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;
By those [angels] who extract with violence
Waalnnashitati nashtan
والناشطات نشطا
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And [by] those who remove with ease
Waalssabihati sabhan
والسابحات سبحا
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Faalssabiqati sabqan
فالسابقات سبقا
Then press forward as in a race,
And those who race each other in a race
Faalmudabbirati amran
فالمدبرات أمرا
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
And those who arrange [each] matter,
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
يوم ترجف الراجفة
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
تتبعها الرادفة
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Absaruha khashiAAatun
أبصارها خاشعة
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Their eyes humbled.
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
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]?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
Faitha hum bialssahirati
فإذا هم بالساهرة
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
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 to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
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)? -
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing 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 let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
Faarahu alayata alkubra
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Fakaththaba waAAasa
فكذب وعصى
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
ثم أدبر يسعى
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he turned his back, striving.
Fahashara fanada
فحشر فنادى
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
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 in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
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 a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
رفع سمكها فسواها
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
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 darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
And after that He spread the earth.
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
Waaljibala arsaha
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
And the mountains He set firmly
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Faamma man tagha
فأما من طغى
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
So as for he who transgressed
Waathara alhayata alddunya
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And had preferred the life of this world,
And preferred the life of the world,
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
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
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,
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Their abode will be the Garden.
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
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, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Feema anta min thikraha
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Ila rabbika muntahaha
إلى ربك منتهاها
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
To your Lord is its finality.
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 for those who 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!
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.