Chapter 79, 46 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
By those [angels] who extract with violence
By the meteors rushing,
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And [by] those who remove with ease
By the lone stars floating,
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
By the angels hastening,
Then press forward as in a race,
And those who race each other in a race
And those who govern the event,
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
And those who arrange [each] matter,
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
And the second followeth it,
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
On that day hearts beat painfully
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
While eyes are downcast
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Their eyes humbled.
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Even if we should be decayed bones?
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Surely it will need but one shout,
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
And lo! they will be awakened.
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
And he showed him the tremendous token.
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
And he showed him the greatest sign,
But he denied and disobeyed,
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Then turned he away in haste,
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then gathered he and summoned
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
And he gathered [his people] and called out
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
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.
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
And after that He spread the earth,
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
And after that He spread the earth.
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
And He made fast the hills,
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
And the mountains He set firmly
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
But when the great disaster cometh,
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Then, as for him who rebelled
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
So as for he who transgressed
And chose the life of the world,
And had preferred the life of this world,
And preferred the life of the world,
Lo! hell will be his home.
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
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.
Their abode will be the Garden.
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
To your Lord is its finality.
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
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.
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
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.