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
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
والناشطات نشطا
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
والسابحات سبحا
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
فالسابقات سبقا
Then press forward as in a race,
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
فالمدبرات أمرا
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
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
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
تتبعها الرادفة
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Their eyes will be downcast.
أبصارها خاشعة
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
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
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
فإذا هم بالساهرة
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
ثم أدبر يسعى
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
فحشر فنادى
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
رفع سمكها فسواها
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And after that He spread the earth,
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
فأما من طغى
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And had preferred the life of this world,
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
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
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Their abode will be the Garden.
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
إلى ربك منتهاها
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
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
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!