AL MURSALAT (Those Sent Forth)
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
1 By the winds sent forth one after another;
2 Which then blow violently in tempestuous gusts,
3 And scatter far and wide;
4 Then separate them, one from another,
5 Then spread abroad a message,
6 Whether of justification or of warning.
7 Assuredly, what you are promised must come to pass.
8 Then when the stars become dim;
9 When the heaven is torn open;
10 When the mountains are scattered as dust;
11 And when the messengers are appointed a time,
12 For what day are these deferred?
13 For the day of sorting out.
14 And what will explain to you 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?
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 despicable fluid?
21 The which we placed in a place of rest, firmly fixed,
22 For a determined period?
23 For we determine; for we are the best to determine.
24 Ah woe, that day, to the rejecters of truth!
25 Have we not made the earth to draw together
26 The living and the dead,
27 And made in it mountains standing firm and lofty; and provided for you water sweet?
28 Ah woe, that day, to the rejecters of truth!
29 Depart to that which you used to reject as false!
30 Depart to a shadow 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 as huge as logs,
33 As if they were yellow camels.
34 Ah woe, that day, to the rejecters of truth!
35 That will be a day when they shall not 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 you have a trick, use it against me!
40 Ah woe, that day, to the rejecters of truth!
41 As to the righteous, they shall be amidst shade and springs.
42 And fruits, all they desire.
43 Eat and drink to your heart’s content, for what you did.
44 Thus do we certainly reward the doers of good.
45 Ah woe, that day, to the rejecters of truth!
46 Eat and enjoy yourselves for a short while, for you 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.
49 Ah woe, that day, to the rejecters of truth!
50 Then what message, after that, will they believe in?