I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
Chapter 79, 46 verses
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
Waalnnashitati nashtan
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
By the meteors rushing,
And by those who float in space,
Waalssabihati sabhan
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
By the lone stars floating,
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
By the angels hastening,
Then those who regulate the affair.
Faalmudabbirati amran
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
And those who govern the event,
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
And the second followeth it,
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
On that day hearts beat painfully
Their eyes cast down.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
While eyes are downcast
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
What! when we are rotten bones?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
But it shall be only a single cry,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Surely it will need but one shout,
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
And lo! they will be awakened.
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
And he showed him the tremendous token.
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But he denied and disobeyed,
Then he went back hastily.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then turned he away in haste,
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Fahashara fanada
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Then gathered he and summoned
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
And after that He spread the earth,
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
And the mountains, He made them firm,
Waaljibala arsaha
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
And He made fast the hills,
A provision for you and for your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
A provision for you and for your cattle.
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
But when the great disaster cometh,
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Then as for him who is inordinate,
Faamma man tagha
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Then, as for him who rebelled
And prefers the life of this world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
And chose the life of the world,
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Lo! hell will be his home.
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
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Feema anta min thikraha
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth 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
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.