Chapter 79, 46 verses
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
والناشطات نشطا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
والسابحات سبحا
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those who float in space,
Then press forward as in a race,
فالسابقات سبقا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
فالمدبرات أمرا
Faalmudabbirati amran
Then those who regulate the affair.
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
يوم ترجف الراجفة
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
تتبعها الرادفة
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
أبصارها خاشعة
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes cast down.
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
What! when we are rotten bones?
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
But it shall be only a single cry,
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
فإذا هم بالساهرة
Faitha hum bialssahirati
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Faarahu alayata alkubra
So he showed him the mighty sign.
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
فكذب وعصى
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
ثم أدبر يسعى
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he went back hastily.
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
فحشر فنادى
Fahashara fanada
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
رفع سمكها فسواها
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
والجبال أرساها
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains, He made them firm,
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
فأما من طغى
Faamma man tagha
Then as for him who is inordinate,
And had preferred the life of this world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And prefers the life of this world,
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
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
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
Their abode will be the Garden.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Feema anta min thikraha
About what! You are one to remind of it.
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
إلى ربك منتهاها
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You are only a warner to him who would fear 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
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
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.