بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًۭا

CONSIDER these [messages,] sent forth in waves

فَٱلْعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصْفًۭا

and then storming on with a tempest's force!

وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًۭا

Consider these [messages] that spread [the truth] far and wide,

فَٱلْفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرْقًۭا

thus separating [right and wrong] with all clarity,

فَٱلْمُلْقِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا

and then giving forth a reminder,

عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا

[promising] freedom from blame or [offering] a warning!

إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ

BEHOLD, all that you are told to expect will surely come to pass.

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

Thus, [it will come to pass] when the stars are effaced,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ

and when the sky is rent asunder,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

and when the mountains are scattered like dust,

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ

and when all the apostles are called together at a time appointed...

لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ

For what day has the term [of all this] been set?

لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ

For the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false]!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ

And what could make thee conceive what that Day of Distinction will be?

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!

أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Did We not destroy [so many of] those [sinners] of olden days?

ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

And We shall let them be followed by those of later times:

كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

[for] thus do We deal with such as are lost in sin.

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!

أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍۢ مَّهِينٍۢ

Did We not create you out of a humble fluid

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍۢ مَّكِينٍ

which We then let remain in [the womb's] firm keeping

إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

for a term pre-ordained?

فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَٰدِرُونَ

Thus have We determined [the nature of man's creation]: and excellent indeed is Our power to determine [what is to be]!

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا

Have We not caused the earth to hold within itself

أَحْيَآءًۭ وَأَمْوَٰتًۭا

the living and the dead?

وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَٰمِخَٰتٍۢ وَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُم مَّآءًۭ فُرَاتًۭا

and have We not set on it proud, firm mountains, and given you sweet water to drink?

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!

ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

GO ON towards that [resurrection] which you were wont to call a lie!

ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّۢ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍۢ

Go on towards the threefold shadow

لَّا ظَلِيلٍۢ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ

that will offer no [cooling] shade and will be of no avail against the flame

إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍۢ كَٱلْقَصْرِ

which – behold!- will throw up sparks like [burning] logs,

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌۭ صُفْرٌۭ

like giant fiery ropes!

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –

هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

that Day on which they will not [be able to] utter a word,

وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ

nor be allowed to proffer excuses!

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –

هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

that Day of Distinction [between the true and the false, when they will be told]: "We have brought you together with those [sinners] of olden times;

فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌۭ فَكِيدُونِ

and if you [think that you] have a subterfuge left, try to outwit Me!"

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَٰلٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ

[AS AGAINST this,] behold, the God-conscious shall dwell amidst [cooling] shades and springs,

وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

and [partake of] whatever fruit they may desire;

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

[and they will be told:] "Eat and drink in good cheer in return for what you did [in life]!"

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Thus, behold, do We reward the doers of good;

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

[but] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth!

كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ

EAT [your fill] and enjoy your life for a little while, O you who are lost in sin!

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

[But] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth,

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ

and when they are told, "Bow down [before God]", do not bow down:

وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

woe on that Day unto those who give the to the truth!

فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ

In what other tiding, then, will they, after this, believe?