Chapter 79, 46 verses
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
والناشطات نشطا
And [by] those who remove with ease
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
والسابحات سبحا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Waalssabihati sabhan
Then press forward as in a race,
فالسابقات سبقا
And those who race each other in a race
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
فالمدبرات أمرا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
Faalmudabbirati amran
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
يوم ترجف الراجفة
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
تتبعها الرادفة
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
أبصارها خاشعة
Their eyes humbled.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
فإذا هم بالساهرة
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
فأراه الآية الكبرى
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Faarahu alayata alkubra
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
فكذب وعصى
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Fakaththaba waAAasa
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
ثم أدبر يسعى
Then he turned his back, striving.
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
فحشر فنادى
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Fahashara fanada
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
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 in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
رفع سمكها فسواها
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And after that He spread the earth.
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains He set firmly
Waaljibala arsaha
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
فأما من طغى
So as for he who transgressed
Faamma man tagha
And had preferred the life of this world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And preferred the life of the world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
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 he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
Their abode will be the Garden.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
فيم أنت من ذكراها
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Feema anta min thikraha
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
إلى ربك منتهاها
To your Lord is its finality.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
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
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