Chapter 79, 46 verses
By those [angels] who extract with violence
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
And [by] those who remove with ease
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
Waalnnashitati nashtan
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
And by those who float in space,
Waalssabihati sabhan
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
And those who race each other in a race
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
Then those who regulate the affair.
Faalmudabbirati amran
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Their eyes humbled.
Their eyes cast down.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
Even if we should be decayed bones?
What! when we are rotten bones?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
But it shall be only a single cry,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
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]?'"
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And he showed him the greatest sign,
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then he went back hastily.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Fahashara fanada
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
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 with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
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 you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And after that He spread the earth.
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
And the mountains He set firmly
And the mountains, He made them firm,
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 predominating calamity comes;
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
So as for he who transgressed
Then as for him who is inordinate,
Faamma man tagha
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
And preferred the life of the world,
And prefers the life of this world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
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,
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
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.
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Feema anta min thikraha
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
To your Lord is its finality.
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
You are only a warner to him who would fear 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 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.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا