In the Name of Almighty Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
50 آية
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Surah Al-Mursalat is the 77th chapter of the Quran, containing 50 verses. Revealed in Makkah, it opens with a series of oaths, understood by the commentators as winds sent forth one after another, affirming that what has been promised, the Day of Judgement, will surely come to pass. The surah repeats throughout the refrain “Woe on that Day to the deniers,” recalls how earlier disbelieving peoples were destroyed, describes the terrors awaiting the guilty in Hell, and closes by describing the cool shade, springs and fruits prepared for the righteous in Paradise. Below you can read the full Surah Al-Mursalat in Arabic with a clear English translation and a verse-by-verse tafsir (explanation of the meaning) from Aysar al-Tafaseer, with the option to jump to any specific verse.
1. Allah Almighty swears by the winds that blow gently, as if they were the mane of a horse. (It is also said that those sent forth are the angels sent by Allah to bestow charity and kindness on His creatures).
4. Allah Almighty swears by the angels that are sent upon the messengers by His command to separate between truth and falsehood, guidance and straying.
7. Allah swore by all the preceding that the Hour, resurrection, gathering, judgement and punishment which He promised His creatures will ineluctably come to pass. (This is the answer to the oath.)
11. when all the messengers are gathered on an appointed day, which is the Day of Judgement, to judge between them and their rivals, and to testify against their nations for their responses to them in life on earth;
13. They are deferred to the Day of Judgement, the day of decision, when Allah will judge among all His creatures. It is the day to which the meeting of the messengers has been deferred.
15. Woe, destruction and humiliation to those who reject Allah, His books, His messengers and all that the prophets brought to them and informed them of.
16. How can you polytheists disbelieve and deny the messengers, the signs and the Appointed Day? Do you not know that We destroyed the unbelievers among previous nations? And Our law commands this.
20. Allah Almighty draws the attention of the deniers to the fact that He created them from a lowly weak liquid, which is the sperm that a man ejaculates into the womb of a woman.
21. Allah Almighty placed this sperm in the womb, which is a safe place in the body of a woman, where it can be created without being affected by any shocks.
22. This water remains in the womb for a set period of time until the creation of the child is complete and it is born a well-developed being. Grace be to Allah the best of creators.
23. We intended that you be created in the best image, We are the best determiners. Does He who bestowed upon you this creation not deserve to be thanked for all His great favours? How then do you meet your Lord’s gifts with disbelief and repudiation?
30. “March to the shadow of the smoke from the fire of Hell which branches into three divisions: one on their right, another on their left and one above their heads.” (That is, the smoke will surround them on all sides — a fire whose smoke and flames are like the walls and roof of a tent will hem them in.)
31. This shadow does not yield a shade, nor does it give protection against the heat of that day or push back the heat of the flames of Hell where they reside.
32. Out of this Fire which casts a shadow of smoke fly sparks in all directions, so splendid in their height and greatness that they outshine the most splendid of castles.
33. They are like the yellow camels in their colour and numerousness. (Ibn Abbas said that the meaning of “yellow camels” is as follows: they are the thick ropes of a ship.)
36. They are not allowed to apologize. They have no excuses, for the argument is established against them and the testimony is fulfilled against them for their evil deeds; they will be unable to speak.
38. This is the Day of ruling and judgement among all creatures. On this Day, Allah in His might gathers together all creatures, both the previous generations and the later ones.
39. If you, O unbelievers, have any means of pushing away punishment from yourselves and saving yourselves from the clutches of Allah Almighty, then attempt now to do so. You will not be able to do anything on that day.
41. Allah Almighty informs of the state of the pious good-deed doers on Judgement day. He says they will be in Gardens in a noble shade where there are springs of running water. They will enjoy what their Lord has bestowed upon them as a reward for their righteous deeds and their belief in their Lord and in the message He revealed to His messengers.
43. They will be told: “Eat of this fruit and drink from these springs. Seek shade in the shadows and enjoy the bliss you are in. For this is a reward to you from your Lord for your faith in your life on earth and for the righteous deeds you performed in it.”
44. Just as Allah Almighty recompensed those righteous people with gardens, springs and fruit, He will equally reward the charitable people for their faith in their Lord, their obedience and their kindness to Allah’s creatures.
46. Allah Almighty threatens those deniers: “Eat and enjoy yourselves in this temporary life for as long as you have to live, which is a short time in any case. You will then be driven to Hellfire because you are sinners.”
” أَمَرَ رَسُولُ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَقِيفاً بِالصَّلاَةِ فَقَالُوا: لا نَحْبُو – أَيْ لاَ نَرْكَعُ – فَإِنَّهَا سُبَّةٌ عَلَيْنَا. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: لاَ خَيْرَ فِي دِينٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ رُكُوعٌ وَلاَ سُجُودٌ ”
Surah Al-Mursalat: Verse 48
48. If those denying unbelievers are told: “Believe in Allah and worship Him, obey His command and beware of His punishment in the Hereafter; they are arrogant, and persist in their stubbornness and do not perform their prayers. (The Messenger of Allah commanded the tribe Thakeef to perform their prayers. They said: “We will not kneel or prostrate ourselves for it is degrading to us.” So he told them: “There is no good in a religion in which there is no kneeling or prostration.”
50. If they do not believe in these arguments, proofs and signs even though they are obvious and clear, in which message, then, will they believe?
Tafsir by Dr. Assaad Homad (1917–2011), Syrian scholar and jurist, author of Aysar al-Tafaseer, an accessible interpretation of the Quran reviewed by Sheikh Muhammad Mutwally Al-Shaarawi and certified by the Ministries of Awqaf in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. English translation by the Homad family. Read more about the author and this tafsir →
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