Chapter 79, 46 verses
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
By those [angels] who extract with violence
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And [by] those who remove with ease
والناشطات نشطا
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
والسابحات سبحا
Then press forward as in a race,
And those who race each other in a race
فالسابقات سبقا
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
And those who arrange [each] matter,
فالمدبرات أمرا
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
يوم ترجف الراجفة
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
تتبعها الرادفة
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Their eyes humbled.
أبصارها خاشعة
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Even if we should be decayed bones?
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
فإذا هم بالساهرة
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
And he showed him the greatest sign,
فأراه الآية الكبرى
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
فكذب وعصى
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he turned his back, striving.
ثم أدبر يسعى
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
And he gathered [his people] and called out
فحشر فنادى
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
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 in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
رفع سمكها فسواها
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
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;
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
And the mountains He set firmly
والجبال أرساها
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
So as for he who transgressed
فأما من طغى
And had preferred the life of this world,
And preferred the life of the world,
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
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 he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
Their abode will be the Garden.
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
فيم أنت من ذكراها
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
To your Lord is its finality.
إلى ربك منتهاها
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
You are only a warner for those who fear 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!
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.
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها