SURAH AL-MURSALAAT (THE EMISSARIES)

This is a ‘Makki’ surah and it has 50 verses. The Holy Prophet (S) has said that the one who recites this surah will not be counted from the Mushrikeen (polytheists). He will always be victorious over his enemy.

It is narrated from Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) that drinking this surah after it is written, and then dissolved in water that is mixed with the water from an onion, acts as a cure from aches and pains. Keeping this surah, written on deerskin, as a taweez, enables one to reduce the amount of time he sleeps and he will be able to stay awake for a longer time.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

وَالْمُرْسَلٰتِ عُرْفًا ۙ‏(1)

(1) I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit),

فَالْعٰصِفٰتِ عَصْفًا ۙ‏(2)

(2) By the raging hurricanes,

وَّالنّٰشِرٰتِ نَشْرًا ۙ‏(3)

(3) Which scatter clouds to their destined places,

فَالْفٰرِقٰتِ فَرْقًا ۙ‏(4)

(4) Then separate them one from another,

فَالْمُلْقِيٰتِ ذِكْرًا ۙ‏(5)

(5) Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,

عُذْرًا اَوْ نُذْرًا ۙ‏(6)

(6) To clear or to warn.

اِنَّمَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ لَوَاقِعٌ ؕ‏(7)

(7) Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.

فَاِذَا النُّجُوْمُ طُمِسَتْۙ‏(8)

(8) So when the stars are made to lose their light,

وَ اِذَا السَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْۙ‏(9)

(9) And when the heaven is rent asunder,

وَاِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْۙ‏(10)

(10) And when the mountains are carried away as dust,

وَاِذَا الرُّسُلُ اُقِّتَتْؕ‏(11)

(11) And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time

لِاَىِّ يَوْمٍ اُجِّلَتْؕ‏(12)

(12) To what day is the doom fixed?

لِيَوْمِ الْفَصْلِ‌ۚ‏(13)

(13) To the day of decision.

وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰٮكَ مَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِؕ‏(14)

(14) And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ‏(15)

(15) Woe on that day to the rejecters.

اَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْاَوَّلِيْنَؕ‏(16)

(16) Did We not destroy the former generations?

ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْاٰخِرِيْنَ‏(17)

(17) Then did We follow them up with later ones.

كَذٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِيْنَ‏(18)

(18) Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ‏(19)

(19) Woe on that day to the rejecters.

اَلَمْ نَخْلُقْكُّمْ مِّنْ مَّآءٍ مَّهِيْنٍۙ‏(20)

(20) Did We not create you from contemptible water?

فَجَعَلْنٰهُ فِىْ قَرَارٍ مَّكِيْنٍۙ‏(21)

(21) Then We placed it in a secure resting-place,

اِلٰى قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍۙ‏(22)

(22) Till an appointed term,

فَقَدَرْنَاۖ فَنِعْمَ الْقٰدِرُوْنَ‏(23)

(23) So We proportion it-- how well are We at proportioning (things).

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ‏(24)

(24) Woe on that day to the rejecters.

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْاَرْضَ كِفَاتًا ۙ‏(25)

(25) Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,

اَحْيَآءً وَّاَمْوَاتًا ۙ‏(26)

(26) The living and the dead,

وَّجَعَلْنَا فِيْهَا رَوَاسِىَ شٰمِخٰتٍ وَّ اَسْقَيْنٰكُمْ مَّآءً فُرَاتًا ؕ‏(27)

(27) And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water?

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ‏(28)

(28) Woe on that day to the rejecters.

اِنْطَلِقُوْۤا اِلٰى مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ‌ۚ‏(29)

(29) Walk on to that which you called a lie.

اِنْطَلِقُوْۤا اِلٰى ظِلٍّ ذِىْ ثَلٰثِ شُعَبٍۙ‏(30)

(30) Walk on to the covering having three branches,

لَّا ظَلِيْلٍ وَّلَا يُغْنِىْ مِنَ اللَّهَبِؕ‏(31)

(31) Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.

اِنَّهَا تَرْمِىْ بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ‌ۚ‏(32)

(32) Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,

كَاَنَّهٗ جِمٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ ؕ‏(33)

(33) As if they were tawny camels.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ‏(34)

(34) Woe on that day to the rejecters.

هٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنْطِقُوْنَۙ‏(35)

(35) This is the day on which they shall not speak,

وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُوْنَ‏(36)

(36) And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ‏(37)

(37) Woe on that day to the rejecters.

هٰذَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ‌ۚ جَمَعْنٰكُمْ وَالْاَوَّلِيْنَ‏(38)

(38) This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.

فَاِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيْدُوْنِ‏(39)

(39) So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ‏(40)

(40) Woe on that day to the rejecters.

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِىْ ظِلٰلٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۙ‏(41)

(41) Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains,

وَّفَوَاكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُوْنَؕ‏(42)

(42) And fruits such as they desire.

كُلُوْا وَاشْرَبُوْا هَنِيْٓئًا ۢ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ‏(43)

(43) Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.

اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ‏(44)

(44) Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ‏(45)

(45) Woe on that day to the rejecters.

كُلُوْا وَتَمَتَّعُوْا قَلِيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ مُّجْرِمُوْنَ‏(46)

(46) Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ‏(47)

(47) Woe on that day to the rejecters.

وَاِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوْا لَا يَرْكَعُوْنَ‏(48)

(48) And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.

وَيْلٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ‏(49)

(49) Woe on that day to the rejecters.

فَبِاَىِّ حَدِيْثٍۢ بَعْدَهٗ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ‏(50)

(50) In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?