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Waalmursalati AAurfan

By those [winds] sent forth in succession,

FaalAAasifati AAasfan

those that blow violently,

Waalnnashirati nashran

and scatter [rainclouds] far and wide,

Faalfariqati farqan

And by those [angels] who bring criterion[1];

Faalmulqiyati thikran

and those who deliver revelation,

AAuthran aw nuthran

leaving no excuse or giving warning –

Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun

what you are promised will surely come to pass.

Faitha alnnujoomu tumisat

So when the stars are effaced,

Waitha alssamao furijat

and when the sky is split apart,

Waitha aljibalu nusifat

and when the mountains are blown away,

Waitha alrrusulu oqqitat

and when the messengers are summoned[2],

Liayyi yawmin ojjilat

until which Day has all this been postponed?

Liyawmi alfasli

Until the Day of Judgment.

Wama adraka ma yawmu alfasli

How do you know what the Day of Judgment is?

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe on that Day to the deniers[3]!

Alam nuhliki alawwaleena

Did We not destroy the earlier nations?

Thumma nutbiAAuhumu alakhireena

Then We will do likewise to the later ones.

Kathalika nafAAalu bialmujrimeena

This is how We deal with the wicked.

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

Alam nakhluqkum min main maheenin

Did We not create you from a worthless fluid,

FajaAAalnahu fee qararin makeenin

then We placed it in a secure repository

Ila qadarin maAAloomin

for a determined period[4]?

Faqadarna faniAAma alqadiroona

For We determined it; How excellently We determine!

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

Alam najAAali alarda kifatan

Have We not made the earth a receptacle[5]

Ahyaan waamwatan

for the living and the dead,

WajaAAalna feeha rawasiya shamikhatin waasqaynakum maan furatan

and placed therein firm towering mountains, and given you fresh water to drink?

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

Intaliqoo ila ma kuntum bihi tukaththiboona

[They will be told,] “Proceed to that [Fire] which you used to deny!

Intaliqoo ila thillin thee thalathi shuAAabin

Proceed to the shadow [of smoke] ascending in three columns,

La thaleelin wala yughnee mina allahabi

that provides neither shade nor protection from the flames.

Innaha tarmee bishararin kaalqasri

Indeed, it [i.e., Hell] throws up sparks as big as castles,

Kaannahu jimalatun sufrun

as if they were tawny camels[6].

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

Hatha yawmu la yantiqoona

On that Day they won’t speak,

Wala yuthanu lahum fayaAAtathiroona

nor will they be allowed to make excuses.

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

Hatha yawmu alfasli jamaAAnakum waalawwaleena

[They will be told,] “This is the Day of Judgment: We have gathered you along with the earlier generations.

Fain kana lakum kaydun fakeedooni

So if you have any scheme, then plot it against Me.”

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

Inna almuttaqeena fee thilalin waAAuyoonin

Indeed, the righteous will be amid shades and springs

Wafawakiha mimma yashtahoona

and will have whatever fruit they desire.

Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona

[They will be told,] “Eat and drink joyfully, as a reward for what you used to do.”

Inna kathalika najzee almuhsineena

This is how We reward those who do good.

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

Kuloo watamattaAAoo qaleelan innakum mujrimoona

“Eat and enjoy yourselves for a while; you are truly wicked.”

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

Waitha qeela lahumu irkaAAoo la yarkaAAoona

When it is said to them, “Bow [in prayer],” they do not bow.

Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena

Woe on that Day to the deniers!

Fabiayyi hadeethin baAAdahu yuminoona

In which message after this [Qur’an] will they believe?