Chapter 79, 46 verses
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
والناشطات نشطا
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
And by those who float in space,
والسابحات سبحا
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
فالسابقات سبقا
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
Then those who regulate the affair.
فالمدبرات أمرا
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
يوم ترجف الراجفة
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
تتبعها الرادفة
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Their eyes cast down.
أبصارها خاشعة
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
What! when we are rotten bones?
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
But it shall be only a single cry,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
فإذا هم بالساهرة
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
So he showed him the mighty sign.
فأراه الآية الكبرى
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Then he went back hastily.
ثم أدبر يسعى
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
فحشر فنادى
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
رفع سمكها فسواها
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
And the mountains, He made them firm,
والجبال أرساها
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Then as for him who is inordinate,
فأما من طغى
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
And prefers the life of this world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
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
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
About what! You are one to remind of it.
فيم أنت من ذكراها
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
To your Lord is the goal of it.
إلى ربك منتهاها
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
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
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا