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Al-Mursalat · The Emissaries

50 ayahs Makki Pages 580–581 Juz 29
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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وَٱلْمُرْسَلَـٰتِ عُرْفًا ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the emissary winds, (sent) one after another

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فَٱلْعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصْفًا ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the raging hurricanes,

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وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًا ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;

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فَٱلْفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ فَرْقًا ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy those who winnow with a winnowing,

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فَٱلْمُلْقِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy those who bring down the Reminder,

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عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTo excuse or to warn,

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إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSurely that which ye are promised will befall.

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فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo when the stars are put out,

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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the sky is riven asunder,

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وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the mountains are blown away,

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وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -

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لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor what day is the time appointed?

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لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor the Day of Decision.

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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -

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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!

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أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDestroyed We not the former folk,

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ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen caused the latter folk to follow after?

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كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus deal We ever with the guilty.

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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!

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أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDid We not create you from a base fluid

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فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhich We laid up in a safe abode

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إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor a known term?

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فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَـٰدِرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!

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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!

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أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave We not made the earth a receptacle

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أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوَٰتًا ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBoth for the living and the dead,

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وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَـٰمِخَـٰتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُم مَّآءً فُرَاتًا ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein?

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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!

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ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;

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ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَـٰثِ شُعَبٍ ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDepart unto the shadow falling threefold,

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لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.

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إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَٱلْقَصْرِ ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,

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كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.

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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!

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هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis is a day wherein they speak not,

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وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNor are they suffered to put forth excuses.

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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!

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هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَـٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.

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فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIf now ye have any wit, outwit Me.

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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!

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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَـٰلٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,

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وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd fruits such as they desire.

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كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.

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إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٤٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus do We reward the good.

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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!

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كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.

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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!

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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!

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وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!

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فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn what statement, after this, will they believe?

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).