Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Mursalat Verse 1

Mufti Taqi Usmani

(I swear) by those (winds) that are sent one after the other,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

By those ˹winds˺ sent forth successively,

Ruwwad Translation Center

By those [winds] sent forth in succession,

A. J. Arberry

By the loosed ones successively

Abdul Haleem

By the [winds] sent forth in swift succession,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

By the winds sent forth with beneficence.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

By the (Winds) sent forth one after another (to man's profit);

Abul Ala Maududi

By the (winds) sent forth in quick succession,

Ahmed Ali

I CALL TO WITNESS those who are sent consecutively,

Ahmed Raza Khan

By oath of those that are sent, one after the other. (The verses of the Holy Qur’an or the angels or the winds).

Ali Quli Qarai

By the [angelic] emissaries sent successively,

Ali Ünal

By the companies (of angels) sent one after another for some good results,

Amatul Rahman Omar

I call to witness those (messengers of Truth) who are sent forth to spread goodness (in continual series),

English Literal

And/by the messengers/sent/angles (F) , successively/sand dunes/elevated points .

Faridul Haque

By oath of those that are sent, one after the other. (The verses of the Holy Qur’an or the angels or the winds).

Hamid S. Aziz

I swear by (or call to witness) the emissary winds sent one after another for men´s benefit,

Hilali & Khan

By the winds (or angels or the Messengers of Allah) sent forth one after another.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

By those sent forth to spread goodness!

Mohammad Habib Shakir

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another

Muhammad Sarwar

By (the angels) sent forth with the commands of God,

Qaribullah & Darwish

By (the wind) those sent (as horses') mane (in succession),

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

By the Mursalat `Urfa.

Wahiduddin Khan

By the winds sent forth in swift succession,

Talal Itani

By those unleashed in succession.

Tafsir jalalayn

By those sent in succession (`urfan), that is, [by] the winds that follow [one another] in succession, like the mane (`urf) of a horse, one part [of hair] coming after the other (`urfan is in the accusative because it is a circumstantial qualifier);

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Allah's swearing by Different Creatures about the Occurrence of the Hereafter

Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Abu Hurayrah said,

وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا




By the Mursalat `Urfa.

"The angels"

From Masruq, Abu Ad-Duha, Mujahid in one narrations from him, As-Suddi and Ar-Rabi` bin Anas, statements similar to this have been reported.

It has been reported from Abu Salih that he said,

"These are the Messengers."

In another narration from him (Abu Salih) he said that it means the angels.

فَالْعَاصِفَاتِ عَصْفًا