Chapter 79, 46 verses
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
Waalnnashitati nashtan
والناشطات نشطا
And [by] those who remove with ease
Waalssabihati sabhan
والسابحات سبحا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Faalssabiqati sabqan
فالسابقات سبقا
And those who race each other in a race
Faalmudabbirati amran
فالمدبرات أمرا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
يوم ترجف الراجفة
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
تتبعها الرادفة
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Absaruha khashiAAatun
أبصارها خاشعة
Their eyes humbled.
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
Faitha hum bialssahirati
فإذا هم بالساهرة
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
Faarahu alayata alkubra
فأراه الآية الكبرى
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Fakaththaba waAAasa
فكذب وعصى
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
ثم أدبر يسعى
Then he turned his back, striving.
Fahashara fanada
فحشر فنادى
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
رفع سمكها فسواها
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And after that He spread the earth.
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
Waaljibala arsaha
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains He set firmly
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Faamma man tagha
فأما من طغى
So as for he who transgressed
Waathara alhayata alddunya
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And preferred the life of the world,
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Feema anta min thikraha
فيم أنت من ذكراها
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Ila rabbika muntahaha
إلى ربك منتهاها
To your Lord is its finality.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
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.