The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth — Musharraf Hussain Translation

77:1

وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَـٰتِ عُرۡفࣰا ۝١

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By the winds that blow non-stop,

wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fa

77:2

فَٱلۡعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصۡفࣰا ۝٢

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the strong gusty winds,

fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfa

77:3

وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَ ٰتِ نَشۡرࣰا ۝٣

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the scattering winds,

wal-nāshirāti nashra

77:4

فَٱلۡفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرۡقࣰا ۝٤

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the shearing winds that forcefully separate,

fal-fāriqāti farqa

77:5

فَٱلۡمُلۡقِیَـٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ۝٥

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and I swear by the angels who deliver a reminder,

fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ra

77:6

عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا ۝٦

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sometimes a prayer and sometimes a warning,

innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿu

77:7

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٧

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what you’ve been promised will happen

Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun

77:8

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ ۝٨

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When the stars’ light is faded,

fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisa

77:9

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فُرِجَتۡ ۝٩

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when the sky is cleaved,

wa-idhā l-samāu furija

77:10

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ۝١٠

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when the mountains are crumbled to dust,

wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifa

77:11

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ ۝١١

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when the appointed term for the messengers finally comes –

wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqita

77:12

لِأَیِّ یَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ ۝١٢

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for which Day has this been set for?

li-ayyi yawmin ujjila

77:13

لِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٣

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ۝١٤

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What will explain to you what the Day of Decision is?

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣl

77:15

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٥

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A Day of great loss for the deniers

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:16

أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٦

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Didn’t We destroy the previous generations?

alam nuh'liki l-awalīn

77:17

ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝١٧

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We shall do the same to this one;

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīn

77:18

كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝١٨

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Our way of dealing with the sinners.

kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīn

77:19

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١٩

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A Day of great loss for the deniers!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:20

أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّاۤءࣲ مَّهِینࣲ ۝٢٠

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Didn’t We create you out of an embarrassing fluid?

alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīni

77:21

فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ فِی قَرَارࣲ مَّكِینٍ ۝٢١

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That We lodged in the womb

fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīni

77:22

إِلَىٰ قَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٢٢

فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَـٰدِرُونَ ۝٢٣

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precisely determined by Us; we are excellent at determining its length.

faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūn

77:24

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٤

Musharraf Hussain

A Day of great loss for the deniers!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:25

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا ۝٢٥

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Didn’t We make the Earth a place for holding back

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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Didn’t We make lofty fixed mountains and give you sweet water to drink?

wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furāta

77:28

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٢٨

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A Day of great loss for the deniers

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:29

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢٩

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“Go to the place, you used to deny!

inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūn

77:30

ٱنطَلِقُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلࣲّ ذِی ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبࣲ ۝٣٠

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Go in to the shade of the smoke that rises in three columns!”

inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabi

77:31

لَّا ظَلِیلࣲ وَلَا یُغۡنِی مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ۝٣١

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This will provide neither cool shade nor safety from the heat of the flames.

lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahab

77:32

إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِی بِشَرَرࣲ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ ۝٣٢

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It throws out columns of sparks like tall towers,

innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr

77:33

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتࣱ صُفۡرࣱ ۝٣٣

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like pieces of copper.

ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'ru

77:34

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٤

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A Day of great loss for the deniers!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:35

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ لَا یَنطِقُونَ ۝٣٥

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Today, they won’t speak,

hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūn

77:36

وَلَا یُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَیَعۡتَذِرُونَ ۝٣٦

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nor be allowed to make excuses for themselves.

walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūn

77:37

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٣٧

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A Day of great loss for the deniers.

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:38

هَـٰذَا یَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَـٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٣٨

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This is the Day of Decision, We’ll gather you and all the previous generations.

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīn

77:39

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَیۡدࣱ فَكِیدُونِ ۝٣٩

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If you’ve devised a plot against Me then try it!

fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūn

77:40

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٠

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A Day of great loss for the deniers

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:41

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی ظِلَـٰلࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٤١

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The righteous will enjoy themselves in cool shade and gushing springs,

inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūni

77:42

وَفَوَ ٰكِهَ مِمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٤٢

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and their favourite fruits.

wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūn

77:43

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٤٣

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They will be told: “Eat, drink and be merry for what you did.”

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

77:44

إِنَّا كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ۝٤٤

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That’s how We reward the righteous people.

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

77:45

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٥

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A Day of great loss for the deniers!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:46

كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِیلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ ۝٤٦

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Tell the disbelievers: “Eat and enjoy yourselves for a while; you are sinners”.

kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūn

77:47

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٧

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A Day of great loss for the deniers!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:48

وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُوا۟ لَا یَرۡكَعُونَ ۝٤٨

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When they were told, “Bow for prayer,” they didn’t bow.

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūn

77:49

وَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

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A Day of great loss for the deniers!

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

77:50

فَبِأَیِّ حَدِیثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٥٠

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So which revelation after this will they believe

fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūn

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