Chapter 79, 46 verses
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
والناشطات نشطا
By the meteors rushing,
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
والسابحات سبحا
By the lone stars floating,
Then press forward as in a race,
فالسابقات سبقا
By the angels hastening,
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
فالمدبرات أمرا
And those who govern the event,
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
يوم ترجف الراجفة
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
تتبعها الرادفة
And the second followeth it,
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
On that day hearts beat painfully
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
أبصارها خاشعة
While eyes are downcast
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Surely it will need but one shout,
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
فإذا هم بالساهرة
And lo! they will be awakened.
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
فأراه الآية الكبرى
And he showed him the tremendous token.
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
فكذب وعصى
But he denied and disobeyed,
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
ثم أدبر يسعى
Then turned he away in haste,
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
فحشر فنادى
Then gathered he and summoned
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
رفع سمكها فسواها
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And after that He spread the earth,
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
والجبال أرساها
And He made fast the hills,
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
But when the great disaster cometh,
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
فأما من طغى
Then, as for him who rebelled
And had preferred the life of this world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And chose the life of the world,
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Lo! hell will be his home.
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
Their abode will be the Garden.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
إلى ربك منتهاها
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.