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
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
والناشطات نشطا
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
والسابحات سبحا
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
فالسابقات سبقا
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
فالمدبرات أمرا
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
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
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
تتبعها الرادفة
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Their eyes will be downcast.
أبصارها خاشعة
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
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
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
فإذا هم بالساهرة
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
فأراه الآية الكبرى
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
ثم أدبر يسعى
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
فحشر فنادى
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
رفع سمكها فسواها
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
And after that He spread the earth,
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
والجبال أرساها
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
فأما من طغى
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
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
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
فيم أنت من ذكراها
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
إلى ربك منتهاها
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
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
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا