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,
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
By the meteors rushing,
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
By the lone stars floating,
And by those who float in space,
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
By the angels hastening,
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
And those who govern the event,
Then those who regulate the affair.
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
And the second followeth it,
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
On that day hearts beat painfully
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
While eyes are downcast
Their eyes cast down.
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
What! when we are rotten bones?
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
Surely it will need but one shout,
But it shall be only a single cry,
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
And lo! they will be awakened.
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
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.
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And he showed him the tremendous token.
So he showed him the mighty sign.
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But he denied and disobeyed,
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Then turned he away in haste,
Then he went back hastily.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then gathered he and summoned
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
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.
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
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.
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
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.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And after that He spread the earth,
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
And He made fast the hills,
And the mountains, He made them firm,
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
A provision for you and for your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when the great disaster cometh,
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Then, as for him who rebelled
Then as for him who is inordinate,
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
And chose the life of the world,
And prefers the life of this world,
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Lo! hell will be his home.
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
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,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
To your Lord is the goal of it.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
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.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا