Chapter 79, 46 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
By the meteors rushing,
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
By the lone stars floating,
And by those who float in space,
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
By the angels hastening,
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
And those who govern the event,
Then those who regulate the affair.
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
And the second followeth it,
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
On that day hearts beat painfully
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
While eyes are downcast
Their eyes cast down.
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
What! when we are rotten bones?
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Surely it will need but one shout,
But it shall be only a single cry,
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
And lo! they will be awakened.
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
And he showed him the tremendous token.
So he showed him the mighty sign.
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But he denied and disobeyed,
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then turned he away in haste,
Then he went back hastily.
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Then gathered he and summoned
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
And after that He spread the earth,
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
And He made fast the hills,
And the mountains, He made them firm,
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
A provision for you and for your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
But when the great disaster cometh,
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Then, as for him who rebelled
Then as for him who is inordinate,
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
And chose the life of the world,
And prefers the life of this world,
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Lo! hell will be his home.
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
To your Lord is the goal of it.
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.
On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.