79:1
وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
79:2
وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا
And [by] those who remove with ease
79:3
وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
79:4
فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا
And those who race each other in a race
79:5
فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا
And those who arrange [each] matter
79:6
يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation]
79:7
تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
There will follow it the subsequent [one]
79:8
قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ
Hearts, that Day, will tremble
79:9
أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ
Their eyes humbled
79:10
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]
79:11
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ
Even if we should be decayed bones
79:12
قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return
79:13
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
Indeed, it will be but one shout
79:14
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface
79:15
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Has there reached you the story of Moses
79:16
إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
79:17
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed
79:18
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
79:19
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]
79:20
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
And he showed him the greatest sign
79:21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed
79:22
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving
79:23
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And he gathered [his people] and called out
79:24
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord
79:25
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]
79:26
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah]
79:27
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it
79:28
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it
79:29
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness
79:30
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And after that He spread the earth
79:31
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
He extracted from it its water and its pasture
79:32
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا
And the mountains He set firmly
79:33
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
As provision for you and your grazing livestock
79:34
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity
79:35
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove
79:36
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see
79:37
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
So as for he who transgressed
79:38
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
And preferred the life of the world
79:39
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge
79:40
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination
79:41
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge
79:42
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival
79:43
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ
In what [position] are you that you should mention it
79:44
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
To your Lord is its finality
79:45
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it
79:46
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا
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