Chapter 79, 46 verses
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.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
والناشطات نشطا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
والسابحات سبحا
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
فالسابقات سبقا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
فالمدبرات أمرا
Faalmudabbirati amran
On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).
يوم ترجف الراجفة
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
تتبعها الرادفة
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Their eyes will be downcast.
أبصارها خاشعة
Absaruha khashiAAatun
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
فإذا هم بالساهرة
Faitha hum bialssahirati
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Faarahu alayata alkubra
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
Fakaththaba waAAasa
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
ثم أدبر يسعى
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
فحشر فنادى
Fahashara fanada
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
رفع سمكها فسواها
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And after that He spread the earth,
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
والجبال أرساها
Waaljibala arsaha
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
فأما من طغى
Faamma man tagha
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
Waathara alhayata alddunya
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Feema anta min thikraha
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
إلى ربك منتهاها
Ila rabbika muntahaha
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha