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