Dispatched (Al-Mursalaat)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit), 1 Then by oath of those that push with a strong gust. 2 And [by] the winds that spread [clouds] 3 And those [angels] who bring criterion 4 Then spread abroad a Message, 5 to serve as an excuse or a warning. 6 Surely, what you are promised must come to pass. 7 So when the stars are obliterated 8 And when the sky is split apart. 9 And when the mountains are blown away; 10 And when the messengers' time has come... 11 For what day is it timed? 12 Upon the Day of Decision! 13 And what will explain to you what is the Day of sorting out? 14 Woe that day unto those who cry it lies! 15 Did We not destroy the former peoples? 16 We will now cause the later ones to follow them: 17 Even thus shall We deal with the guilty. 18 Woe on that day to the rejecters. 19 Did We not create you from an abject fluid? 20 which We then placed in a secure repository 21 till a known term decreed? 22 We then calculated; so how excellently do We control! 23 Woe on that day to the rejecters. 24 Did We not make the earth as a gathering place 25 for the living and the dead, 26 And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water? 27 Woe on that Day to those who belied it! 28 GO ON towards that [resurrection] which you were wont to call a lie! 29 Proceed to that shadow, rising in three columns 30 And those that distinguish distinctly, 31 The fire will shoot out sparks as big as huge towers 32 and yellow camels. 33 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 34 This is a Day whereon they shall not be able to speak. 35 nor will they be permitted to offer any excuses. 36 The mountains reduced to dust and blown away, 37 'This is the Day of Decision; We have joined you with the ancients; 38 So if you have a plan, then plan against Me. 39 Woe unto the repudiators on that day! 40