Chapter 79, 46 verses
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
By those [angels] who extract with violence
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
And [by] those who remove with ease
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those who float in space,
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
And those who race each other in a race
Faalmudabbirati amran
Then those who regulate the affair.
And those who arrange [each] matter,
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes cast down.
Their eyes humbled.
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
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]?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
What! when we are rotten bones?
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
But it shall be only a single cry,
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
Faitha hum bialssahirati
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
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]?'"
Faarahu alayata alkubra
So he showed him the mighty sign.
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he went back hastily.
Then he turned his back, striving.
Fahashara fanada
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
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].
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
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.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
And after that He spread the earth.
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains, He made them firm,
And the mountains He set firmly
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
A provision for you and for your cattle.
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Faamma man tagha
Then as for him who is inordinate,
So as for he who transgressed
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And prefers the life of this world,
And preferred the life of the world,
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
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,
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Feema anta min thikraha
About what! You are one to remind of it.
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord is the goal of it.
To your Lord is its finality.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
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.