Al-Mursalāt · The Emissaries

The tafsir of this chapter is being written. The Arabic and its translation are here in full.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 77:1

   وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًا ﴿١﴾

   By the [angelic] emissaries sent successively,

2. 77:2

   فَٱلْعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصْفًا ﴿٢﴾

   by those who sweep along like gale,

3. 77:3

   وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًا ﴿٣﴾

   by those who publish [the Divine messages] far and wide,

4. 77:4

   فَٱلْفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرْقًا ﴿٤﴾

   by those who separate [the truth from falsehood] distinctly,

5. 77:5

   فَٱلْمُلْقِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا ﴿٥﴾

   by those who inspire [God’s] remembrance,

6. 77:6

   عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا ﴿٦﴾

   as exemption or warning:

7. 77:7

   إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ﴿٧﴾

   what you are promised will surely befall.

8. 77:8

   فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ ﴿٨﴾

   When the stars are blotted out

9. 77:9

   وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ ﴿٩﴾

   and the sky is cleft,

10. 77:10

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ ﴿١٠﴾

    when the mountains are scattered [like dust]

11. 77:11

    وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ ﴿١١﴾

    and time is set for the apostles [to bear witness]

12. 77:12

    لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ ﴿١٢﴾

    —for what day has [all] that been set [to occur]?

13. 77:13

    لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ ﴿١٣﴾

    For the Day of Judgement!

14. 77:14

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ﴿١٤﴾

    And what will show you what is the Day of Judgement!?

15. 77:15

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٥﴾

    Woe to the deniers on that day!

16. 77:16

    أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

    Did We not destroy the former generations,

17. 77:17

    ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

    [and] then made the latter ones follow them?

18. 77:18

    كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿١٨﴾

    That is how We deal with the guilty.

19. 77:19

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٩﴾

    Woe to the deniers on that day!

20. 77:20

    أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ ﴿٢٠﴾

    Have We not created you from a base fluid,

21. 77:21

    فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ ﴿٢١﴾

    [and] then lodged it in a secure abode

22. 77:22

    إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

    until a known span [of time]?

23. 77:23

    فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَٰدِرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    Then We determined; and how excellent determiners We are!

24. 77:24

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾

    Woe to the deniers on that day!

25. 77:25

    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا ﴿٢٥﴾

    Have We not made the earth a receptacle

26. 77:26

    أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوَٰتًا ﴿٢٦﴾

    for the living and the dead,

27. 77:27

    وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَٰمِخَٰتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُم مَّآءً فُرَاتًا ﴿٢٧﴾

    and set in it lofty [and] firm mountains, and given you agreeable water to drink?

28. 77:28

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٢٨﴾

    Woe to the deniers on that day!

29. 77:29

    ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    [The faithless will be told:] ‘Proceed toward what you used to deny!

30. 77:30

    ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍ ﴿٣٠﴾

    Proceed toward the triple-forked shadow,

31. 77:31

    لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ﴿٣١﴾

    neither shady nor of any avail against the flames.

32. 77:32

    إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَٱلْقَصْرِ ﴿٣٢﴾

    Indeed it throws up [giant] sparks like castles,

33. 77:33

    كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ ﴿٣٣﴾

    [bright] like yellow camels.

34. 77:34

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    Woe to the deniers on that day!

35. 77:35

    هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

    This is a day wherein they will not speak,

36. 77:36

    وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

    nor will they be permitted to offer excuses.

37. 77:37

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

    Woe to the deniers on that day!

38. 77:38

    هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٣٨﴾

    ‘This is the Day of Judgement. We have brought you together with the former generations.

39. 77:39

    فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ ﴿٣٩﴾

    If you have any stratagems [left], try them out against Me!’

40. 77:40

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

    Woe to the deniers on that day!

41. 77:41

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَٰلٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿٤١﴾

    Indeed the Godwary will be amid shades and springs

42. 77:42

    وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    and [enjoying] such fruits as they desire.

43. 77:43

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    [They will be told:] ‘Enjoy your food and drink, [a reward] for what you used to do.

44. 77:44

    إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٤٤﴾

    Thus do We reward the virtuous.’

45. 77:45

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

    Woe to the deniers on that day!

46. 77:46

    كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    ‘Eat and enjoy a little! You are indeed guilty.’

47. 77:47

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    Woe to the deniers on that day!

48. 77:48

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

    When they are told, ‘Bow down [in prayer],’ they do not bow down!

49. 77:49

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾

    Woe to the deniers on that day!

50. 77:50

    فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

    So what discourse will they believe after this?