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;
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);
And by those who float in space,
والسابحات سبحا
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
فالسابقات سبقا
Then press forward as in a race,
Then those who regulate the affair.
فالمدبرات أمرا
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
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,
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
تتبعها الرادفة
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Their eyes cast down.
أبصارها خاشعة
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
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?
What! when we are rotten bones?
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
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!"
But it shall be only a single cry,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
فإذا هم بالساهرة
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
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
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: -
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"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
"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
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
So he showed him the mighty sign.
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Then he went back hastily.
ثم أدبر يسعى
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
فحشر فنادى
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
And the mountains, He made them firm,
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
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,
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, -
Then as for him who is inordinate,
فأما من طغى
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
And prefers the life of this world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And had preferred the life of this world,
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
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
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
Their abode will be the Garden.
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?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
To your Lord is the goal of it.
إلى ربك منتهاها
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
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.
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!