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,
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
By the meteors rushing,
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
By the lone stars floating,
Waalssabihati sabhan
Then press forward as in a race,
By the angels hastening,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
And those who govern the event,
Faalmudabbirati amran
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
And the second followeth it,
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
On that day hearts beat painfully
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
While eyes are downcast
Absaruha khashiAAatun
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
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
Surely it will need but one shout,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
And lo! they will be awakened.
Faitha hum bialssahirati
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
"'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).
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
And he showed him the tremendous token.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
But he denied and disobeyed,
Fakaththaba waAAasa
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then turned he away in haste,
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Then gathered he and summoned
Fahashara fanada
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
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.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
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 ?
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
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.
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
And after that He spread the earth,
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
And He made fast the hills,
Waaljibala arsaha
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
But when the great disaster cometh,
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Then, as for him who rebelled
Faamma man tagha
And had preferred the life of this world,
And chose the life of the world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Lo! hell will be his home.
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,
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
Their abode will be the Garden.
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
Feema anta min thikraha
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth 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!
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha