English - Chapter 77 - Al-Mursalat

CONSIDER these [messages,] sent forth in waves

and then storming on with a tempest's force

Consider these [messages] that spread [the truth] far and wide

thus separating [right and wrong] with all clarity

and then giving forth a reminder

[promising] freedom from blame or [offering] a warning

BEHOLD, all that you are told to expect will surely come to pass

Thus, [it will come to pass] when the stars are effaced

and when the sky is rent asunder

and when the mountains are scattered like dust

and when all the apostles are called together at a time appointed

For what day has the term [of all this] been set

For the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false]

And what could make thee conceive what that Day of Distinction will be

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

Did We not destroy [so many of] those [sinners] of olden days

And We shall let them be followed by those of later times

[for] thus do We deal with such as are lost in sin

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

Did We not create you out of a humble fluid

which We then let remain in [the womb's] firm keeping

for a term pre-ordained

Thus have We determined [the nature of man's creation]: and excellent indeed is Our power to determine [what is to be]

Woe, on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

Have We not caused the earth to hold within itself

the living and the dead

and have We not set on it proud, firm mountains, and given you sweet water to drink

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

GO ON towards that [resurrection] which you were wont to call a lie

Go on towards the threefold shadow

that will offer no [cooling] shade and will be of no avail against the flame

which – behold!- will throw up sparks like [burning] logs

like giant fiery ropes

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –

that Day on which they will not [be able to] utter a word

nor be allowed to proffer excuses

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –

that Day of Distinction [between the true and the false, when they will be told]: "We have brought you together with those [sinners] of olden times

and if you [think that you] have a subterfuge left, try to outwit Me

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

[AS AGAINST this,] behold, the God-conscious shall dwell amidst [cooling] shades and springs

and [partake of] whatever fruit they may desire

[and they will be told:] "Eat and drink in good cheer in return for what you did [in life]

[but] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

EAT [your fill] and enjoy your life for a little while, O you who are lost in sin

[But] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth

and when they are told, "Bow down [before God]", do not bow down

woe on that Day unto those who give the to the truth

In what other tiding, then, will they, after this, believe