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