Chapter 79, 46 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
বিসমিল্লাহির রাহমা-নির রাহি-ম অন্না-যি'আ-তি র্গাক্বঁও।
By those [angels] who extract with violence
By the meteors rushing,
অন্না-শিত্বোয়া-তি নাশ্ত্বোয়াঁও।
And [by] those who remove with ease
By the lone stars floating,
অস্সা-বিহা-তি সাব্হান্।
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
By the angels hastening,
ফাস্সা-বিক্ব-তি সাব্ক্বান্।
And those who race each other in a race
And those who govern the event,
ফাল্মুদাব্বির-তি আম্র-।
And those who arrange [each] matter,
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
ইয়াওমা র্তাজুর্ফু র-জ্বিফাতু
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
And the second followeth it,
তাত্বা'ঊর্হা র-দিফাতু
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
On that day hearts beat painfully
কুলূবুঁই ইয়াও মায়িযিঁও ওয়া- জ্বিফাতুন্।
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
While eyes are downcast
আব্ছোয়া-রুহা-খ-শি'আহ্।
Their eyes humbled.
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
ইয়াকুলূনা আইন্না- লার্মাদূদূনা ফিল্ হা-ফিরহ্।
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
আইযা-কুন্না-ই'জোয়া-মান্ নাখিরহ্।
Even if we should be decayed bones?
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
ক্ব-লূ তিল্কা ইযান্ র্কারতুন্ খ-সিরহ্।
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Surely it will need but one shout,
ফাইন্নামা-হিয়া যাজরতুঁও ওয়া-হিদাতুন্।
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
And lo! they will be awakened.
ফা ইযা-হুম্ বিস্সা-হিরহ্।
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
হাল্ আতা-কা হাদীছু মূসা-
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
ইয্ না-দা-হু রব্বুহু বিল্ওয়া-দিল্ মুক্বাদ্দাসি তুওয়া-।
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
ইয্হাব্ ইলা- ফির 'আঊনা ইন্নাহূ ত্বগা-।
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
ফাকুল্ হাল্ লাকা ইলা য় আন্ তাযাক্কা-।
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
অআহ্দিয়াকা ইলা-রব্বিকা ফাতাখ্শা-।
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
And he showed him the tremendous token.
ফাআর-হুল্ আ-ইয়াতাল্ কুব্র-।
And he showed him the greatest sign,
But he denied and disobeyed,
ফাকায্যাবা অ'আছোয়া-।
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Then turned he away in haste,
ছুম্মা আদ্বার ইয়াস্'আ-।
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then gathered he and summoned
ফাহাশার ফানা-দা-।
And he gathered [his people] and called out
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
ফাক্ব-লা আনা রব্বুকুমুল্ আ'লা-।
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.
ফাআখাযাহুল্লা-হু নাকা-লাল্ আ-খিরতি অল্ ঊলা-।
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
ইন্না ফী যা-লিকা লা-'ইব্রতাল্ লিমাইঁ ইয়াখ্শা-।
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
আআন্তুম্ আশাদ্দু খল্ক্বন্ আমিস্ সামা-য়্ বানা-হা-।
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
রফা'আ সাম্কাহা-ফাসাওয়্যা-হা-।
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
অআগ্ত্বোয়াশা লাইলাহা-অআখ্রজ্বা দুহা-হা-।
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
And after that He spread the earth,
অল্ র্আদ্বোয়া বা'দা যা-লিকা দাহা-হা।
And after that He spread the earth.
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
আখ্রজা মিন্হা-মা-য়াহা-অর্মা'আ-হা-।
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
And He made fast the hills,
অল্জ্বিবা-লা র্আসা-হা-।
And the mountains He set firmly
A provision for you and for your cattle.
মাতা'আল্লাকুম্ অলিআন্'আ-মিকুম্।
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
But when the great disaster cometh,
ফাইযা-জ্বা-য়াতিত্ ত্বোয়া-ম্মাতুল্ কুব্র-।
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
ইয়াওমা ইয়াতাযাক্কারুল্ ইন্সা-নু মা-সা'আ-।
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
অর্বুরিযাতিল্ জ্বাহীমু লিমাইঁ ইয়ার-।
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Then, as for him who rebelled
ফাআম্মা-মান্ ত্বোয়াগ-।
So as for he who transgressed
And chose the life of the world,
অআ-ছারল্ হা-ইয়া-তাদ্ দুন্ইয়া-।
And preferred the life of the world,
Lo! hell will be his home.
ফাইন্নাল্ জ্বাহীমা হিয়াল্ মা”ওয়া-।
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
অআম্মা-মান্ খ-ফা মাক্ব-মা রব্বিহী অনাহান্ নাফ্সা 'আনিল্ হাওয়া-।
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.
ফাইন্নাল্ জ্বান্নাতা হিয়াল্ মাওয়া-।
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
ইয়াস্য়ালূনাকা 'আনিস্ সা- 'আতি আইয়্যা-না র্মুসা-হা-
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
ফীমা আন্তা মিন্ যিক্র-হা-।
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
ইলা-রব্বিকা মুন্তাহা-হা-।
To your Lord is its finality.
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
ইন্নামা য় আন্তা মুন্যিরু মাইঁ ইয়াখ্শা-হা-।
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.
কায়ান্নাহুম ইয়াওমা ইয়ারওনাহা-লাম্ ইয়াল্বাছূ য় ইল্লা 'আশিইয়াতান্ আও দুহা-হা-।
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.