Chapter 79, 46 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By the meteors rushing,
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
By the lone stars floating,
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
Waalssabihati sabhan
By the angels hastening,
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who govern the event,
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
Faalmudabbirati amran
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
And the second followeth it,
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
On that day hearts beat painfully
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
While eyes are downcast
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
Absaruha khashiAAatun
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
Surely it will need but one shout,
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
And lo! they will be awakened.
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
Faitha hum bialssahirati
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And he showed him the tremendous token.
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Faarahu alayata alkubra
But he denied and disobeyed,
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Fakaththaba waAAasa
Then turned he away in haste,
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then gathered he and summoned
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Fahashara fanada
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And after that He spread the earth,
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And He made fast the hills,
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
Waaljibala arsaha
A provision for you and for your cattle.
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when the great disaster cometh,
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
Then, as for him who rebelled
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Faamma man tagha
And chose the life of the world,
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Waathara alhayata alddunya
Lo! hell will be his home.
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
Feema anta min thikraha
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
Ila rabbika muntahaha
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha