Sura Lxxvii. Mursalat, Or Those Sent Forth
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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],
Sra Lxxvii.: Mursalt, Or Those Sent Forth.
Section 1
1. WaAlmursalati AAurfaN
1. By the (Winds) Sent Forth
One after another
(To man's profit);
2. FaAlAAasifati AAasfaN
2. Which then blow violently
In tempestuous Gusts,
3. WaALnnashirati nashraN
3. And scatter (things)
Far and wide;
4. FaAlfariqati farqaN
4. Then separate them,
One from another,
5. FaAlmulqiyati thikraN
5. Then spread abroad
A Message,
6. AAuthran aw nuthraN
6. Whether of Justification
Or of Warning;--
7. Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAaun
7. Assuredly, what ye are
Promised must come to pass.
8. Fa-itha aLnnujoomu tumisat
8. Then when the stars
Become dim;
9. Wa-itha aLssamao furijat
9. When the heaven
Is cleft asunder;
10. Wa-itha aljibalu nusifat
10. When the mountains are
Scattered (to the winds) as dust;
11. Wa-itha aLrrusulu oqqitat
11. And when the apostles
Are (all) appointed a time
(To collect);--
12. Li-ayyi yawmin ojjilat
12. For what Day are these
(Portents) deferred?
13. Liyawmi alfaslI
13. For the Day of Sorting out.
14. Wama adraka ma yawmu alfaslI
14. And what will explain
To thee what is
The Day of Sorting out?
15. Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeenA
15. Ah woe, that Day,
To the Rejecters of Truth!
16. Alam nuhliki al-awwaleenA
16. Did We not destroy
The men of old
(For their evil)?
17. Thumma nutbiAAuhumu al-akhireenA
17. So shall We make
Later (generations)
Follow them.
18. Kathalika nafAAalu biAlmujrimeenA
18. Thus do We deal
With men of sin.
19. Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeenA
19. Ah woe, that Day,
To the Rejecters of Truth!
20. Alam nakhluqkum min ma-in maheenIn
20. Have We not created
You from a fluid
(Held) despicable?--
21. FajaAAalnahu fee qararin makeenIn
21. The which We placed
In a place of rest,
Firmly fixed,
22. Ila qadarin maAAloomIn
22. For a period (of gestation),
Determined (according to need)?
23. Faqadarna faniAAma alqadiroonA
23. For We do determine
(According to need); for We
Are the Best to determine (things).
24. Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeenA
24. Ah woe, that Day!
To the Rejecters of Truth!
25. Alam najAAali al-arda kifataN
25. Have We not made
The earth (as a place)
To draw together
26. Ahyaan waamwataN
26. The living and the dead,
27. WajaAAalna feeha rawasiya shamikhatin waasqaynakum maan furataN
27. And made therein
Mountains standing firm,
Lofty (in stature);
And provided for you
Water sweet (and wholesome)?
28. Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeenA
28. Ah woe, that Day,
To the Rejecters of Truth!
29. Intaliqoo ila ma kuntum bihi tukaththiboonA
29. (It will be said:)
"Depart ye to that
Which ye used to reject
As false!
30. Intaliqoo ila "th"illin thee thalathi shuAAabIn
30. \"Depart ye to a Shadow
(Of smoke ascending)
In three columns,
31. La "th"aleelin wala yughnee mina allahabI
31. \"(Which yields) no shade
Of coolness, and is
Of no use against
The fierce Blaze.
32. Innaha tarmee bishararin kaAlqasrI
32. \"Indeed it throws about
Sparks (huge) as Forts,
33. Kaannahu jimalatun sufrUn
33. \"As if there were
(A string of) yellow camels
(Marching swiftly).
34. Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeenA
34. Ah woe, that Day,
To the Rejecters of Truth!
35. Hatha yawmu la yantiqoonA
35. That will be a Day
When they shall not
Be able to speak,
36. Wala yu/thanu lahum fayaAAtathiroonA
36. Nor will it be
Open to them
To put forth pleas.
37. Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeenA
37. Ah woe, that Day,
To the Rejecters of Truth!
38. Hatha yawmu alfasli jamaAAnakum waAl-awwaleenA
38. That will be a Day
Of Sorting out! We shall
Gather you together
And those before (you)!
39. Fa-in kana lakum kaydun fakeedoonI
39. Now, if ye have
A trick (or plot),
Use it against Me!
40. Waylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeenA
40. Ah woe, that Day,
To the Rejecters of Truth!
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