Chapter 79, 46 verses
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By those [angels] who extract with violence
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And [by] those who remove with ease
By the meteors rushing,
Waalssabihati sabhan
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
By the lone stars floating,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who race each other in a race
By the angels hastening,
Faalmudabbirati amran
And those who arrange [each] matter,
And those who govern the event,
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
And the second followeth it,
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
On that day hearts beat painfully
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes humbled.
While eyes are downcast
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
Surely it will need but one shout,
Faitha hum bialssahirati
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
And lo! they will be awakened.
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
Faarahu alayata alkubra
And he showed him the greatest sign,
And he showed him the tremendous token.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
But he denied and disobeyed,
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then turned he away in haste,
Fahashara fanada
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Then gathered he and summoned
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And after that He spread the earth.
And after that He spread the earth,
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains He set firmly
And He made fast the hills,
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
But when the great disaster cometh,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Faamma man tagha
So as for he who transgressed
Then, as for him who rebelled
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And preferred the life of the world,
And chose the life of the world,
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Lo! hell will be his home.
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,
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
Feema anta min thikraha
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord is its finality.
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
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.
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.