Chapter 79, 46 verses
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
বিসমিল্লাহির রাহমা-নির রাহি-ম অন্না-যি'আ-তি র্গাক্বঁও।
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,
অন্না-শিত্বোয়া-তি নাশ্ত্বোয়াঁও।
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And by those who float in space,
অস্সা-বিহা-তি সাব্হান্।
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
ফাস্সা-বিক্ব-তি সাব্ক্বান্।
Then press forward as in a race,
Then those who regulate the affair.
ফাল্মুদাব্বির-তি আম্র-।
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
ইয়াওমা র্তাজুর্ফু র-জ্বিফাতু
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
তাত্বা'ঊর্হা র-দিফাতু
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
কুলূবুঁই ইয়াও মায়িযিঁও ওয়া- জ্বিফাতুন্।
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Their eyes cast down.
আব্ছোয়া-রুহা-খ-শি'আহ্।
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
ইয়াকুলূনা আইন্না- লার্মাদূদূনা ফিল্ হা-ফিরহ্।
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
What! when we are rotten bones?
আইযা-কুন্না-ই'জোয়া-মান্ নাখিরহ্।
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
ক্ব-লূ তিল্কা ইযান্ র্কারতুন্ খ-সিরহ্।
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
But it shall be only a single cry,
ফাইন্নামা-হিয়া যাজরতুঁও ওয়া-হিদাতুন্।
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
ফা ইযা-হুম্ বিস্সা-হিরহ্।
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
হাল্ আতা-কা হাদীছু মূসা-
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
ইয্ না-দা-হু রব্বুহু বিল্ওয়া-দিল্ মুক্বাদ্দাসি তুওয়া-।
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
ইয্হাব্ ইলা- ফির 'আঊনা ইন্নাহূ ত্বগা-।
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
ফাকুল্ হাল্ লাকা ইলা য় আন্ তাযাক্কা-।
"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.
অআহ্দিয়াকা ইলা-রব্বিকা ফাতাখ্শা-।
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
So he showed him the mighty sign.
ফাআর-হুল্ আ-ইয়াতাল্ কুব্র-।
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
ফাকায্যাবা অ'আছোয়া-।
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Then he went back hastily.
ছুম্মা আদ্বার ইয়াস্'আ-।
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
ফাহাশার ফানা-দা-।
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
ফাক্ব-লা আনা রব্বুকুমুল্ আ'লা-।
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
ফাআখাযাহুল্লা-হু নাকা-লাল্ আ-খিরতি অল্ ঊলা-।
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.
ইন্না ফী যা-লিকা লা-'ইব্রতাল্ লিমাইঁ ইয়াখ্শা-।
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
আআন্তুম্ আশাদ্দু খল্ক্বন্ আমিস্ সামা-য়্ বানা-হা-।
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.
রফা'আ সাম্কাহা-ফাসাওয়্যা-হা-।
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.
অআগ্ত্বোয়াশা লাইলাহা-অআখ্রজ্বা দুহা-হা-।
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
অল্ র্আদ্বোয়া বা'দা যা-লিকা দাহা-হা।
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
আখ্রজা মিন্হা-মা-য়াহা-অর্মা'আ-হা-।
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
And the mountains, He made them firm,
অল্জ্বিবা-লা র্আসা-হা-।
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
A provision for you and for your cattle.
মাতা'আল্লাকুম্ অলিআন্'আ-মিকুম্।
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
ফাইযা-জ্বা-য়াতিত্ ত্বোয়া-ম্মাতুল্ কুব্র-।
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
ইয়াওমা ইয়াতাযাক্কারুল্ ইন্সা-নু মা-সা'আ-।
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
অর্বুরিযাতিল্ জ্বাহীমু লিমাইঁ ইয়ার-।
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Then as for him who is inordinate,
ফাআম্মা-মান্ ত্বোয়াগ-।
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
And prefers the life of this world,
অআ-ছারল্ হা-ইয়া-তাদ্ দুন্ইয়া-।
And had preferred the life of this world,
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
ফাইন্নাল্ জ্বাহীমা হিয়াল্ মা”ওয়া-।
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,
অআম্মা-মান্ খ-ফা মাক্ব-মা রব্বিহী অনাহান্ নাফ্সা 'আনিল্ হাওয়া-।
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.
ফাইন্নাল্ জ্বান্নাতা হিয়াল্ মাওয়া-।
Their abode will be the Garden.
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
ইয়াস্য়ালূনাকা 'আনিস্ সা- 'আতি আইয়্যা-না র্মুসা-হা-
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
ফীমা আন্তা মিন্ যিক্র-হা-।
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
To your Lord is the goal of it.
ইলা-রব্বিকা মুন্তাহা-হা-।
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
ইন্নামা য় আন্তা মুন্যিরু মাইঁ ইয়াখ্শা-হা-।
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.
কায়ান্নাহুম ইয়াওমা ইয়ারওনাহা-লাম্ ইয়াল্বাছূ য় ইল্লা 'আশিইয়াতান্ আও দুহা-হা-।
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!