بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا
By the winds sent forth with beneficence.
فَالْعَاصِفَاتِ عَصْفًا
And those raging swiftly;
وَالنَّاشِرَاتِ نَشْرًا
By the spreading winds spreading.
فَالْفَارِقَاتِ فَرْقًا
And the scattering wind scattering.
فَالْمُلْقِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا
And those winds that bring down the remembrance.
عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا
By way of excuse or warning.
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَاقِعٌ
Verily that which ye are promised is about to befall.
فَإِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ
So when stars are effaced.
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ فُرِجَتْ
And when the heaven is cloven asunder.
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ
And when the mountains are carried away by wind.
وَإِذَا الرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ
And when the apostles are collected at the appointed time,
لِأَيِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ
For what day is it timed?
لِيَوْمِ الْفَصْلِ
For the Day of Decision.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ
And what knowest thou what the Day of Decision is?
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe on that day Unto the beliers
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Destroyed We not the ancients?
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ
Thereafter We shall cause to follow them the latter ones.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ
In this wise We do with the culprits.
Woe on that day Unto the beliers!
أَلَمْ نَخْلُقْكُمْ مِنْ مَاءٍ مَهِينٍ
Created We you not of water despicable,
فَجَعَلْنَاهُ فِي قَرَارٍ مَكِينٍ
Which We placed in a depository safe.
إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَعْلُومٍ
Till a limit known?
فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ الْقَادِرُونَ
So We decreed. How excellent are We as decreers!
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا
Have We not made the earth a receptacle.
أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا
Both for the living and the dead,
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ شَامِخَاتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمْ مَاءً فُرَاتًا
And have placed therein firm and tall mountains and given you to drink of water fresh
انْطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ
'Depart Unto that which ye were wont to belie.
انْطَلِقُوا إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِي ثَلَاثِ شُعَبٍ
Depart Unto the shadow three branched:
لَا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنَ اللَّهَبِ
Neither shading nor availing against the flame.
إِنَّهَا تَرْمِي بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ
Verily it shall cast forth sparks like Unto a castle.
كَأَنَّهُ جِمَالَتٌ صُفْرٌ
As though they were camels yellow tawny.
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنْطِقُونَ
This is a Day whereon they shall not be able to speak.
وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ
Nor shall they be permitted so that they might excuse themselves.
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَاكُمْ وَالْأَوَّلِينَ
This is the Day of Decision, We have assembled both ye and the ancients.
فَإِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ
If now ye have any craft, try that craft upon Me.
Woe on the day Unto the beliers!
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي ظِلَالٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Verily the God-fearing shall be amid shades and springs,
وَفَوَاكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
And fruits such as they shall desire.
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
'Eat and drink with relish that which ye have been working.
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Verily We! in this wise We recompense the well-doers.
كُلُوا وَتَمَتَّعُوا قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُجْرِمُونَ
'Eat and enjoy a little; verily ye are culprits.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ
And when it is said Unto them: 'bow down, they bow not down.
فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ
In what discourse, then, after it, will they believe?