Dispatched

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm

(Angels) dispatched in succession.

وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًا

wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fa

To drive the wind.

فَٱلْعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصْفًا

fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfa

Stir up clouds.

وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًا

wal-nāshirāti nashra

Distribute the provisions.

فَٱلْفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرْقًا

fal-fāriqāti farqa

Deliver messages.

فَٱلْمُلْقِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا

fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ra

Good news, as well as warnings.

عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا

authran aw nuthran

What is promised will come to pass.

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿu

Thus, when the stars are put out.

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisa

The sky is opened up.

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ

wa-idhā l-samāu furija

The mountains are blown up.

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifa

The messengers are summoned.

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ

wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqita

That is the appointed day.

لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ

li-ayyi yawmin ujjila

The Day of Decision.

لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ

liyawmi l-faṣl

What a Day of Decision!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣl

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

Did we not annihilate the earlier generations?

أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

alam nuh'liki l-awalīn

Then we made others follow them?

ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīn

This is what we do to the criminals.

كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīn

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

Did we not create you from a lowly liquid?

أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ

alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīni

Then we placed it in a well-protected repository.

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ

fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīni

For a specific period.

إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

ilā qadarin maʿlūmi

We measured it precisely. We are the best designers.

فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَٰدِرُونَ

faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūn

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

Did we not make the earth an abode?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا

alam najʿali l-arḍa kifāta

For the living and the dead?

أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوَٰتًا

aḥyāan wa-amwāta

We placed on it high mountains, and provided you with fresh water to drink.

وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَٰمِخَٰتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُم مَّآءً فُرَاتًا

wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furāta

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

Go to what you used to disbelieve in.

ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūn

Go to a shade of three different densities.

ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍ

inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabi

Yet, it provides neither coolness, nor protection from the heat.

لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ

lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahab

It throws sparks as big as mansions.

إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَٱلْقَصْرِ

innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr

As yellow as the color of camels.

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ

ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'ru

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

That is the day they do not speak.

هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūn

Nor are they given permission to apologize.

وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ

walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūn

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

This is the Day of Decision. We have summoned you and the previous generations.

هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ جَمَعْنَٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīn

If you have any schemes, go ahead and scheme.

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ

fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūn

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

The righteous will enjoy shade and springs.

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَٰلٍ وَعُيُونٍ

inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūni

And fruits that they desire.

وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūn

Eat and drink happily in return for your works.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

We thus reward the virtuous.

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīn

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

Eat and enjoy temporarily; you are guilty.

كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ

kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūn

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

When they are told, "Bow down," they do not bow down.

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūn

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

Which Hadith, other than this, do they uphold?

فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ

fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūn