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 the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
والناشطات نشطا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And by those who float in space,
والسابحات سبحا
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
فالسابقات سبقا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then press forward as in a race,
Then those who regulate the affair.
فالمدبرات أمرا
Faalmudabbirati amran
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
يوم ترجف الراجفة
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
تتبعها الرادفة
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Their eyes cast down.
أبصارها خاشعة
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
What! when we are rotten bones?
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
But it shall be only a single cry,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
فإذا هم بالساهرة
Faitha hum bialssahirati
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
Behold, thy Lord did call 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 thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
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, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
So he showed him the mighty sign.
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Faarahu alayata alkubra
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Then he went back hastily.
ثم أدبر يسعى
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
فحشر فنادى
Fahashara fanada
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (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
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
رفع سمكها فسواها
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
And the mountains, He made them firm,
والجبال أرساها
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
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 shall remember (all) that he strove for,
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Then as for him who is inordinate,
فأما من طغى
Faamma man tagha
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
And prefers the life of this world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And had preferred the life of this world,
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
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
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Their abode will be the Garden.
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Feema anta min thikraha
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
To your Lord is the goal of it.
إلى ربك منتهاها
Ila rabbika muntahaha
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
Thou art but a Warner for such as 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
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!