Surah Al-Mursalat - English Translation by Ahmed Ali
وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَٰتِ عُرۡفٗا
                  I CALL TO WITNESS those who are sent consecutively                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 1
                
فَٱلۡعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصۡفٗا
                  And those that strike violently                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 2
                
وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَٰتِ نَشۡرٗا
                  And those that revive by quickening                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 3
                
فَٱلۡفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرۡقٗا
                  And those that distinguish distinctly                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 4
                
فَٱلۡمُلۡقِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا
                  And those that bring down the Reminder                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 5
                
عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا
                  To end all argument or to warn                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 6
                
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٞ
                  What is promised will surely come to pass                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 7
                
فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ
                  When the stars are obliterated                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 8
                
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتۡ
                  The heavens split asunder                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 9
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ
                  The mountains reduced to dust and blown away                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 10
                
وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ
                  And when the time comes for raising the little girls (buried alive)                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 11
                
لِأَيِّ يَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ
                  For what day is that time fixed                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 12
                
لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ
                  The Day of Judgement                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 13
                
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ
                  How will you comprehend what the Day of Judgement is                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 14
                
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
                  Alas the woe that day for those who deny                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 15
                
أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
                  Have We not destroyed the earlier generations                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 16
                
ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
                  So shall We make the later ones to follow them                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 17
                
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
                  That is what We shall do to those who are guilty of crime                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 18
                
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
                  Alas the woe that day for those who deny                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 19
                
أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٖ مَّهِينٖ
                  Did We not create you from contemptible water                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 20
                
فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ فِي قَرَارٖ مَّكِينٍ
                  Then We lodged you in a secure place (the womb)                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 21
                
إِلَىٰ قَدَرٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
                  For a certain appointed time                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 22
                
فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَٰدِرُونَ
                  Then We facilitated (your birth). How well do We calculate                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 23
                
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
                  Alas the woe that day for those who deny                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 24
                
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا
                  Have We not made the earth a repository                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 25
                
أَحۡيَآءٗ وَأَمۡوَٰتٗا
                  For the living and the dead                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 26
                
وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ شَٰمِخَٰتٖ وَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُم مَّآءٗ فُرَاتٗا
                  And placed in it lofty and broad stablisers, and gave you sweet water to drink                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 27
                
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
                  Alas the woe that day for those who deny                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 28
                
ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
                  Go to what you used to deny                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 29
                
ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ ظِلّٖ ذِي ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٖ
                  Go to the shadow with three ramifications                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 30
                
لَّا ظَلِيلٖ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ
                  Neither shady nor protecting against the blazing Fire                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 31
                
إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِي بِشَرَرٖ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ
                  It will throw out sparks as logs of wood                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 32
                
كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٞ صُفۡرٞ
                  So like golden camels                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 33
                
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
                  Alas the woe that day for those who deny                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 34
                
هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ
                  They will not be able to speak that day                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 35
                
وَلَا يُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَيَعۡتَذِرُونَ
                  Nor given leave to make excuses                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 36
                
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
                  Alas the woe that day for those who deny                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 37
                
هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
                  That will be the Day of Reckoning. Gathered will be (you) and the earlier (generations)                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 38
                
فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَيۡدٞ فَكِيدُونِ
                  So if you have any plot to devise against Me, then devise it                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 39
                
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
                  Alas the woe that day for those who deny                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 40
                
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي ظِلَٰلٖ وَعُيُونٖ
                  Those who take heed for themselves and fear God, will be amidst shade and springs of water                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 41
                
وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ
                  And such fruits as they desire                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 42
                
كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ
                  Eat and drink with relish as reward for what you had done                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 43
                
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
                  That is how We reward the good                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 44
                
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
                  Alas the woe that day for those who deny                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 45
                
كُلُواْ وَتَمَتَّعُواْ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ
                  Eat and enjoy for a while: You are certainly sinners                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 46
                
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
                  Alas the woe that day for those who deny                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 47
                
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُواْ لَا يَرۡكَعُونَ
                  When it is said to them: "Bow in homage," they do not bow                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 48
                
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
                  Alas the woe that day for those who deny                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 49
                
فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ يُؤۡمِنُونَ
                  In what other lore after this will they then believe                  
                  Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 50