Chapter 79, 46 verses
By those [angels] who extract with violence
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
And [by] those who remove with ease
والناشطات نشطا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
والسابحات سبحا
Waalssabihati sabhan
And those who race each other in a race
فالسابقات سبقا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who arrange [each] matter,
فالمدبرات أمرا
Faalmudabbirati amran
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
يوم ترجف الراجفة
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
تتبعها الرادفة
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Their eyes humbled.
أبصارها خاشعة
Absaruha khashiAAatun
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
Even if we should be decayed bones?
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
فإذا هم بالساهرة
Faitha hum bialssahirati
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And he showed him the greatest sign,
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Faarahu alayata alkubra
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
Fakaththaba waAAasa
Then he turned his back, striving.
ثم أدبر يسعى
Thumma adbara yasAAa
And he gathered [his people] and called out
فحشر فنادى
Fahashara fanada
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
رفع سمكها فسواها
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And after that He spread the earth.
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And the mountains He set firmly
والجبال أرساها
Waaljibala arsaha
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
So as for he who transgressed
فأما من طغى
Faamma man tagha
And preferred the life of the world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
Waathara alhayata alddunya
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Feema anta min thikraha
To your Lord is its finality.
إلى ربك منتهاها
Ila rabbika muntahaha
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
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.
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha