Chapter 79, 46 verses
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By those [angels] who extract with violence
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And [by] those who remove with ease
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
Waalssabihati sabhan
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who race each other in a race
Then press forward as in a race,
Faalmudabbirati amran
And those who arrange [each] matter,
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes humbled.
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They are [presently] saying, "Will 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 if we should be decayed bones?
"What! - when we shall have become rotten 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 verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
Faitha hum bialssahirati
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called to 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 Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
Faarahu alayata alkubra
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he turned his back, striving.
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Fahashara fanada
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
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].
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
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
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains He set firmly
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Faamma man tagha
So as for he who transgressed
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And preferred the life of the world,
And had preferred the life of this world,
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
The 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,
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
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Their abode will be the Garden.
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
Feema anta min thikraha
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord is its finality.
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You 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
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 tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!