Chapter 79, 46 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
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.
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
والناشطات نشطا
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
والسابحات سبحا
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
فالسابقات سبقا
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
فالمدبرات أمرا
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
يوم ترجف الراجفة
On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
تتبعها الرادفة
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
أبصارها خاشعة
Their eyes will be downcast.
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
فإذا هم بالساهرة
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
فكذب وعصى
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
ثم أدبر يسعى
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
فحشر فنادى
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
رفع سمكها فسواها
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And after that He spread the earth,
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
فأما من طغى
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
فيم أنت من ذكراها
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
إلى ربك منتهاها
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.