Chapter 79, 46 verses
By those [angels] who extract with violence
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence.
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
And [by] those who remove with ease
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
Waalssabihati sabhan
And those who race each other in a race
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who arrange [each] matter,
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
Faalmudabbirati amran
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Their eyes humbled.
Their eyes will be downcast.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
Even if we should be decayed bones?
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
Faitha hum bialssahirati
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
Faarahu alayata alkubra
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
Thumma adbara yasAAa
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
Fahashara fanada
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And after that He spread the earth.
And after that He spread the earth,
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And the mountains He set firmly
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
Waaljibala arsaha
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
So as for he who transgressed
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
Faamma man tagha
And preferred the life of the world,
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
Waathara alhayata alddunya
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
Feema anta min thikraha
To your Lord is its finality.
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
Ila rabbika muntahaha
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
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.
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha