Dispatched (Al-Mursalaat)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By (the wind) those sent (as horses') mane (in succession), 1 storming tempestuously 2 Consider these [messages] that spread [the truth] far and wide, 3 Then separate them one from another, 4 And those winds that bring down the remembrance. 5 to serve as an excuse or a warning. 6 surely that which you are promised is about to fall! 7 So when the stars are obliterated 8 And when the heaven is cloven asunder. 9 And when the mountains are blown away, 10 and when the Messengers' time is set 11 For which day were they appointed? 12 For the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false]! 13 What will explain to you what the Day of Judgement is? 14 Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)! 15 Destroyed We not the ancients? 16 Then caused the latter folk to follow after? 17 Thus do We deal with men of sin. 18 Woe unto the repudiators on that day! 19 Did We not create you from a weak water, 20 And We placed it in a firm lodging 21 Till a limit known? 22 Then We facilitated your birth. How well do We calculate! 23 Ruin is for the deniers on that day! 24 Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself, 25 for both the living and the dead? 26 And have placed therein firm and tall mountains and given you to drink of water fresh 27 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth! 28 Depart to that you cried was lies! 29 Proceed to a shadow rising in three columns: 30 which neither provides (cooling) shade nor protection against the flames; 31 which - behold! - will throw up sparks like [burning] logs, 32 sparks like to golden herds. 33 Woe on that Day to those that give the lie to the Truth! 34 that Day on which they will not [be able to] utter a word, 35 nor be allowed to proffer excuses! 36 Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth! 37 Such is the Day of Decision. We will gather you with the ancients. 38 So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now). 39 Ruin is for the deniers on that day! 40