Chapter 79, 46 verses
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
By the meteors rushing,
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And by those who float in space,
By the lone stars floating,
Waalssabihati sabhan
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
By the angels hastening,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then those who regulate the affair.
And those who govern the event,
Faalmudabbirati amran
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
And the second followeth it,
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
On that day hearts beat painfully
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Their eyes cast down.
While eyes are downcast
Absaruha khashiAAatun
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
What! when we are rotten bones?
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
But it shall be only a single cry,
Surely it will need but one shout,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
And lo! they will be awakened.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
So he showed him the mighty sign.
And he showed him the tremendous token.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
But he denied and disobeyed,
Fakaththaba waAAasa
Then he went back hastily.
Then turned he away in haste,
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Then gathered he and summoned
Fahashara fanada
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
And after that He spread the earth,
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And the mountains, He made them firm,
And He made fast the hills,
Waaljibala arsaha
A provision for you and for your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
But when the great disaster cometh,
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
Then as for him who is inordinate,
Then, as for him who rebelled
Faamma man tagha
And prefers the life of this world,
And chose the life of the world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Lo! hell will be his home.
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,
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
Feema anta min thikraha
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth 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.
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha