Chapter 79, 46 verses
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
Waalnnashitati nashtan
والناشطات نشطا
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
Waalssabihati sabhan
والسابحات سبحا
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
And by those who float in space,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
فالسابقات سبقا
Then press forward as in a race,
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
Faalmudabbirati amran
فالمدبرات أمرا
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
Then those who regulate the affair.
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
يوم ترجف الراجفة
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
تتبعها الرادفة
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Absaruha khashiAAatun
أبصارها خاشعة
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Their eyes cast down.
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
What! when we are rotten bones?
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
But it shall be only a single cry,
Faitha hum bialssahirati
فإذا هم بالساهرة
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
فكذب وعصى
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
ثم أدبر يسعى
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he went back hastily.
Fahashara fanada
فحشر فنادى
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
رفع سمكها فسواها
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
Waaljibala arsaha
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
And the mountains, He made them firm,
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
Faamma man tagha
فأما من طغى
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Then as for him who is inordinate,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And had preferred the life of this world,
And prefers the life of this world,
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Their abode will be the Garden.
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Feema anta min thikraha
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
إلى ربك منتهاها
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
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.