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