Surah Al-Mursalat
Paper-cut picture from Surah Al-Mursalat: mountains dissolving into drifting dust under a dim violet sky where the stars are fading out, quiet empty land
Al-Mursalat 77:8–15

The Day of Decision

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ ٨ وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ ٩ وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ ١٠ وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ ١١ لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ ١٢ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ ١٣ وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ١٤ وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٥

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The meaning, simply

When the stars lose their light, the sky splits open, the mountains are blown away as dust, and the messengers' appointed time comes. For which day was it set? For the Day of Decision between all creation. And what will make you know what the Day of Decision is? Woe that Day to the deniers: ruin and punishment for them.

Meaning from Tafsir Al-Muyassar, simplified for children. Reviewed by Sherif Alkady, 17 October 2026.

Words to understand
طُمِسَتْ
are put out
فُرِجَتْ
is split open
نُسِفَتْ
are blown away
أُقِّتَتْ
are given their time
أُجِّلَتْ
delayed
ٱلْفَصْلِ
judgement
وَيْلٌۭ
woe
Think with me

The verse «Woe that Day to the deniers» repeats in this surah. Count: how many times?

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