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Surah Al-Mursalaat

The Emissaries · 50 verses · Meccan

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

About this surah

The name. Al-Mursalaat means "The Emissaries," or "Those Sent Forth," from its opening oath sworn by those sent forth in succession (77:1) — read by the wider tradition as a reference to the winds or to the angels dispatched carrying Allah's command, though the surah itself does not specify which. It is Meccan, and belongs to a small group of early surahs that open with a run of oaths by unnamed forces before turning to their central subject.

What it is known for. The surah is known for its refrain, repeated ten times, "Woe that Day to the deniers" (77:15, and at intervals through the surah), each occurrence following a different sign or scene — the earth as a resting place, mountains as pegs, the creation of man from a fluid held in contempt (77:20) — making the refrain a kind of running commentary on the case being built. The repetition itself is often cited as one of the clearest examples in the Quran of a structural refrain carrying a surah's argument.

Reading it. At 50 ayahs it is a mid-short surah, read comfortably in one sitting. Its short, rhythmic verses and constant refrain make it move quickly and read as more compact than its verse count might suggest, and a first-time reader should treat the recurring line as the surah's spine rather than as decoration, since nearly every scene in the surah leads back to it.

Last updated: 2026-10-23

Translation: Sahih International · alquran.cloud

  1. 1

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًۭا

    By those [winds] sent forth in gusts

  2. 2

    فَٱلْعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصْفًۭا

    And the winds that blow violently

  3. 3

    وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشْرًۭا

    And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]

  4. 4

    فَٱلْفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرْقًۭا

    And those [angels] who bring criterion

  5. 5

    فَٱلْمُلْقِيَٰتِ ذِكْرًا

    And those [angels] who deliver a message

  6. 6

    عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا

    As justification or warning,

  7. 7

    إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ

    Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.

  8. 8

    فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

    So when the stars are obliterated

  9. 9

    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ

    And when the heaven is opened

  10. 10

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

    And when the mountains are blown away

  11. 11

    وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ

    And when the messengers' time has come...

  12. 12

    لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ

    For what Day was it postponed?

  13. 13

    لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ

    For the Day of Judgement.

  14. 14

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ

    And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?

  15. 15

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  16. 16

    أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    Did We not destroy the former peoples?

  17. 17

    ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

    Then We will follow them with the later ones.

  18. 18

    كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    Thus do We deal with the criminals.

  19. 19

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  20. 20

    أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍۢ مَّهِينٍۢ

    Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?

  21. 21

    فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍۢ مَّكِينٍ

    And We placed it in a firm lodging

  22. 22

    إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

    For a known extent.

  23. 23

    فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَٰدِرُونَ

    And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.

  24. 24

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  25. 25

    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا

    Have We not made the earth a container

  26. 26

    أَحْيَآءًۭ وَأَمْوَٰتًۭا

    Of the living and the dead?

  27. 27

    وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ شَٰمِخَٰتٍۢ وَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُم مَّآءًۭ فُرَاتًۭا

    And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.

  28. 28

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  29. 29

    ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    [They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.

  30. 30

    ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّۢ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍۢ

    Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns

  31. 31

    لَّا ظَلِيلٍۢ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ

    [But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."

  32. 32

    إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍۢ كَٱلْقَصْرِ

    Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,

  33. 33

    كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌۭ صُفْرٌۭ

    As if they were yellowish [black] camels.

  34. 34

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  35. 35

    هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

    This is a Day they will not speak,

  36. 36

    وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ

    Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.

  37. 37

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  38. 38

    هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.

  39. 39

    فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌۭ فَكِيدُونِ

    So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.

  40. 40

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  41. 41

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَٰلٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ

    Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs

  42. 42

    وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

    And fruits from whatever they desire,

  43. 43

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    [Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."

  44. 44

    إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

  45. 45

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  46. 46

    كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ

    [O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.

  47. 47

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  48. 48

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ

    And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.

  49. 49

    وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  50. 50

    فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?