In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
Chapter 79, 46 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By the meteors rushing,
Waalnnashitati nashtan
والناشطات نشطا
By the lone stars floating,
Waalssabihati sabhan
والسابحات سبحا
By the angels hastening,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
فالسابقات سبقا
And those who govern the event,
Faalmudabbirati amran
فالمدبرات أمرا
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
يوم ترجف الراجفة
And the second followeth it,
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
تتبعها الرادفة
On that day hearts beat painfully
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
While eyes are downcast
Absaruha khashiAAatun
أبصارها خاشعة
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
Surely it will need but one shout,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
And lo! they will be awakened.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
فإذا هم بالساهرة
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
هل أتاك حديث موسى
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
And he showed him the tremendous token.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
فأراه الآية الكبرى
But he denied and disobeyed,
Fakaththaba waAAasa
فكذب وعصى
Then turned he away in haste,
Thumma adbara yasAAa
ثم أدبر يسعى
Then gathered he and summoned
Fahashara fanada
فحشر فنادى
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
رفع سمكها فسواها
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
And after that He spread the earth,
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
And He made fast the hills,
Waaljibala arsaha
والجبال أرساها
A provision for you and for your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
But when the great disaster cometh,
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
Then, as for him who rebelled
Faamma man tagha
فأما من طغى
And chose the life of the world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
Lo! hell will be his home.
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
Feema anta min thikraha
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
إلى ربك منتهاها
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها