English - Chapter 77 - Al-Mursalat

By the emissaries [winds], recognized by feel [blowing gently]

Then by the storms blowing violently

By those [winds] that scatter [clouds] far and wide

Then by those [winds] that make an uneven distribution [of rain-bearing clouds]

Then by those [winds] that bring down what is often talked of [rains]

As excuse for or harbinger of calamity

What you are promised [Day of Resurrection/Judgment] is indeed inevitable

So when the stars are extinguished

And when the sky is torn asunder

And when the mountains are brought down

And when the Messengers are presented at the time appointed —

For what day is the time fixed

For the Day of Decision

And what do you understand what the Day of Decision is

Woe that Day for those who had denied the Truth

Did We not destroy the earlier generations

And then caused the later generations to follow them

Thus do We deal with the sinners

Woe that Day for those who had denied the Truth

Did We not create you from a filthy fluid

And then placed it [fertilized ovum] in a safe abode [womb]

For a known period of time [nine months and some days, normally]

We then fixed terms [for everything in man's life]. And We are the best in fixing terms

Woe that Day for those who had denied the Truth

Have We not made the earth, accommodating

The living and the dead

And [have We not] placed therein lofty mountains and given you sweet water to drink

Woe that Day for those who had denied the Truth

Proceed now to what (Hereafter) you had been denying

Proceed now to the three-tier shadow [— of death, Resurrection, and divine Judgment]

(The shadow provides) no relief nor shelter from the Blazing Fire [of Hell]

It does indeed throw up sparks like burning logs of fire-wood

[Or] like thick yellow ropes

Woe that Day for those who had denied the Truth

This Day they speak not

Nor are they permitted to put up excuses

Woe that Day for those who had denied the Truth

This is the Day of Decision. We have brought you and the people living in the world earlier, together

If now you have any scheme, dare to use it against Me

Woe that Day for those who had denied the Truth

Pious persons are amidst shades and fountains

And [they get] fruits such as they desire

Eat and drink to your satisfaction as a reward for your [good] deeds

Thus indeed do We reward the good

Woe that Day for those who had denied the Truth

Eat and enjoy but little. You are sinners indeed

Woe that Day [Hereafter] for those who had denied the Truth

And when they are told to bow down, they bow not down

Woe that Day for those who had denied the Truth