Chapter 79, 46 verses
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
By those [angels] who extract with violence
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
And [by] those who remove with ease
والناشطات نشطا
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
And by those who float in space,
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
والسابحات سبحا
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
And those who race each other in a race
فالسابقات سبقا
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
Then those who regulate the affair.
And those who arrange [each] matter,
فالمدبرات أمرا
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
يوم ترجف الراجفة
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
تتبعها الرادفة
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Their eyes cast down.
Their eyes humbled.
أبصارها خاشعة
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
What! when we are rotten bones?
Even if we should be decayed bones?
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
But it shall be only a single cry,
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
فإذا هم بالساهرة
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
هل أتاك حديث موسى
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
So he showed him the mighty sign.
And he showed him the greatest sign,
فأراه الآية الكبرى
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Then he went back hastily.
Then he turned his back, striving.
ثم أدبر يسعى
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
And he gathered [his people] and called out
فحشر فنادى
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
رفع سمكها فسواها
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
And after that He spread the earth.
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
And the mountains, He made them firm,
And the mountains He set firmly
والجبال أرساها
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
A provision for you and for your cattle.
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Then as for him who is inordinate,
So as for he who transgressed
فأما من طغى
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
And prefers the life of this world,
And preferred the life of the world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
About what! You are one to remind of it.
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
فيم أنت من ذكراها
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
To your Lord is the goal of it.
To your Lord is its finality.
إلى ربك منتهاها
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
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.
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.
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا