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