Chapter 79, 46 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By the meteors rushing,
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
Waalnnashitati nashtan
By the lone stars floating,
And by those who float in space,
Waalssabihati sabhan
By the angels hastening,
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who govern the event,
Then those who regulate the affair.
Faalmudabbirati amran
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
And the second followeth it,
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
On that day hearts beat painfully
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
While eyes are downcast
Their eyes cast down.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
What! when we are rotten bones?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
Surely it will need but one shout,
But it shall be only a single cry,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
And lo! they will be awakened.
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And he showed him the tremendous token.
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
But he denied and disobeyed,
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
Then turned he away in haste,
Then he went back hastily.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then gathered he and summoned
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Fahashara fanada
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And after that He spread the earth,
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And He made fast the hills,
And the mountains, He made them firm,
Waaljibala arsaha
A provision for you and for your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when the great disaster cometh,
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
Then, as for him who rebelled
Then as for him who is inordinate,
Faamma man tagha
And chose the life of the world,
And prefers the life of this world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
Lo! hell will be his home.
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Feema anta min thikraha
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
You are only a warner to him who would 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.
On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha