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,
By those [angels] who extract with violence
By the meteors rushing,
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
And [by] those who remove with ease
By the lone stars floating,
And by those who float in space,
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
By the angels hastening,
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
And those who race each other in a race
And those who govern the event,
Then those who regulate the affair.
And those who arrange [each] matter,
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
And the second followeth it,
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
On that day hearts beat painfully
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
While eyes are downcast
Their eyes cast down.
Their eyes humbled.
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
What! when we are rotten bones?
Even if we should be decayed bones?
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Surely it will need but one shout,
But it shall be only a single cry,
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
And lo! they will be awakened.
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
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.
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
And he showed him the tremendous token.
So he showed him the mighty sign.
And he showed him the greatest sign,
But he denied and disobeyed,
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Then turned he away in haste,
Then he went back hastily.
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then gathered he and summoned
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
And he gathered [his people] and called out
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
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.
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
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.
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
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.
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
And after that He spread the earth,
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
And after that He spread the earth.
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
And He made fast the hills,
And the mountains, He made them firm,
And the mountains He set firmly
A provision for you and for your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
But when the great disaster cometh,
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Then, as for him who rebelled
Then as for him who is inordinate,
So as for he who transgressed
And chose the life of the world,
And prefers the life of this world,
And preferred the life of the world,
Lo! hell will be his home.
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
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,
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
To your Lord is the goal of it.
To your Lord is its finality.
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
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.
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.