Read the Quran
- By the winds sent forth in swift succession,
- and then storming on with a tempest’s force,
- and the rain-spreading winds,
- separating one from another,
- by those who bring down the reminder,
- to excuse some and warn others:
- that which you have been promised shall be fulfilled.
- When the stars lose their light,
- and when the sky is rent asunder,
- and when the mountains crumble into dust
- and when the messengers are brought together at the appointed time—
- for what Day has this been appointed?
- For the Day of Decision.
- What will explain to you what the Day of Judgement is?
- Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth.
- Did We not destroy the earlier peoples?
- We will now cause the later ones to follow them:
- thus do We deal with the culprits.
- Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth!
- Did We not create you from a humble fluid,
- then placed it in a secure repository [the womb],
- for an appointed term?
- Thus We have determined the stages of development and Our power to determine is excellent indeed.
- Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth!
- Have We not made the earth a receptacle,
- for the living and the dead?
- Have We not placed high mountains upon it and given you fresh water to drink?
- Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth!
- Proceed to that which you denied.
- Proceed to a shadow rising in three columns:
- affording neither shade, nor protection from the flames,
- and throwing up sparks as huge as towers
- and as bright as a herd of yellow camels.
- Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth!
- On that Day they will be speechless,
- nor shall they be permitted to offer excuses.
- Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth!
- This is the Day of Judgement. We have assembled you all together with past generations.
- If now you have any strategy, use it against Me.
- Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth!
- The righteous shall dwell amidst cool shades and fountains,
- and shall have fruits such as they desire;
- [They will be told], ‘Eat and drink with relish in return for what you did [in life]:
- this is how We reward those who do good.’
- [But] woe on that Day to those who reject the truth!
- Eat [your fill] and enjoy your life for a little while, O you who are lost in sin.
- Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth!
- When they are bidden to bow down, they do not bow down.
- Woe on that Day to those who reject the truth!
- In which word then, after this, will they believe?
77:1-7
Vapour rises from the surface of the sea. This rises in the atmosphere and forms clouds. The winds take these clouds from one place to another. Leaving some places dry, they shower rain at other places, causing freshness and the growth of greenery. This shows that the system of this world is based on the principle of differentiating between one thing or person. The manifestation of this principle is only partially evident in the present world, but in the Hereafter it will take a perfect shape.
This nature of the winds is a sort of reminder for man. Their being a mercy to some and bringing harm to others is to remind us of the fact that, as there are these two different types of persons in the present world, God’s verdict in respect of these two types of persons will also appear in two different shapes in the next world.
77:8-19
When Doomsday comes, the present system of the world will be thrown into disarray. Those who consider themselves strong in the present world—and on that basis ignore the call for Truth, will find that there is nobody weaker than they.
77:20-28
The system of the present world has been so formulated that one who ponders over it sees the Hereafter in its mirror. So, there is no criminal worse than one who denies the Truth in spite of the above-mentioned scenario.
77:29-40
When a man is confronted with the horrors of the Hereafter, he will find himself helpless. At that time, those who were wont to speak as if their vocabulary was inexhaustible, will be rendered speechless.
77:41-50
God’s bounties exist in the present world for the purpose of putting human beings to the test and only for a limited period of time. God’s bounties will appear in the Hereafter in an ideal form and will be eternal. Today, everybody shares those bounties. But the bounties of the Hereafter will be shared only by those who were obedient when they had freedom, who bowed down when they were not compelled to do so. Those who accept the Truth purely on the strength of arguments, and as a matter of faith, deserve Paradise, while those who submit to the divine will only after experiencing the wrath of God will be cast into Hell.
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