Chapter 79, 46 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
By the meteors rushing,
Waalnnashitati nashtan
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
By the lone stars floating,
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
By the angels hastening,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then press forward as in a race,
And those who govern the event,
Faalmudabbirati amran
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
And the second followeth it,
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
On that day hearts beat painfully
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
While eyes are downcast
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
Surely it will need but one shout,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
And lo! they will be awakened.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
And he showed him the tremendous token.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
But he denied and disobeyed,
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Then turned he away in haste,
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then gathered he and summoned
Fahashara fanada
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And after that He spread the earth,
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
And He made fast the hills,
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
A provision for you and for your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when the great disaster cometh,
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Then, as for him who rebelled
Faamma man tagha
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
And chose the life of the world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And had preferred the life of this world,
Lo! hell will be his home.
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
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
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Their abode will be the Garden.
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
Feema anta min thikraha
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
Thou art but a Warner for such as 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
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!