بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًۭا
English Translation
CONSIDER these [messages,] sent forth in waves
Surah 77
The Emissaries
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Recitation by Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Arabic • English
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًۭا
English Translation
CONSIDER these [messages,] sent forth in waves
فَٱلْعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصْفًۭا
English Translation
and then storming on with a tempest's force!
وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًۭا
English Translation
Consider these [messages] that spread [the truth] far and wide,
فَٱلْفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرْقًۭا
English Translation
thus separating [right and wrong] with all clarity,
فَٱلْمُلْقِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا
English Translation
and then giving forth a reminder,
عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا
English Translation
[promising] freedom from blame or [offering] a warning!
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ
English Translation
BEHOLD, all that you are told to expect will surely come to pass.
فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ
English Translation
Thus, [it will come to pass] when the stars are effaced,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ
English Translation
and when the sky is rent asunder,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ
English Translation
and when the mountains are scattered like dust,
وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ
English Translation
and when all the apostles are called together at a time appointed...
لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ
English Translation
For what day has the term [of all this] been set?
لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ
English Translation
For the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false]!
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ
English Translation
And what could make thee conceive what that Day of Distinction will be?
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
English Translation
Did We not destroy [so many of] those [sinners] of olden days?
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
English Translation
And We shall let them be followed by those of later times:
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
English Translation
[for] thus do We deal with such as are lost in sin.
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍۢ مَّهِينٍۢ
English Translation
Did We not create you out of a humble fluid
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍۢ مَّكِينٍ
English Translation
which We then let remain in [the womb's] firm keeping
إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ
English Translation
for a term pre-ordained?
فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَٰدِرُونَ
English Translation
Thus have We determined [the nature of man's creation]: and excellent indeed is Our power to determine [what is to be]!
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation
Woe, on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا
English Translation
Have We not caused the earth to hold within itself
أَحْيَآءًۭ وَأَمْوَٰتًۭا
English Translation
the living and the dead?
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَٰمِخَٰتٍۢ وَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُم مَّآءًۭ فُرَاتًۭا
English Translation
and have We not set on it proud, firm mountains, and given you sweet water to drink?
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
English Translation
GO ON towards that [resurrection] which you were wont to call a lie!
ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّۢ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍۢ
English Translation
Go on towards the threefold shadow
لَّا ظَلِيلٍۢ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ
English Translation
that will offer no [cooling] shade and will be of no avail against the flame
إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍۢ كَٱلْقَصْرِ
English Translation
which – behold!- will throw up sparks like [burning] logs,
كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌۭ صُفْرٌۭ
English Translation
like giant fiery ropes!
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ
English Translation
that Day on which they will not [be able to] utter a word,
وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ
English Translation
nor be allowed to proffer excuses!
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
English Translation
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;
فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌۭ فَكِيدُونِ
English Translation
and if you [think that you] have a subterfuge left, try to outwit Me!"
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَٰلٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ
English Translation
[AS AGAINST this,] behold, the God-conscious shall dwell amidst [cooling] shades and springs,
وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
English Translation
and [partake of] whatever fruit they may desire;
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
English Translation
[and they will be told:] "Eat and drink in good cheer in return for what you did [in life]!"
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
English Translation
Thus, behold, do We reward the doers of good;
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation
[but] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!
كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ
English Translation
EAT [your fill] and enjoy your life for a little while, O you who are lost in sin!
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation
[But] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth,
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ
English Translation
and when they are told, "Bow down [before God]", do not bow down:
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation
woe on that Day unto those who give the to the truth!
فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ
English Translation
In what other tiding, then, will they, after this, believe?
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