Dispatched (Al-Mursalaat)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the winds sent forth in swift succession, 1 And those that strike violently, 2 And by the winds that scatter clouds and rain; 3 and the severally severing 4 and by those who reveal revelations (to the prophets) 5 To excuse or to warn, 6 surely, that which you have been promised is about to fall! 7 So when the stars are obliterated 8 And when the sky is split apart. 9 and when the mountains are scattered like dust, 10 and when all the apostles are called together at a time appointed... 11 For which day were they appointed? 12 To the day of decision. 13 And what do you know, what the Day of Decision is! 14 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 15 Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)? 16 and then follow them with the later folk? 17 That is what We shall do to those who are guilty of crime. 18 Woe unto the repudiators on that day! 19 Did We not create you from a weak water, 20 which We then placed in a secure repository 21 until an appointed time? 22 For We do determine (according to need); for We are the best to determine (things). 23 Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth! 24 Made We not the earth to be a housing 25 for the living and the dead, 26 And placed in it lofty and broad stablisers, and gave you sweet water to drink? 27 Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)! 28 Proceed now towards that which you were wont to deny as false; 29 Go to the shadow with three ramifications, 30 which neither gives shade nor protects one from the flames. 31 Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles, 32 As if they were yellowish [black] camels. 33 Woe that day unto those who cry it lies! 34 that Day on which they will not [be able to] utter a word, 35 And they will not be permitted to put forth any excuse. 36 Woe on that day unto the beliers! 37 This is the Day of Decision, We have assembled both ye and the ancients. 38 and if you [think that you] have a subterfuge left, try to outwit Me!" 39 Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth! 40