Surah Al-Mursalat — Word by Word
المرسلات
The Emissaries
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fan
By those [winds] sent forth in gusts
fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfan
And the winds that blow violently
wal-nāshirāti nashran
And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]
fal-fāriqāti farqan
And those [angels] who bring criterion
fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ran
And those [angels] who deliver a message.
ʿudh'ran aw nudh'ran
As justification or warning,
innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿun
Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.
fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisat
So when the stars are obliterated
wa-idhā l-samāu furijat
And when the heaven is opened
wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifat
And when the mountains are blown away
wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqitat
And when the messengers' time has come...
li-ayyi yawmin ujjilat
For what Day was it postponed?
liyawmi l-faṣli
For the Day of Judgement.
wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣli
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
alam nuh'liki l-awalīna
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīna
Then We will follow them with the later ones.
kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīna
Thus do We deal with the criminals.
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīnin
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
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