Surah Al-Mursalāt (The Emissaries) in English

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

1. والمرسلات عرفا

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   By the [angelic] emissaries sent successively,

   wa-l-mursalāti ʿurfan

2. فالعاصفات عصفا

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   by those who sweep along like gale,

   fa-l-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfan

3. والناشرات نشرا

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   by those who publish [the Divine messages] far and wide,

   wa-n-nāshirāti nashran

4. فالفارقات فرقا

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   by those who separate [the truth from falsehood] distinctly,

   fa-l-fāriqāti farqan

5. فالملقيات ذكرا

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   by those who inspire [God’s] remembrance,

   fa-l-mulqiyāti dhikran

6. عذرا أو نذرا

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   as exemption or warning:

   ʿudhran ʾaw nudhran

7. إنما توعدون لواقع

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   what you are promised will surely befall.

   ʾinnamā tūʿadūna la-wāqiʿun

8. فإذا النجوم طمست

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   When the stars are blotted out

   fa-ʾidhā n-nujūmu ṭumisat

9. وإذا السماء فرجت

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   and the sky is cleft,

   wa-ʾidhā s-samāʾu furijat

10. وإذا الجبال نسفت

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    when the mountains are scattered [like dust]

    wa-ʾidhā l-jibālu nusifat

11. وإذا الرسل أقتت

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    and time is set for the apostles [to bear witness]

    wa-ʾidhā r-rusulu ʾuqqitat

12. لأي يوم أجلت

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    —for what day has [all] that been set [to occur]?

    li-ʾayyi yawmin ʾujjilat

13. ليوم الفصل

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    For the Day of Judgement!

    li-yawmi l-faṣli

14. وما أدراك ما يوم الفصل

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    And what will show you what is the Day of Judgement!?

    wa-mā ʾadrāka mā yawmu l-faṣli

15. ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

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    Woe to the deniers on that day!

    waylun yawmaʾidhin li-l-mukadhdhibīna

16. ألم نهلك الأولين

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    Did We not destroy the former generations,

    ʾa-lam nuhliki l-ʾawwalīna

17. ثم نتبعهم الآخرين

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    [and] then made the latter ones follow them?

    thumma nutbiʿuhumu l-ʾākhirīna

18. كذلك نفعل بالمجرمين

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    That is how We deal with the guilty.

    ka-dhālika nafʿalu bi-l-mujrimīna

19. ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

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    Woe to the deniers on that day!

    waylun yawmaʾidhin li-l-mukadhdhibīna