Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the emissary winds, (sent) one after another
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Al-Mursalat · The Emissaries
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the raging hurricanes,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy those who winnow with a winnowing,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy those who bring down the Reminder,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTo excuse or to warn,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSurely that which ye are promised will befall.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo when the stars are put out,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the sky is riven asunder,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the mountains are blown away,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor what day is the time appointed?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor the Day of Decision.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDestroyed We not the former folk,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen caused the latter folk to follow after?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus deal We ever with the guilty.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDid We not create you from a base fluid
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhich We laid up in a safe abode
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor a known term?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave We not made the earth a receptacle
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBoth for the living and the dead,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDepart unto the shadow falling threefold,
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis is a day wherein they speak not,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNor are they suffered to put forth excuses.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIf now ye have any wit, outwit Me.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd fruits such as they desire.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus do We reward the good.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWoe unto the repudiators on that day!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn what statement, after this, will they believe?
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).
