Chapter 79, 46 verses
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
And by those who float in space,
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then press forward as in a race,
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
Faalmudabbirati amran
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
Then those who regulate the affair.
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Their eyes cast down.
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
What! when we are rotten bones?
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
But it shall be only a single cry,
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
Faitha hum bialssahirati
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Faarahu alayata alkubra
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
So he showed him the mighty sign.
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he went back hastily.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Fahashara fanada
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
And the mountains, He made them firm,
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Faamma man tagha
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Then as for him who is inordinate,
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And had preferred the life of this world,
And prefers the life of this world,
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Their abode will be the Garden.
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
Feema anta min thikraha
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
Ila rabbika muntahaha
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
To your Lord is the goal of it.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا