Chapter 79, 46 verses
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
And [by] those who remove with ease
والناشطات نشطا
Waalssabihati sabhan
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
والسابحات سبحا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
And those who race each other in a race
فالسابقات سبقا
Faalmudabbirati amran
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
فالمدبرات أمرا
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
يوم ترجف الراجفة
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
تتبعها الرادفة
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Absaruha khashiAAatun
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
Their eyes humbled.
أبصارها خاشعة
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
Even if we should be decayed bones?
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Faitha hum bialssahirati
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
فإذا هم بالساهرة
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
Faarahu alayata alkubra
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
And he showed him the greatest sign,
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Fakaththaba waAAasa
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
Thumma adbara yasAAa
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving.
ثم أدبر يسعى
Fahashara fanada
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And he gathered [his people] and called out
فحشر فنادى
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
رفع سمكها فسواها
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
And after that He spread the earth.
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
Waaljibala arsaha
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
And the mountains He set firmly
والجبال أرساها
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
Faamma man tagha
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
So as for he who transgressed
فأما من طغى
Waathara alhayata alddunya
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
And preferred the life of the world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
Feema anta min thikraha
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Ila rabbika muntahaha
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
To your Lord is its finality.
إلى ربك منتهاها
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
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.
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها