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Tafsir of Surah Al-Mursalat (77) — The Emissaries · المرسلات
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Al-Mursalat 77:1
وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَٰتِ عُرۡفٗا
By those [winds] sent forth in gusts
Tafsir 77:1
Allah takes an oath on the constant winds, like the mane of a horse.
Al-Mursalat 77:2
فَٱلۡعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصۡفٗا
And the winds that blow violently
Tafsir 77:2
And He also takes an oath on the severely blowing winds.
Al-Mursalat 77:3
وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَٰتِ نَشۡرٗا
And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]
Tafsir 77:3
And also on the winds that disperse the rain.
Al-Mursalat 77:4
فَٱلۡفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرۡقٗا
And those [angels] who bring criterion
Tafsir 77:4
And He also takes an oath on the angels that descend with that which differentiates between truth and falsehood.
Al-Mursalat 77:5
فَٱلۡمُلۡقِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا
And those [angels] who deliver a message
Tafsir 77:5
And He also takes an oath on the angels who descend bringing revelation.
Al-Mursalat 77:6
عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا
As justification or warning
Tafsir 77:6
They descend bringing revelation as a warning from Allah so that He is excused, and warning the people of the punishment of Allah.
Al-Mursalat 77:7
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٞ
Indeed, what you are promised is to occur
Tafsir 77:7
Indeed, the resurrection, accounting and requital you have been promised is to happen, inevitably.
Al-Mursalat 77:8
فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ
So when the stars are obliterated
Tafsir 77:8
When it happens, the stars will suddenly lose their shine, and their light will be extinguished.
Al-Mursalat 77:9
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتۡ
And when the heaven is opened
Tafsir 77:9
The sky will suddenly crack because of the angels descending from it.
Al-Mursalat 77:10
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ
And when the mountains are blown away
Tafsir 77:10
The mountains will be suddenly uprooted from their places, and will be made to break up into pieces until they become like dust particles.
Al-Mursalat 77:11
وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ
And when the messengers' time has come
Tafsir 77:11
And the Messengers will be gathered for a fixed time.
Al-Mursalat 77:12
لِأَيِّ يَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ
For what Day was it postponed
Tafsir 77:12
For a great day which has been delayed, so that they can testify against their nations.
Al-Mursalat 77:13
لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ
For the Day of Judgement
Tafsir 77:13
For the day of separation between the servants, so that the true can be made clear from the false, and the fortunate from the wretched.
Al-Mursalat 77:14
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement
Tafsir 77:14
O Messenger! What do you know of the day of separation?
Al-Mursalat 77:15
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
Tafsir 77:15
Destruction, punishment and loss on that day will be for the rejectors who rejected whatever the Messengers brought from Allah.
Al-Mursalat 77:16
أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Did We not destroy the former peoples
Tafsir 77:16
Did I not destroy the previous nations when they disbelieved in Allah and rejected their Messengers?
Al-Mursalat 77:17
ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
Then We will follow them with the later ones
Tafsir 77:17
Then I followed the rejectors up by sending the later ones into the world, and then destroyed them just as I destroyed those before them.
Al-Mursalat 77:18
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
Thus do We deal with the criminals
Tafsir 77:18
Like My destruction of those nations, I will destroy the criminals who reject that which Muhammad (peace be upon him) has brought.
Al-Mursalat 77:19
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
Tafsir 77:19
Destruction, punishment and loss on that day will be for the rejectors of the warning of Allah of the punishment for the criminals.
Al-Mursalat 77:20
أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٖ مَّهِينٖ
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained
Tafsir 77:20
O people! Did I not create you from a small amount of despised fluid, i.e. a drop of semen?
Al-Mursalat 77:21
فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ فِي قَرَارٖ مَّكِينٍ
And We placed it in a firm lodging
Tafsir 77:21
I then put that contemptuous fluid into a safe place i.e. the woman’s womb.
Al-Mursalat 77:22
إِلَىٰ قَدَرٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
For a known extent
Tafsir 77:22
For a known period of time, i.e. the duration of pregnancy.
Al-Mursalat 77:23
فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَٰدِرُونَ
And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine
Tafsir 77:23
I then decreed the attributes of that child, its fate, colour etc., so I am a greatly capable of all that.
Al-Mursalat 77:24
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
Tafsir 77:24
Destruction, punishment and loss on that day will be for the rejectors of the capability of Allah.
Al-Mursalat 77:25
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا
Have We not made the earth a container
Tafsir 77:25
Did I not make the earth capable of holding all the people?
Al-Mursalat 77:26
أَحۡيَآءٗ وَأَمۡوَٰتٗا
Of the living and the dead
Tafsir 77:26
It holds their living by letting them live and populate it, and their dead by allowing them to be buried in it.
Al-Mursalat 77:27
وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ شَٰمِخَٰتٖ وَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُم مَّآءٗ فُرَاتٗا
And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water
Tafsir 77:27
I also placed high, rooted mountains on it that stop it from shaking. And O people! I provide you with sweet water to drink. So whoever created all that is not incapable of resurrecting you.
Al-Mursalat 77:28
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
Tafsir 77:28
Destruction, punishment and loss on that day will be for the rejectors of the favours of Allah.
Al-Mursalat 77:29
ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
[They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny
Tafsir 77:29
It will be said to those who rejected whatever their Messengers brought: “O rejectors! Walk to the punishment you used to reject.”
Al-Mursalat 77:30
ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ ظِلّٖ ذِي ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٖ
Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns
Tafsir 77:30
“Walk to the shadow of the smoke of the hellfire, which is split into three parts”
Al-Mursalat 77:31
لَّا ظَلِيلٖ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ
[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame
Tafsir 77:31
“There is no coolness of shade in it, nor does it stop the flares of the hellfire or its heat from reaching you.”
Al-Mursalat 77:32
إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِي بِشَرَرٖ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ
Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress
Tafsir 77:32
Indeed, the hellfire spits out sparks, each spark like a palace in size.
Al-Mursalat 77:33
كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٞ صُفۡرٞ
As if they were yellowish [black] camels
Tafsir 77:33
It is as if the sparks that it spits out are black mountains in their darkness and size.
Al-Mursalat 77:34
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
Tafsir 77:34
Destruction, punishment and loss on that day will be for the rejectors who rejected whatever the Messengers brought from Allah.
Al-Mursalat 77:35
هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ
This is a Day they will not speak
Tafsir 77:35
This is a day on which they will not speak at all.
Al-Mursalat 77:36
وَلَا يُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَيَعۡتَذِرُونَ
Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse
Tafsir 77:36
Neither will they be given permission to present excuses to their Lord for their disbelief and evils.
Al-Mursalat 77:37
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
Tafsir 77:37
Destruction, punishment and loss on that day will be for the rejectors of the news of this day.
Al-Mursalat 77:38
هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples
Tafsir 77:38
This is the day of separation between the creations; I have gathered you and the previous nations on one plain.
Al-Mursalat 77:39
فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَيۡدٞ فَكِيدُونِ
So if you have a plan, then plan against Me
Tafsir 77:39
So if you have a plan that you may execute to save yourselves from My punishment, try it.
Al-Mursalat 77:40
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
Tafsir 77:40
Destruction, punishment and loss on that day will be for the rejectors of the day of separation.
Al-Mursalat 77:41
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي ظِلَٰلٖ وَعُيُونٖ
Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs
Tafsir 77:41
Indeed, those who are mindful of their Lord by fulfilling His commands and refraining from the things he has not allowed, they will be in the extending shade of the trees of Paradise, and among sweet, flowing springs.
Al-Mursalat 77:42
وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ
And fruits from whatever they desire
Tafsir 77:42
And among fruits they desire to eat.
Al-Mursalat 77:43
كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ
[Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do
Tafsir 77:43
And it will be said to them: “Eat from the good, and drink a pleasant, unspoiled drink in return for your good deeds in the world.”
Al-Mursalat 77:44
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good
Tafsir 77:44
Just as I have requited you with this requital, I requite all those who do good deeds.
Al-Mursalat 77:45
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
Tafsir 77:45
Destruction, punishment and loss on that day will be for the rejectors of whatever Allah has prepared for the Mindful.
Al-Mursalat 77:46
كُلُواْ وَتَمَتَّعُواْ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ
[O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals
Tafsir 77:46
And it will be said to the rejectors: “Eat and enjoy the tasty things of life for a short time in the world; you are indeed, criminals due to your disbelief in Allah and rejection of His Messengers.”
Al-Mursalat 77:47
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
Tafsir 77:47
Destruction, punishment and loss on that day will be for the rejectors of their requital on the day of recompense.
Al-Mursalat 77:48
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُواْ لَا يَرۡكَعُونَ
And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow
Tafsir 77:48
When these rejectors are told: “Perform prayer for Allah”, they do not pray to Him.
Al-Mursalat 77:49
وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers
Tafsir 77:49
Destruction, punishment and loss on that day will be for the rejectors who rejected whatever the Messengers brought from Allah.
Al-Mursalat 77:50
فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ يُؤۡمِنُونَ
Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe
Tafsir 77:50
So when they do not bring faith in this Qur’ān that was revealed from their Lord, what other speech will they bring faith in?
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