وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًا ١
wal-mur'salāti ʿur'fan
1. By those [winds] sent forth in gusts
Surah Al-Mursalat transliteration
سورة المرسلات
Here is Surah Al-Mursalat (“The Emissaries”) in transliteration: each of its 50 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
فَٱلْعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصْفًا ٢
fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfan
2. And the winds that blow violently
وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًا ٣
wal-nāshirāti nashran
3. And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]
فَٱلْفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرْقًا ٤
fal-fāriqāti farqan
4. And those [angels] who bring criterion1816
Notes
[1816] To Allāh's human messengers.
فَٱلْمُلْقِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا ٥
fal-mul'qiyāti dhik'ran
5. And those [angels] who deliver a message
عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا ٦
ʿudh'ran aw nudh'ran
6. As justification or warning,
إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ٧
innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿun
7. Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.
فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ ٨
fa-idhā l-nujūmu ṭumisat
8. So when the stars are obliterated
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ ٩
wa-idhā l-samāu furijat
9. And when the heaven is opened
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ ١٠
wa-idhā l-jibālu nusifat
10. And when the mountains are blown away
وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ ١١
wa-idhā l-rusulu uqqitat
11. And when the messengers' time has come...1817
Notes
[1817] i.e., when they are gathered to witness concerning their nations. The sentence's conclusion is understood to be "...the promised judgement will then take place."
لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ ١٢
li-ayyi yawmin ujjilat
12. For what Day was it postponed?1818
Notes
[1818] "It" may refer to either the aforementioned occurrences collectively or to the testimony of the messengers.
لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ ١٣
liyawmi l-faṣli
13. For the Day of Judgement.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ١٤
wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-faṣli
14. And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٥
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
15. Woe,1819 that Day, to the deniers.
Notes
[1819] i.e., death and destruction.
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٦
alam nuh'liki l-awalīna
16. Did We not destroy the former peoples?
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ١٧
thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīna
17. Then We will follow them with the later ones.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ١٨
kadhālika nafʿalu bil-muj'rimīna
18. Thus do We deal with the criminals.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٩
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
19. Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ ٢٠
alam nakhluqkkum min māin mahīnin
20. Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ ٢١
fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārin makīnin
21. And We placed it in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb]
إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ٢٢
ilā qadarin maʿlūmin
22. For a known extent.
فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَٰدِرُونَ ٢٣
faqadarnā faniʿ'ma l-qādirūna
23. And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٢٤
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
24. Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا ٢٥
alam najʿali l-arḍa kifātan
25. Have We not made the earth a container
أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوَٰتًا ٢٦
aḥyāan wa-amwātan
26. Of the living and the dead?
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَٰمِخَٰتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُم مَّآءً فُرَاتًا ٢٧
wajaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātin wa-asqaynākum māan furātan
27. And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٢٨
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
28. Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٩
inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihi tukadhibūna
29. [They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.
ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍ ٣٠
inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿabin
30. Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns
لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ٣١
lā ẓalīlin walā yugh'nī mina l-lahabi
31. [But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."
إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَٱلْقَصْرِ ٣٢
innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣri
32. Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,
كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ ٣٣
ka-annahu jimālatun ṣuf'run
33. As if they were yellowish [black] camels.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٤
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
34. Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ ٣٥
hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūna
35. This is a Day they will not speak,
وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ ٣٦
walā yu'dhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūna
36. Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٧
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
37. Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ جَمَعْنَٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٣٨
hādhā yawmu l-faṣli jamaʿnākum wal-awalīna
38. This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.
فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ ٣٩
fa-in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūni
39. So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٠
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
40. Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَٰلٍ وَعُيُونٍ ٤١
inna l-mutaqīna fī ẓilālin waʿuyūnin
41. Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs
وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ٤٢
wafawākiha mimmā yashtahūna
42. And fruits from whatever they desire,
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ٤٣
kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
43. [Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ٤٤
innā kadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna
44. Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٥
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
45. Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ ٤٦
kulū watamattaʿū qalīlan innakum muj'rimūna
46. [O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٧
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
47. Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ ٤٨
wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūna
48. And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩
waylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
49. Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ ٥٠
fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūna
50. Then in what statement after it [i.e., the Qur’ān] will they believe?
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