Al-Mursalaat 77:1 – 77:27

By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

By those sent in a series

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

By the train of THE SENT ones

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

By the angels which are sent by God, following one another in a continual series; and those which move swiftly

George Sale · published 1734

By the raging hurricanes

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And by those who speed swiftly

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And the swift in their swiftness

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

with a rapid motion

George Sale · published 1734

By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And by the dispensers abroad

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

By the scatterers who scatter

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and by those which disperse his commands, by divulging them through the earth

George Sale · published 1734

By those who winnow with a winnowing

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And by the separators apart

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And the distinguishers who distinguish

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and by those which separate truth from falsehood, by distinguishing the same

George Sale · published 1734

By those who bring down the Reminder

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And by those who instil the reminder

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And by those that give forth the word

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and by those which communicate the divine admonitions

George Sale · published 1734

To excuse or to warn

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

as an excuse or warning

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

To excuse or warn

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

to excuse, or to threaten

George Sale · published 1734

Surely that which ye are promised will befall

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, what ye are threatened with shall surely happen

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Verily that which ye are promised is imminent

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily that which ye are promised is inevitable

George Sale · published 1734

So when the stars are put out

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And when the stars shall be erased

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

When the stars, therefore, shall be blotted out

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

When the stars, therefore, shall be put out

George Sale · published 1734

And when the sky is riven asunder

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And when the heaven shall be cleft

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And when the heaven shall be cleft

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and when the heaven shall be cloven in sunder

George Sale · published 1734

And when the mountains are blown away

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And when the mountains shall be winnowed

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And when the mountains shall be scattered in dust

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and when the mountains shall be winnowed

George Sale · published 1734

And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And when the apostles shall have a time appointed for them

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And when the Apostles shall have a time assigned them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and when the apostles shall have a time assigned them to appear and bear testimony against their respective people

George Sale · published 1734

For what day is the time appointed

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

For what day is the appointment made

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Until what day shall that time be deferred

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

to what a day shall that appointment be deferred

George Sale · published 1734

For the Day of Decision

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

For the day of decision

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

To the day of severing

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

To the day of separation

George Sale · published 1734

And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and what shall make thee know what the decision is

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And who shall teach thee what the day of severing is

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And what shall cause thee to understand what the day of separation is

George Sale · published 1734

Woe unto the repudiators on that day

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Woe on that day for those who say it is a lie

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

On that day, woe be unto them who accused the prophets of imposture

George Sale · published 1734

Destroyed We not the former folk

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Have we not destroyed those of yore

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Have we not destroyed them of old

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Have We not destroyed the obstinate unbelievers of old

George Sale · published 1734

Then caused the latter folk to follow after

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and then followed them up with those of the latter day

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

We will next cause those of later times to follow them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

We will also cause those of the latter times to follow them

George Sale · published 1734

Thus deal We ever with the guilty

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Thus do we with the sinners

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Thus deal we with the evil doers

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Thus do We deal with the wicked

George Sale · published 1734

Woe unto the repudiators on that day

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Woe on that day for those who say it is a lie

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Woe be, on that day, unto them who accused the prophets of imposture

George Sale · published 1734

Did We not create you from a base fluid

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Did we not create you from contemptible water

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Have we not created you of a sorry germ

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Have We not created you of a contemptible drop of seed

George Sale · published 1734

Which We laid up in a safe abode

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and place it in a sure depository

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Which we laid up in a secure place

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

which We placed in a sure repository

George Sale · published 1734

For a known term

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

unto a certain decreed term

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Till the term decreed for birth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

until the fixed term of delivery

George Sale · published 1734

Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

for we are able and well able too

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Such is our power! and, how powerful are We

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And We were able to do this: For We are most powerful

George Sale · published 1734

Woe unto the repudiators on that day

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Woe on that day for those who say it is a lie

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

On that day, woe be unto those who accused the prophets of imposture

George Sale · published 1734

Have We not made the earth a receptacle

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Have we not made for them the earth

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Have we not made the earth to hold

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Have We not made the earth to contain

George Sale · published 1734

Both for the living and the dead

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

to hold the living and the dead

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The living and the dead

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

the living and the dead

George Sale · published 1734

And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and set thereon firm mountains reared aloft? and given you to drink water in streams

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And placed on it the tall firm mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and placed therein stable and lofty mountains, and given you fresh water to drink

George Sale · published 1734