Chapter 79, 46 verses
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By those [angels] who extract with violence
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
والناشطات نشطا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And [by] those who remove with ease
And by those who float in space,
والسابحات سبحا
Waalssabihati sabhan
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
فالسابقات سبقا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who race each other in a race
Then those who regulate the affair.
فالمدبرات أمرا
Faalmudabbirati amran
And those who arrange [each] matter,
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
يوم ترجف الراجفة
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
تتبعها الرادفة
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Their eyes cast down.
أبصارها خاشعة
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes humbled.
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
What! when we are rotten bones?
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
Even if we should be decayed bones?
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
But it shall be only a single cry,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
فإذا هم بالساهرة
Faitha hum bialssahirati
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
So he showed him the mighty sign.
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Faarahu alayata alkubra
And he showed him the greatest sign,
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Then he went back hastily.
ثم أدبر يسعى
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
فحشر فنادى
Fahashara fanada
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
رفع سمكها فسواها
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And after that He spread the earth.
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
And the mountains, He made them firm,
والجبال أرساها
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains He set firmly
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Then as for him who is inordinate,
فأما من طغى
Faamma man tagha
So as for he who transgressed
And prefers the life of this world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And preferred the life of the world,
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Feema anta min thikraha
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
To your Lord is the goal of it.
إلى ربك منتهاها
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord is its finality.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
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.