Chapter 79, 46 verses
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By those [angels] who extract with violence
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And [by] those who remove with ease
والناشطات نشطا
Waalssabihati sabhan
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
والسابحات سبحا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who race each other in a race
فالسابقات سبقا
Faalmudabbirati amran
And those who arrange [each] matter,
فالمدبرات أمرا
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
يوم ترجف الراجفة
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
تتبعها الرادفة
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes humbled.
أبصارها خاشعة
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
Even if we should be decayed bones?
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Faitha hum bialssahirati
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
فإذا هم بالساهرة
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
Faarahu alayata alkubra
And he showed him the greatest sign,
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he turned his back, striving.
ثم أدبر يسعى
Fahashara fanada
And he gathered [his people] and called out
فحشر فنادى
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
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
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
رفع سمكها فسواها
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And after that He spread the earth.
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains He set firmly
والجبال أرساها
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
Faamma man tagha
So as for he who transgressed
فأما من طغى
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And preferred the life of the world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
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
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
Feema anta min thikraha
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord is its finality.
إلى ربك منتهاها
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
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