Chapter 79, 46 verses
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
By those [angels] who extract with violence
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And [by] those who remove with ease
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
Waalssabihati sabhan
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Then press forward as in a race,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who race each other in a race
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
Faalmudabbirati amran
And those who arrange [each] matter,
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
Their eyes humbled.
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
Even if we should be decayed bones?
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Faitha hum bialssahirati
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
And he showed him the greatest sign,
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Fakaththaba waAAasa
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Thumma adbara yasAAa
Then he turned his back, striving.
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Fahashara fanada
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
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 in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
And after that He spread the earth.
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains He set firmly
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Faamma man tagha
So as for he who transgressed
And had preferred the life of this world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And preferred the life of the world,
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
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
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
Their abode will be the Garden.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
Feema anta min thikraha
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord is its finality.
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You are only a warner for those who 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
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.