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Surah Al-Mursalat — Word by Word

المرسلات

The Emissaries

MeccanJuz 2950 ayahs

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

1
١

wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fan

By those [winds] sent forth in gusts

2
٢

fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfan

And the winds that blow violently

3
٣

wal-nāshirāti nashran

And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]

4
٤

fal-fāriqāti farqan

And those [angels] who bring criterion

5
٥

fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ran

And those [angels] who deliver a message.

6
٦

ʿudh'ran aw nudh'ran

As justification or warning,

7
٧

innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿun

Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.

8
٨

fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisat

So when the stars are obliterated

9
٩

wa-idhā l-samāu furijat

And when the heaven is opened

10
١٠

wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifat

And when the mountains are blown away

11
١١

wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqitat

And when the messengers' time has come...

12
١٢

li-ayyi yawmin ujjilat

For what Day was it postponed?

13
١٣

liyawmi l-faṣli

For the Day of Judgement.

14
١٤

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣli

And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?

15
١٥

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

16
١٦

alam nuh'liki l-awalīna

Did We not destroy the former peoples?

17
١٧

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīna

Then We will follow them with the later ones.

18
١٨

kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīna

Thus do We deal with the criminals.

19
١٩

waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

20
٢٠

alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīnin

Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?

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