In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
Chapter 79, 46 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By the meteors rushing,
والناشطات نشطا
And [by] those who remove with ease
Waalnnashitati nashtan
By the lone stars floating,
والسابحات سبحا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Waalssabihati sabhan
By the angels hastening,
فالسابقات سبقا
And those who race each other in a race
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who govern the event,
فالمدبرات أمرا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
Faalmudabbirati amran
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
يوم ترجف الراجفة
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
And the second followeth it,
تتبعها الرادفة
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
On that day hearts beat painfully
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
While eyes are downcast
أبصارها خاشعة
Their eyes humbled.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
Surely it will need but one shout,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
And lo! they will be awakened.
فإذا هم بالساهرة
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And he showed him the tremendous token.
فأراه الآية الكبرى
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Faarahu alayata alkubra
But he denied and disobeyed,
فكذب وعصى
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
Then turned he away in haste,
ثم أدبر يسعى
Then he turned his back, striving.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then gathered he and summoned
فحشر فنادى
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Fahashara fanada
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
رفع سمكها فسواها
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And after that He spread the earth,
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And after that He spread the earth.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And He made fast the hills,
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains He set firmly
Waaljibala arsaha
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when the great disaster cometh,
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
Then, as for him who rebelled
فأما من طغى
So as for he who transgressed
Faamma man tagha
And chose the life of the world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And preferred the life of the world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
Lo! hell will be his home.
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
فيم أنت من ذكراها
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Feema anta min thikraha
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
إلى ربك منتهاها
To your Lord is its finality.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha