Chapter 79, 46 verses
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
والناشطات نشطا
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
And by those who float in space,
والسابحات سبحا
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
Then press forward as in a race,
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
فالسابقات سبقا
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
Then those who regulate the affair.
فالمدبرات أمرا
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
يوم ترجف الراجفة
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
تتبعها الرادفة
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Their eyes cast down.
أبصارها خاشعة
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
What! when we are rotten bones?
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
But it shall be only a single cry,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
فإذا هم بالساهرة
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
هل أتاك حديث موسى
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
So he showed him the mighty sign.
فأراه الآية الكبرى
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he went back hastily.
ثم أدبر يسعى
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
فحشر فنادى
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
رفع سمكها فسواها
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
And the mountains, He made them firm,
والجبال أرساها
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Then as for him who is inordinate,
فأما من طغى
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
And had preferred the life of this world,
And prefers the life of this world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
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,
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
Their abode will be the Garden.
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
فيم أنت من ذكراها
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
To your Lord is the goal of it.
إلى ربك منتهاها
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
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!
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.
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا