| | Linda “iLHam” Barto rendition of Surah The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth(al-Mursalat)
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| 77:1 | | Consider the hurled (gusts), one after another. |
| 77:2 | | Consider the winds blowing violently… |
| 77:3 | | …and scattering far and wide… |
| 77:4 | | …and then making distinction. |
| 77:5 | | Consider those who relay the reminder [of God’s Word],… |
| 77:6 | | …whether explanation or warning. |
| 77:7 | | Honestly, what you are promised will come to pass. |
| 77:8 | | When the stars are smothered! |
| 77:9 | | When the sky splits apart! |
| 77:10 | | When the mountains convulse and crumble! |
| 77:11 | | When the messengers are each appointed a time! |
| 77:12 | | For what day are these postponed? |
| 77:13 | | It is the Day of Judgment. |
| 77:14 | | What will explain to you what the Day of Judgment is? |
| 77:15 | | Beware that day, rejecters of truth. |
| 77:16 | | Did We not destroy ancient peoples? |
| 77:17 | | Then, We caused later people to follow them. |
| 77:18 | | That’s how We treat sinners. |
| 77:19 | | Beware that day, rejecters of truth. |
| 77:20 | | Did We not create you from a disgusting fluid [semen]? |
| 77:21 | | We placed it in a safe place [the uterus]. |
| 77:22 | | [It stayed there] for a fixed time. |
| 77:23 | | We determine. We are the best to determine. |
| 77:24 | | Beware that day, rejecters of truth. |
| 77:25 | | Did We not cause the earth to bring together… |
| 77:26 | | …the living and the dead? |
| 77:27 | | [Did We not] make on it mountains standing firmly and proudly? [Did We not] provide good water for you? |
| 77:28 | | Beware that day, rejecters of truth. |
| 77:29 | | Depart to that which you rejected as false. |
| 77:30 | | Depart to shadows of three columns. |
| 77:31 | | No cool shade is there and no shelter from the fierce blaze. |
| 77:32 | | It becomes a tower of shooting sparks. |
| 77:33 | | It looks like [a race of] yellow camels. |
| 77:34 | | Beware that day, rejecters of truth. |
| 77:35 | | That will be a day when they will not be able to speak. |
| 77:36 | | They will not be allowed to make excuses. |
| 77:37 | | Beware that day, rejecters of truth. |
| 77:38 | | That will be the Day of Judgment. We shall assemble you and your predecessors. |
| 77:39 | | If you have a scheme, go ahead and use it against Me [your Lord]. |
| 77:40 | | Beware that day, rejecters of truth. |
| 77:41 | | The righteous shall be amid shades, fountains,… |
| 77:42 | | …and fruits –all that they desire. |
| 77:43 | | Eat and drink to your heart’s content because of your works. |
| 77:44 | | Thus do We certainly reward those who live righteously. |
| 77:45 | | Beware that day, rejecters of truth. |
| 77:46 | | Eat and enjoy yourselves a little while, while you are sinners. |
| 77:47 | | Beware that day, rejecters of truth. |
| 77:48 | | When it is said to them, “Prostrate yourselves,” they do not. |
| 77:49 | | Beware that day, rejecters of truth. |
| 77:50 | | What message after that will they believe? |
