Chapter 79, 46 verses
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
والناشطات نشطا
And [by] those who remove with ease
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
والسابحات سبحا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
فالسابقات سبقا
And those who race each other in a race
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
فالمدبرات أمرا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
يوم ترجف الراجفة
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
تتبعها الرادفة
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
أبصارها خاشعة
Their eyes humbled.
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Even if we should be decayed bones?
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
فإذا هم بالساهرة
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
فأراه الآية الكبرى
And he showed him the greatest sign,
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
فكذب وعصى
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
ثم أدبر يسعى
Then he turned his back, striving.
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
فحشر فنادى
And he gathered [his people] and called out
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
رفع سمكها فسواها
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And after that He spread the earth.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains He set firmly
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
فأما من طغى
So as for he who transgressed
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And preferred the life of the world,
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
فيم أنت من ذكراها
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
إلى ربك منتهاها
To your Lord is its finality.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.