P: (And it will be said unto them): Lo! this is a reward for you. Your endeavour (upon earth) hath found acceptance.
S: Surely this is a reward for you, and your striving shall be recompensed.
076.023 Y: It is We Who have sent down the Qur"an to thee by stages.
P: Lo! We, even We, have revealed unto thee the Qur"an, a revelation;
S: Surely We Ourselves have revealed the Quran to you revealing (it) in portions.
076.024 Y: Therefore be patient with constancy to the Command of thy Lord, and hearken not to the sinner or the ingrate among them.
P: So submit patiently to thy Lord"s command, and obey not of them any guilty one or disbeliever.
S: Therefore wait patiently for the command of your Lord, and obey not from among them a sinner or an ungrateful one.
076.025 Y: And celebrate the name or thy Lord morning and evening,
P: Remember the name of thy Lord at morn and evening.
S: And glorify the name of your Lord morning and evening.
076.026 Y: And part of the night, prostrate thyself to Him; and glorify Him a long night through.
P: And worship Him (a portion) of the night. And glorify Him through the livelong night.
S: And during part of the night adore Him, and give glory to Him (a) long (part of the) night.
076.027 Y: As to these, they love the fleeting life, and put away behind them a Day (that will be) hard.
P: Lo! these love fleeting life, and put behind them (the remembrance of) a grievous day.
S: Surely these love the transitory and neglect a grievous day before them.
076.028 Y: It is We Who created them, and We have made their joints strong; but, when We will, We can subst.i.tute the like of them by a complete change.
P: We, even We, created them, and strengthened their frame. And when We will, We can replace them, bringing others like them in their stead.
S: We created them and made firm their make, and when We please We will bring in their place the likes of them by a change.
076.029 Y: This is an admonition: Whosoever will, let him take a (straight) Path to his Lord.
P: Lo! this is an Admonishment, that whosoever will may choose a way unto his Lord.
S: Surely this is a reminder, so whoever pleases takes to his Lord a way.
076.030 Y: But ye will not, except as Allah wills; for Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom.
P: Yet ye will not, unless Allah willeth. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.
S: And you do not please except that Allah please, surely Allah is Knowing, Wise;
076.031 Y: He will admit to His Mercy whom He will; But the wrong-doers,- for them has He prepared a grievous Penalty.
P: He maketh whom He will to enter His mercy, and for evil-doers hath prepared a painful doom.
S: He makes whom He pleases to enter into His mercy; and (as for) the unjust, He has prepared for them a painful chastis.e.m.e.nt.
Chapter 77:
AL-MURSALAT (THE EMISSARIES, WINDS SENT FORTH) Total Verses: 50 Revealed At: MAKKA
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
077.001 Y: By the (Winds) sent forth one after another (to man"s profit);
P: By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another
S: I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men"s benefit),
077.002 Y: Which then blow violently in tempestuous Gusts,
P: By the raging hurricanes,
S: By the raging hurricanes,
077.003 Y: And scatter (things) far and wide;
P: By those which cause earth"s vegetation to revive;
S: Which scatter clouds to their destined places,
077.004 Y: Then separate them, one from another,
P: By those who winnow with a winnowing,
S: Then separate them one from another,
077.005 Y: Then spread abroad a Message,
P: By those who bring down the Reminder,
S: Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,