Surah Al-Mursalat

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Surah Al-Mursalat is the 77th chapter of the Qur’an, a Meccan surah that emphatically warns of the Day of Judgment and affirms the certainty of divine justice.

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Surah Al-Mursalat canonical 8
سورة المرسلات 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Meccan surah ⓘ
Quranic surah ⓘ
addressesTopic certainty of the Hereafter ⓘ
fate of earlier denying nations ⓘ
punishment of the wicked ⓘ
resurrection ⓘ
reward of the righteous ⓘ
signs of God in creation ⓘ
aimsTo affirm certainty of accountability ⓘ
encourage moral responsibility ⓘ
arabicTitle Surah Al-Mursalat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: سورة المرسلات
canonicalStatus part of the standard 114 surahs of the Qur’an ⓘ
categoryInTafsir Makki surah dealing with eschatology ⓘ
chapterNumber 77 ⓘ
closingEmphasis greatness of the Qur’an and its message ⓘ
contains contrasts between the fate of believers and disbelievers ⓘ
vivid descriptions of the Day of Judgment ⓘ
emphasizes inevitability of divine judgment ⓘ
truthfulness of revelation ⓘ
englishTitle The Emissaries ⓘ
The Emissaries ⓘ
surface form: Those Sent Forth
followedBy Surah An-Naba ⓘ
juz 29 ⓘ
linguisticFeature begins with a series of oaths ⓘ
strong rhythmic and emphatic style ⓘ
mentions creation of humans from a humble fluid ⓘ
extinguishing of the stars ⓘ
gathering of former and later peoples ⓘ
opening of the sky ⓘ
revival of the dead ⓘ
name Al-Mursalat ⓘ
openingVerse وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا ⓘ
partOf Quran ⓘ
surface form: Qur’an
placeOfRevelation Mecca ⓘ
positionInMushaf towards the end of the Qur’an ⓘ
precededBy Surah Al-Insan ⓘ
primaryTheme affirmation of divine justice ⓘ
warning about the Day of Judgment ⓘ
recurrentPhrase وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ⓘ
recurrentPhraseTranslation Woe that Day to the deniers ⓘ
revealedInLanguage Arabic ⓘ
style short, powerful verses ⓘ
subjectCategory eschatology ⓘ
verseCount 50 ⓘ
warns those who deny the Hereafter ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quran → hasPart → Surah Al-Mursalat ⓘ
Surah Al-Insan → precedesSurah → Surah Al-Mursalat ⓘ
Surah Al-Mursalat → arabicTitle → Surah Al-Mursalat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: سورة المرسلات
Surah An-Naba → precededBy → Surah Al-Mursalat ⓘ
The Emissaries → hasTransliteratedName → Surah Al-Mursalat ⓘ
An-Naba → precededBy → Surah Al-Mursalat ⓘ
The Tidings → followsSurah → Surah Al-Mursalat ⓘ
The Great News → follows → Surah Al-Mursalat ⓘ
Al-Mufassal surahs → includes → Surah Al-Mursalat ⓘ