought you together with those [sinners] of olden times

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīn

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَیۡدࣱ فَكِیدُونِ ۝٣٩

and if you [think that you] have a subterfuge left, try to outwit Me!"

fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūn

2 Consequences of Rejection

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٠

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی ظِلَـٰلࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٤١

[AS AGAINST this,] behold, the God-conscious shall dwell amidst [cooling] shades and springs

inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūni

وَفَوَ ٰكِهَ مِمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٤٢

and [partake of] whatever fruit they may desire

wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūn

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٤٣

[and they will be told:] "Eat and drink in good cheer in return for what you did [in life]!"

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

إِنَّا كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ۝٤٤

Thus, behold, do We reward the doers of good

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٥

[but] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِیلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ ۝٤٦

EAT [your fill] and enjoy your life for a little while, O you who are lost in sin

kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٧

[But] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُوا۟ لَا یَرۡكَعُونَ ۝٤٨

and when they are told, "Bow down [before God]", do not bow down

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūn

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

woe on that Day unto those who give the to the truth

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

فَبِأَیِّ حَدِیثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٥٠

In what other tiding, then, will they, after this, believe

fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūn

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