Dispatched (Al-Mursalaat)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
CONSIDER these [messages,] sent forth in waves 1 and then storming on with a tempest's force! 2 and the rain-spreading winds, 3 by (the angels) who make a clear distinction between right and wrong 4 Then spread abroad a Message, 5 excusing or warning, 6 surely, that which you have been promised is about to fall! 7 So when the stars are made to lose their light, 8 Heavens will rent asunder. 9 and the mountains are blown away, 10 And when the messengers' time has come... 11 For which day were they appointed? 12 For the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false]! 13 And what will explain to thee what is the Day of Sorting out? 14 Woe that day unto those who cry it lies! 15 Did We not destroy the former generations? 16 and then follow them with the later folk? 17 Thus do We deal with men of sin. 18 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 19 Did We not create you from contemptible water? 20 which We then placed in a secure repository 21 For a known calculated term. 22 So We decreed. How excellent are We as decreers! 23 Ah woe, that Day! to the Rejecters of Truth! 24 Have We not made the earth a container 25 for the living and the dead? 26 And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); and provided for you water sweet (and wholesome)? 27 Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth! 28 “Move towards what you used to deny!” 29 Depart to a triple-massing shadow 30 Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame. 31 and throwing up sparks as huge as towers 32 As if they were yellowish [black] camels. 33 Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth 34 This is the day they shall not speak 35 nor shall they be permitted to offer excuses. 36 Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)! 37 That will be a Day of Sorting out! We shall gather you together and those before (you)! 38 So if you have a plan, then plan against Me. 39 On that day, woe would be upon those who have rejected God's revelations! 40