Chapter 79, 46 verses
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then press forward as in a race,
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
Faalmudabbirati amran
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Faitha hum bialssahirati
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Faarahu alayata alkubra
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Fahashara fanada
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Faamma man tagha
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And had preferred the life of this world,
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
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,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Their abode will be the Garden.
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
Feema anta min thikraha
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
Ila rabbika muntahaha
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
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!
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا