Chapter 79, 46 verses
By those [angels] who extract with violence
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
And [by] those who remove with ease
Waalnnashitati nashtan
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
And those who race each other in a race
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then press forward as in a race,
And those who arrange [each] matter,
Faalmudabbirati amran
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Their eyes humbled.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Faarahu alayata alkubra
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Then he turned his back, striving.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Fahashara fanada
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And after that He spread the earth.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
And the mountains He set firmly
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
So as for he who transgressed
Faamma man tagha
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
And preferred the life of the world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And had preferred the life of this world,
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
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
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Their abode will be the Garden.
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Feema anta min thikraha
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
To your Lord is its finality.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
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
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!