Chapter 79, 46 verses
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence.
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And by those who float in space,
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
Waalssabihati sabhan
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then those who regulate the affair.
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
Faalmudabbirati amran
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Their eyes cast down.
Their eyes will be downcast.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
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: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
But it shall be only a single cry,
But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
Faitha hum bialssahirati
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
Faarahu alayata alkubra
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
Then he went back hastily.
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
Fahashara fanada
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
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 brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And the mountains, He made them firm,
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
Waaljibala arsaha
A provision for you and for your cattle.
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
Then as for him who is inordinate,
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
Faamma man tagha
And prefers the life of this world,
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
Waathara alhayata alddunya
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
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 standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
About what! You are one to remind of it.
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
Feema anta min thikraha
To your Lord is the goal of it.
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
Ila rabbika muntahaha
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear 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.
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha