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