77:1
وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَٰتِ عُرۡفٗا ١
By those [winds] sent forth in succession,
سورة المرسلاتSurah Al-Mursalat · The Emissaries
Meccan50 ayahsPage 580–581Juz 29
Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi · murattal
of 50
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
77:2
فَٱلۡعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصۡفٗا ٢
those that blow violently,
77:3
وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشۡرٗا ٣
and scatter [rainclouds] far and wide,
77:4
فَٱلۡفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرۡقٗا ٤
And by those [angels] who bring criterion[1];
Tafsir Notes
[1] To Allah's messengers to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
77:5
فَٱلۡمُلۡقِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ٥
and those who deliver revelation,
77:6
عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا ٦
leaving no excuse or giving warning –
77:7
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٞ ٧
what you are promised will surely come to pass.
77:8
فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ ٨
So when the stars are effaced,
77:9
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتۡ ٩
and when the sky is split apart,
77:10
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ١٠
and when the mountains are blown away,
77:11
وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ ١١
and when the messengers are summoned[2],
Tafsir Notes
[2] To testify concerning their nations.
77:12
لِأَيِّ يَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ ١٢
until which Day has all this been postponed?
77:13
لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ١٣
Until the Day of Judgment.
77:14
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ١٤
How do you know what the Day of Judgment is?
77:15
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٥
Woe on that Day to the deniers[3]!
Tafsir Notes
[3] i.e., Death and destruction be upon them.
77:16
أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٦
Did We not destroy the earlier nations?
77:17
ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١٧
Then We will do likewise to the later ones.
77:18
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١٨
This is how We deal with the wicked.
77:19
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٩
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
77:20
أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٖ مَّهِينٖ ٢٠
Did We not create you from a worthless fluid,
77:21
فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ فِي قَرَارٖ مَّكِينٍ ٢١
then We placed it in a secure repository
77:22
إِلَىٰ قَدَرٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٢٢
for a determined period[4]?
Tafsir Notes
[4] See 23:12-14
77:23
فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَٰدِرُونَ ٢٣
For We determined it; How excellently We determine!
77:24
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٢٤
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
77:25
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا ٢٥
Have We not made the earth a receptacle[5]
Tafsir Notes
[5] i.e., a lodging, a container that contains all people.
77:26
أَحۡيَآءٗ وَأَمۡوَٰتٗا ٢٦
for the living and the dead,
77:27
وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ شَٰمِخَٰتٖ وَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُم مَّآءٗ فُرَاتٗا ٢٧
and placed therein firm towering mountains, and given you fresh water to drink?
77:28
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٢٨
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
77:29
ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٩
[They will be told,] “Proceed to that [Fire] which you used to deny!
77:30
ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ ظِلّٖ ذِي ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٖ ٣٠
Proceed to the shadow [of smoke] ascending in three columns,
77:31
لَّا ظَلِيلٖ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ٣١
that provides neither shade nor protection from the flames.
77:32
إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِي بِشَرَرٖ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ ٣٢
Indeed, it [i.e., Hell] throws up sparks as big as castles,
77:33
كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٞ صُفۡرٞ ٣٣
as if they were tawny camels[6].
Tafsir Notes
[6] i.e., huge and black camels.
77:34
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٤
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
77:35
هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ ٣٥
On that Day they won’t speak,
77:36
وَلَا يُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَيَعۡتَذِرُونَ ٣٦
nor will they be allowed to make excuses.
77:37
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٧
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
77:38
هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٣٨
[They will be told,] “This is the Day of Judgment: We have gathered you along with the earlier generations.
77:39
فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَيۡدٞ فَكِيدُونِ ٣٩
So if you have any scheme, then plot it against Me.”
77:40
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٠
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
77:41
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي ظِلَٰلٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٤١
Indeed, the righteous will be amid shades and springs
77:42
وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ٤٢
and will have whatever fruit they desire.
77:43
كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٤٣
[They will be told,] “Eat and drink joyfully, as a reward for what you used to do.”
77:44
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٤٤
This is how We reward those who do good.
77:45
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٥
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
77:46
كُلُواْ وَتَمَتَّعُواْ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ ٤٦
“Eat and enjoy yourselves for a while; you are truly wicked.”
77:47
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٧
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
77:48
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُواْ لَا يَرۡكَعُونَ ٤٨
When it is said to them, “Bow [in prayer],” they do not bow.
77:49
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
77:50
فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٥٠
In which message after this [Qur’an] will they believe?
Sources
- Mushaf text: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex (Madinah), narration of Hafs from ʿAsim, in the Uthmani script.
- Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19, QuranEnc.com
- Al-Mukhtasar in Interpreting the Noble Quran — QuranEnc.com, retrieved 2026-09-14
- Recitation: Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi (murattal), via quran.com and everyayah.com.
Before publishing, every letter of the text was compared with a second, independent copy, and every translation and tafsir entry with its publisher's file.