79. An-Naazi'aat

79:1

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا ﴿١﴾

Wan-nāziʿāti gharqā

By those who drag forth to destruction,

79:2

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا ﴿٢﴾

Wan-nāshiṭāti nashṭā

By the meteors rushing,

79:3

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا ﴿٣﴾

Was-sābiḥāti sabḥā

By the lone stars floating,

79:4

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا ﴿٤﴾

Fas-sābiqāti sabqā

By the angels hastening,

79:5

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا ﴿٥﴾

Fal-mudabbirāti amrā

And those who govern the event,

79:6

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ﴿٦﴾

Yawma tarjufu ar-rājifah

On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

79:7

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ﴿٧﴾

Tatbaʿuhā ar-rādifah

And the second followeth it,

79:8

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ﴿٨﴾

Qulūbun yawmaʾidhin wājifah

On that day hearts beat painfully

79:9

أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ ﴿٩﴾

Abṣāruhā khāshiʿah

While eyes are downcast

79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ﴿١٠﴾

Yaqūlūna aʾinnā lamardūdūna fī al-ḥāfirah

(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

79:11

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً ﴿١١﴾

Aʾidhā kunnā ʿiẓāman nakhirah

Even after we are crumbled bones?

79:12

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ﴿١٢﴾

Qālū tilka idhan karratun khāsirah

They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.

79:13

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ﴿١٣﴾

Faʾinnamā hiya zajratun wāḥidah

Surely it will need but one shout,

79:14

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ﴿١٤﴾

Faʾidhā hum bis-sāhirah

And lo! they will be awakened.

79:15

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ﴿١٥﴾

Hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā

Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?

79:16

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿١٦﴾

Idh nādāhu rabbuhu bil-wādi al-muqaddasi ṭuwā

How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,

79:17

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

Idhhab ilā firʿawna innahu ṭaghā

(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -

79:18

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

Faqul hal laka ilā an tazakkā

And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?

79:19

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

Waʾahdiyaka ilā rabbika fatakhshā

Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).

79:20

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾

Faʾarāhu al-āyata al-kubrā

And he showed him the tremendous token.

79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾

Fakadhdhaba waʿaṣā

But he denied and disobeyed,

79:22

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٢٢﴾

Thumma adbara yasʿā

Then turned he away in haste,

79:23

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾

Faḥashara fanādā

Then gathered he and summoned

79:24

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾

Faqāla anā rabbukumu al-aʿlā

And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."

79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ﴿٢٥﴾

Faʾakhadhahu Allāhu nakāla al-ākhirati wal-ulā

So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.

79:26

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ﴿٢٦﴾

Inna fī dhālika laʿibratan liman yakhshā

Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.

79:27

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٢٧﴾

Aʾantum ashaddu khalqan ami as-samāʾu banāhā

Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?

79:28

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٢٨﴾

Rafaʿa samkahā fasawwāhā

He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

79:29

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٢٩﴾

Waʾaghṭasha laylahā waʾakhraja ḍuḥāhā

And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

79:30

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ﴿٣٠﴾

Wal-arḍa baʿda dhālika daḥāhā

And after that He spread the earth,

79:31

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ﴿٣١﴾

Akhraja minhā māʾahā wamarʿāhā

And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

79:32

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٣٢﴾

Wal-jibāla arsāhā

And He made fast the hills,

79:33

مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٣﴾

Matāʿan lakum waliʾanʿāmikum

A provision for you and for your cattle.

79:34

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾

Faʾidhā jāʾati aṭ-ṭāmmatu al-kubrā

But when the great disaster cometh,

79:35

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ﴿٣٥﴾

Yawma yatadhakkaru al-insānu mā saʿā

The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,

79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾

Waburrizati al-jaḥīmu liman yarā

And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,

79:37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾

Faʾammā man ṭaghā

Then, as for him who rebelled

79:38

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿٣٨﴾

Waʾāthara al-ḥayāta ad-dunyā

And chose the life of the world,

79:39

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٣٩﴾

Faʾinna al-jaḥīma hiya al-maʾwā

Lo! hell will be his home.

79:40

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾

Waʾammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihi wanahā an-nafsa ʿani al-hawā

But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,

79:41

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٤١﴾

Faʾinna al-jannata hiya al-maʾwā

Lo! the Garden will be his home.

79:42

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٤٢﴾

Yasʾalūnaka ʿani as-sāʿati ayyāna mursāhā

They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?

79:43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٣﴾

Fīma anta min dhikrāhā

Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof?

79:44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٤﴾

Ilā rabbika muntahāhā

Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.

79:45

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤٥﴾

Innamā anta mundhiru man yakhshāhā

Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.

79:46

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٤٦﴾

Kaʾannahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā ʿashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā

On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.