Chapter 79, 46 verses
By those [angels] who extract with violence
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
And [by] those who remove with ease
By the meteors rushing,
Waalnnashitati nashtan
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
By the lone stars floating,
Waalssabihati sabhan
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
And those who race each other in a race
By the angels hastening,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
And those who govern the event,
Faalmudabbirati amran
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
And the second followeth it,
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
On that day hearts beat painfully
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Their eyes humbled.
While eyes are downcast
Absaruha khashiAAatun
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
Surely it will need but one shout,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
And lo! they will be awakened.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And he showed him the greatest sign,
And he showed him the tremendous token.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
But he denied and disobeyed,
Fakaththaba waAAasa
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then turned he away in haste,
Thumma adbara yasAAa
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Then gathered he and summoned
Fahashara fanada
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And after that He spread the earth.
And after that He spread the earth,
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
And the mountains He set firmly
And He made fast the hills,
Waaljibala arsaha
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
But when the great disaster cometh,
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
So as for he who transgressed
Then, as for him who rebelled
Faamma man tagha
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
And preferred the life of the world,
And chose the life of the world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Lo! hell will be his home.
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
Feema anta min thikraha
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
To your Lord is its finality.
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
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.
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا