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Sura Lxxvii. Mursalat, Or Those Sent Forth

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

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Sra Lxxvii.

\"MURSALT," Or Those Sent Forth.

In the name of God, Most Gracious,

Most Merciful.

1.
By the (Winds) Sent Forth

One after another

(To man's profit);

2.
Which then blow violently

In tempestuous Gusts,

3.
And scatter (things)

Far and wide;

4.
Then separate them,

One from another,

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5.
Then spread abroad

A Message,

6.
Whether of Justification

Or of Warning;--

7.
Assuredly, what ye are

Promised must come to pass.

8.
Then when the stars

Become dim;

9.
When the heaven

Is cleft asunder;

10.
When the mountains are

Scattered (to the winds) as dust;

11.
And when the apostles

Are (all) appointed a time

(To collect);--

12.
For what Day are these

(Portents) deferred?

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13.
For the Day of Sorting out.

14.
And what will explain

To thee what is

The Day of Sorting out?

15.
Ah woe, that Day,

To the Rejecters of Truth!

16.
Did We not destroy

The men of old

(For their evil)?

17.
So shall We make

Later (generations)

Follow them.

18.
Thus do We deal

With men of sin.

19.
Ah woe, that Day,

To the Rejecters of Truth!

20.
Have We not created

You from a fluid

(Held) despicable?--

21.
The which We placed

In a place of rest,

Firmly fixed,

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22.
For a period (of gestation),

Determined (according to need)?

23.
For We do determine

(According to need); for We

Are the Best to determine (things).

24.
Ah woe, that Day!

To the Rejecters of Truth!

25.
Have We not made

The earth (as a place)

To draw together

26.
The living and the dead,

27.
And made therein

Mountains standing firm,

Lofty (in stature);

And provided for you

Water sweet (and wholesome)?

28.
Ah woe, that Day,

To the Rejecters of Truth!

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29.
(It will be said:)

"Depart ye to that

Which ye used to reject

As false!

30.
\"Depart ye to a Shadow

(Of smoke ascending)

In three columns,

31.
\"(Which yields) no shade

Of coolness, and is

Of no use against

The fierce Blaze.

32.
\"Indeed it throws about

Sparks (huge) as Forts,

33.
\"As if there were

(A string of) yellow camels

(Marching swiftly).

34.
Ah woe, that Day,

To the Rejecters of Truth!

35.
That will be a Day

When they shall not

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Be able to speak,

36.
Nor will it be

Open to them

To put forth pleas.

37.
Ah woe, that Day,

To the Rejecters of Truth!

38.
That will be a Day

Of Sorting out! We shall

Gather you together

And those before (you)!

39.
Now, if ye have

A trick (or plot),

Use it against Me!

40.
Ah woe, that Day,

To the Rejecters of Truth!

Section 2.

41.
As to the Righteous,

They shall be amidst

(Cool) shades and springs

(Of water),

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42.
And (they shall have)

Fruits,--all they desire.

43. \"Eat ye and drink ye

To your heart's content:


For that ye worked

(Righteousness).

44.
Thus do We certainly

Reward the Doers of Good.

45.
Ah woe, that Day,

To the Rejecters of Truth!

46. (o
ye Unjust!)

Eat ye and enjoy yourselves

(But) a little while,

For that ye are Sinners.

47.
Ah woe, that Day,

To the Rejecters of Truth!

48.
And when it is said

To them, "Prostrate yourselves!"

They do not so.

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49.
Ah woe, that Day,

To the Rejecters of Truth!

50.
Then what Message,

After that,

Will they believe in?

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