Surah Al-Mursalat (Those Sent Forth)

Topics in Surah Al-Mursalat

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir) (32 verses)
• Oaths (Qasam) (7 verses)
• Truthfulness (Sidq) (7 verses)
• Excellence (Ihsan) (4 verses)
• Man (Insan) (4 verses)
• Recompense (Jaza) (4 verses)
• Preservation (Hifz) (4 verses)
• Vegetation (Nabat) (4 verses)
• Destruction (Ihlak) (3 verses)
• Subservience (Taskhir) (3 verses)
• Monotheism (Tawhid) (3 verses)
• Food (Ta'am) (3 verses)
• Shade (Zill) (3 verses)
• Eating (Akl) (2 verses)
• Warning (Indhar) (2 verses)

Read Surah Al-Mursalat with English translation

1. 77:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًۭا

   By the [winds] sent forth in swift succession,

2. 77:2

   فَٱلْعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصْفًۭا

   violently storming,

3. 77:3

   وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًۭا

   scattering far and wide,

4. 77:4

   فَٱلْفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرْقًۭا

   separating forcefully,

5. 77:5

   فَٱلْمُلْقِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا

   delivering a reminder,

6. 77:6

   عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا

   as a proof or a warning:

7. 77:7

   إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ

   what you are promised will come to pass.

8. 77:8

   فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

   When the stars are dimmed

9. 77:9

   وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ

   and the sky is torn apart,

10. 77:10

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

    when the mountains are turned to dust

11. 77:11

    وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ

    and the messengers given their appointed time––

12. 77:12

    لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ

    for what Day has all this been set?

13. 77:13

    لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ

    The Day of Decision.

14. 77:14

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ

    What will explain to you what the Day of Decision is?

15. 77:15

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

16. 77:16

    أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    Did We not destroy the first [of them]?

17. 77:17

    ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

    We shall make the last follow them:

18. 77:18

    كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    this is how We deal with the guilty.

19. 77:19

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

20. 77:20

    أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍۢ مَّهِينٍۢ

    Did We not make you from an underrated fluid

21. 77:21

    فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍۢ مَّكِينٍ

    which We housed in a safe lodging

22. 77:22

    إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

    for a determined period?

23. 77:23

    فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَٰدِرُونَ

    We determine [it]: how excellently We determine!

24. 77:24

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

25. 77:25

    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا

    Did We not make the earth a home

26. 77:26

    أَحْيَآءًۭ وَأَمْوَٰتًۭا

    for the living and the dead?

27. 77:27

    وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَٰمِخَٰتٍۢ وَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُم مَّآءًۭ فُرَاتًۭا

    Did We not place firm, lofty mountains on it and provide you with sweet water?

28. 77:28

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

29. 77:29

    ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    They will be told, ‘Go to that which you used to deny!

30. 77:30

    ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّۢ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍۢ

    Go to a shadow of smoke!’ It rises in three columns;

31. 77:31

    لَّا ظَلِيلٍۢ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ

    no shade does it give, nor relief from the flame;

32. 77:32

    إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍۢ كَٱلْقَصْرِ

    it shoots out sparks as large as treetrunks

33. 77:33

    كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌۭ صُفْرٌۭ

    and as bright as copper.

34. 77:34

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

35. 77:35

    هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

    On that Day they will be speechless,

36. 77:36

    وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ

    and they will be given no chance to offer any excuses.

37. 77:37

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

38. 77:38

    هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    [They will be told], ‘This is the Day of Decision: We have gathered you and earlier generations.

39. 77:39

    فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌۭ فَكِيدُونِ

    If you have any plots against Me, try them now.’

40. 77:40

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

41. 77:41

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَٰلٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ

    But those who took heed of God will enjoy cool shade, springs,

42. 77:42

    وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

    and any fruit they desire;

43. 77:43

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    [they will be told], ‘Eat and drink to your hearts’ content as a reward for your deeds:

44. 77:44

    إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    this is how We reward those who do good.’

45. 77:45

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

46. 77:46

    كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ

    [You may] eat and enjoy yourselves for a short while, evildoers that you are.

47. 77:47

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

48. 77:48

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ

    When they are told, ‘Bow down in prayer,’ they do not do so.

49. 77:49

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, on that Day, to those who denied the truth!

50. 77:50

    فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    In what revelation, after this, will they believe?

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.