Chapter 79, 46 verses
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
By those [angels] who extract with violence
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And [by] those who remove with ease
And by those who float in space,
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
Then press forward as in a race,
And those who race each other in a race
Then those who regulate the affair.
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
And those who arrange [each] matter,
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Their eyes cast down.
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Their eyes humbled.
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
What! when we are rotten bones?
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Even if we should be decayed bones?
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
But it shall be only a single cry,
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
And he showed him the greatest sign,
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Then he went back hastily.
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
And after that He spread the earth.
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
And the mountains, He made them firm,
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
And the mountains He set firmly
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Then as for him who is inordinate,
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
So as for he who transgressed
And prefers the life of this world,
And had preferred the life of this world,
And preferred the life of the world,
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Their abode will be the Garden.
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
To your Lord is the goal of it.
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
To your Lord is its finality.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
You are only a warner for those who 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.
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
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.