Chapter 79, 46 verses
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By those [angels] who extract with violence
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.
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And [by] those who remove with ease
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
Waalssabihati sabhan
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who race each other in a race
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
Faalmudabbirati amran
And those who arrange [each] matter,
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes humbled.
Their eyes will be downcast.
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
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: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).
Faitha hum bialssahirati
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
Faarahu alayata alkubra
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
Fahashara fanada
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
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 brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains He set firmly
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
Faamma man tagha
So as for he who transgressed
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And preferred the life of the world,
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
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 standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
Feema anta min thikraha
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord is its finality.
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear 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.
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.