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
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,
And [by] those who remove with ease
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And by those who float in space,
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
And those who race each other in a race
Then press forward as in a race,
Then those who regulate the affair.
And those who arrange [each] matter,
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Their eyes cast down.
Their eyes humbled.
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
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]?
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
What! when we are rotten bones?
Even if we should be decayed bones?
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
But it shall be only a single cry,
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
"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.
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
So he showed him the mighty sign.
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Then he went back hastily.
Then he turned his back, striving.
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
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].
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.
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
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.
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.
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
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.
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
And after that He spread the earth.
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
And the mountains, He made them firm,
And the mountains He set firmly
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
A provision for you and for your cattle.
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Then as for him who is inordinate,
So as for he who transgressed
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
And prefers the life of this world,
And preferred the life of the world,
And had preferred the life of this world,
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
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,
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
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.
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Their abode will be the Garden.
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
To your Lord is the goal of it.
To your Lord is its finality.
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
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.
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.
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!