Chapter 79, 46 verses
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
والناشطات نشطا
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
والسابحات سبحا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
فالسابقات سبقا
Faalmudabbirati amran
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
فالمدبرات أمرا
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).
يوم ترجف الراجفة
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
تتبعها الرادفة
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes will be downcast.
أبصارها خاشعة
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Faitha hum bialssahirati
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
فإذا هم بالساهرة
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
Faarahu alayata alkubra
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
ثم أدبر يسعى
Fahashara fanada
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
فحشر فنادى
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
رفع سمكها فسواها
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And after that He spread the earth,
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
والجبال أرساها
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
Faamma man tagha
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
فأما من طغى
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
Feema anta min thikraha
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
إلى ربك منتهاها
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها