Chapter 79, 46 verses
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
Waalssabihati sabhan
And by those who float in space,
Then press forward as in a race,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
Faalmudabbirati amran
Then those who regulate the affair.
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes cast down.
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
What! when we are rotten bones?
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
But it shall be only a single cry,
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Faitha hum bialssahirati
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
So he showed him the mighty sign.
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he went back hastily.
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Fahashara fanada
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains, He made them firm,
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Faamma man tagha
Then as for him who is inordinate,
And had preferred the life of this world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And prefers the life of this world,
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
Their abode will be the Garden.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
Feema anta min thikraha
About what! You are one to remind of it.
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
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.