Revealed in Makkah, Surah Al-Mursalat (The Emissaries) opens with powerful oaths by wind, rain, and angels to confirm the absolute reality of the Day of Judgment. It is characterized by the repeating, chilling refrain: 'Woe, that Day, to the deniers!' The chapter recounts the destruction of past rejecters and points to human creation and the earth's natural design as proof of the Creator's power.
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Waalmursalati AAurfan
Translation
By those unleashed in succession
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FaalAAasifati AAasfan
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Storming turbulently
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Waalnnashirati nashran
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Scattering far and wide
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Faalfariqati farqan
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Separating decisively
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Faalmulqiyati thikran
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Delivering a message
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AAuthran aw nuthran
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Excusing or warning
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Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAAun
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Surely what you are promised will happen
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Faitha alnnujoomu tumisat
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When the stars are obliterated
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Waitha alssamao furijat
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And the sky is fractured
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Waitha aljibalu nusifat
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And the mountains are blown away
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Waitha alrrusulu oqqitat
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And the messengers are alerted
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Liayyi yawmin ojjilat
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Until which day is it deferred
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Liyawmi alfasli
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Until the Day of Decision
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Wama adraka ma yawmu alfasli
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And what will teach you what the Day of Decision is
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Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Translation
Woe on that Day to the liars
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Alam nuhliki alawwaleena
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Did We not destroy the ancients
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Thumma nutbiAAuhumu alakhireena
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Then succeeded them with the others
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Kathalika nafAAalu bialmujrimeena
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This is how We deal with the guilty
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Waylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
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Woe on that Day to the rejecters
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Alam nakhluqkum min main maheenin
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Did We not create you from an insignificant fluid