وَٱلْمُرْسَلَـٰتِ By the ones sent forth عُرْفًۭا one after another ١
By those [winds] sent forth in gusts
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فَٱلْعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ And the winds that blow عَصْفًۭا violently ٢
And the winds that blow violently
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وَٱلنَّـٰشِرَٰتِ And the ones that scatter نَشْرًۭا far and wide ٣
And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]
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فَٱلْفَـٰرِقَـٰتِ And those who separate فَرْقًۭا (by the) Criterion ٤
And those [angels] who bring criterion
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فَٱلْمُلْقِيَـٰتِ And those who bring down ذِكْرًا (the) Reminder ٥
And those [angels] who deliver a message.
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عُذْرًا (As) justification أَوْ or نُذْرًا warning ٦
As justification or warning,
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إِنَّمَا Indeed, what تُوعَدُونَ you are promised لَوَٰقِعٌۭ will surely occur ٧
Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.
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فَإِذَا So when ٱلنُّجُومُ the stars طُمِسَتْ are obliterated ٨
So when the stars are obliterated
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وَإِذَا And when ٱلسَّمَآءُ the heaven فُرِجَتْ is cleft asunder ٩
And when the heaven is opened
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وَإِذَا And when ٱلْجِبَالُ the mountains نُسِفَتْ are blown away ١٠
And when the mountains are blown away
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وَإِذَا And when ٱلرُّسُلُ the Messengers أُقِّتَتْ are gathered to their appointed time ١١
And when the messengers' time has come...
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لِأَىِّ For what يَوْمٍ Day أُجِّلَتْ are (these) postponed ١٢
For what Day was it postponed?
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لِيَوْمِ For (the) Day ٱلْفَصْلِ (of) Judgment ١٣
For the Day of Judgement.
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وَمَآ And what أَدْرَىٰكَ will make you know مَا what يَوْمُ (is the) Day ٱلْفَصْلِ (of) the Judgment ١٤
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
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وَيْلٌۭ Woe يَوْمَئِذٍۢ that Day لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ to the deniers ١٥
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
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أَلَمْ Did not نُهْلِكِ We destroy ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ the former (people) ١٦
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
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ثُمَّ Then نُتْبِعُهُمُ We follow them up ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ (with) the later ones ١٧
Then We will follow them with the later ones.
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كَذَٰلِكَ Thus نَفْعَلُ We deal بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ with the criminals ١٨
Thus do We deal with the criminals.
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وَيْلٌۭ Woe يَوْمَئِذٍۢ that Day لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ to the deniers ١٩
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
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أَلَمْ Did not نَخْلُقكُّم We create you مِّن from مَّآءٍۢ a water مَّهِينٍۢ despicable ٢٠
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
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