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.
By those [angels] who extract with violence
Waalnnashitati nashtan
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
And [by] those who remove with ease
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
And those who race each other in a race
Faalmudabbirati amran
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
And those who arrange [each] matter,
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).
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes will be downcast.
Their eyes humbled.
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
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
But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
Faitha hum bialssahirati
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
Faarahu alayata alkubra
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
Then he turned his back, striving.
Fahashara fanada
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And after that He spread the earth,
And after that He spread the earth.
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
And the mountains He set firmly
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Faamma man tagha
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
So as for he who transgressed
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
And preferred the life of the world,
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
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.
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) 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
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
To your Lord is its finality.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
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.
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.