Chapter 79, 46 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence.
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
والناشطات نشطا
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
والسابحات سبحا
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
فالسابقات سبقا
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
فالمدبرات أمرا
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
يوم ترجف الراجفة
On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
تتبعها الرادفة
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
أبصارها خاشعة
Their eyes will be downcast.
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
فإذا هم بالساهرة
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
فكذب وعصى
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
ثم أدبر يسعى
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
فحشر فنادى
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
رفع سمكها فسواها
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And after that He spread the earth,
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
فأما من طغى
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
فيم أنت من ذكراها
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
إلى ربك منتهاها
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا