Chapter 79, 46 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By those [angels] who extract with violence
By the meteors rushing,
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And [by] those who remove with ease
By the lone stars floating,
Waalssabihati sabhan
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
By the angels hastening,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who race each other in a race
And those who govern the event,
Faalmudabbirati amran
And those who arrange [each] matter,
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
And the second followeth it,
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
On that day hearts beat painfully
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
While eyes are downcast
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes humbled.
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
Even if we should be decayed bones?
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Surely it will need but one shout,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
And lo! they will be awakened.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
And he showed him the tremendous token.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
And he showed him the greatest sign,
But he denied and disobeyed,
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Then turned he away in haste,
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then gathered he and summoned
Fahashara fanada
And he gathered [his people] and called out
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
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.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
And after that He spread the earth,
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And after that He spread the earth.
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
And He made fast the hills,
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains He set firmly
A provision for you and for your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
But when the great disaster cometh,
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Then, as for him who rebelled
Faamma man tagha
So as for he who transgressed
And chose the life of the world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And preferred the life of the world,
Lo! hell will be his home.
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
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
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.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
Feema anta min thikraha
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord is its finality.
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
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.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
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.