Chapter 79, 46 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
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
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
والناشطات نشطا
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
والسابحات سبحا
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
فالسابقات سبقا
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
فالمدبرات أمرا
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
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
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
تتبعها الرادفة
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
Their eyes will be downcast.
أبصارها خاشعة
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
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
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
فإذا هم بالساهرة
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
فأراه الآية الكبرى
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
ثم أدبر يسعى
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
فحشر فنادى
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
رفع سمكها فسواها
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
And after that He spread the earth,
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
والجبال أرساها
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
فأما من طغى
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
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
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
فيم أنت من ذكراها
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
إلى ربك منتهاها
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
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