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,
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,
By the meteors rushing,
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And by those who float in space,
By the lone stars floating,
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
By the angels hastening,
Then press forward as in a race,
Then those who regulate the affair.
And those who govern the event,
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
And the second followeth it,
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
On that day hearts beat painfully
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Their eyes cast down.
While eyes are downcast
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
What! when we are rotten bones?
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
But it shall be only a single cry,
Surely it will need but one shout,
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
And lo! they will be awakened.
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
"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.
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
So he showed him the mighty sign.
And he showed him the tremendous token.
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
But he denied and disobeyed,
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Then he went back hastily.
Then turned he away in haste,
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Then gathered he and summoned
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
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.
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.
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
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 ?
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.
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
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.
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
And after that He spread the earth,
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
And the mountains, He made them firm,
And He made fast the hills,
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
A provision for you and for your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
But when the great disaster cometh,
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Then as for him who is inordinate,
Then, as for him who rebelled
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
And prefers the life of this world,
And chose the life of the world,
And had preferred the life of this world,
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Lo! hell will be his home.
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,
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
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.
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Their abode will be the Garden.
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
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.
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!