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 the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
Waalnnashitati nashtan
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
Then press forward as 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).
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
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).
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes will be downcast.
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
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).
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
Faitha hum bialssahirati
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Behold, thy Lord did call 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 thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
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, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
Faarahu alayata alkubra
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Fahashara fanada
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And after that He spread the earth,
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Faamma man tagha
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
And had preferred the life of this world,
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
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.
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
Their abode will be the Garden.
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 thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
Feema anta min thikraha
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
Thou art but a Warner for such as 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.
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!