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