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
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
والناشطات نشطا
And [by] those who remove with ease
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
والسابحات سبحا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
Then press forward as in a race,
فالسابقات سبقا
And those who race each other in a race
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
فالمدبرات أمرا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
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],
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
تتبعها الرادفة
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
أبصارها خاشعة
Their eyes humbled.
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
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]?
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Even if we should be decayed bones?
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
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."
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
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.
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
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,
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
"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
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
"'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]?'"
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
فأراه الآية الكبرى
And he showed him the greatest sign,
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
فكذب وعصى
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
ثم أدبر يسعى
Then he turned his back, striving.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
فحشر فنادى
And he gathered [his people] and called out
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
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].
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
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].
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
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.
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
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.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
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.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And after that He spread the earth.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains He set firmly
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
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,
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
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 -
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
فأما من طغى
So as for he who transgressed
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
And had preferred the life of this world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And preferred the life of the world,
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
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,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
Their abode will be the Garden.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
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?
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
فيم أنت من ذكراها
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
إلى ربك منتهاها
To your Lord is its finality.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
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.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
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.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا