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