The Soul-snatchers
79:1
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ١
By the [angels] who tear out [the souls of the Wicked] with cruelty;
79:2
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ٢
and by those who gently draw out [the souls of the blessed];
79:3
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ٣
and by those who glide along [on errands of Mercy of their Lord],
79:4
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ٤
then press forward as in a race,
79:5
فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ٥
then arrange to do Command [of their Lord],
79:6
يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦
the Day [of Resurrection] when everything, that can be in commotion, will be in violent commotion,
79:7
تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧
followed by oft-repeated [commotions]:
79:8
قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨
Hearts that Day will be in agitation [out of fear];
79:9
أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ٩
cast down will be [their owners’] eyes.
79:10
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ١٠
They say [now]: “What! Shall we indeed be returned to [our] former state?
79:11
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ١١
“What! When we shall have become hollow bones?”
79:12
قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ١٢
They say: “It would, in that case, be a return with loss!”
79:13
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣
But, verily, it will be but a single [compelling] Cry,
79:14
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤
when, behold, they [the dead] will be brought out to the open.
79:15
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥
Has the story of Mūsāreached you?
79:16
إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦
Behold, your Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā:
79:17
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧
[He was commanded:] “Go to the Pharaohfor he has indeed transgressed [all bounds]:
79:18
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨
“And say to him, ‘Would you wish that you be purified [from sin]?
79:19
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ١٩
“‘And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear [Him]?’”
79:20
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٢٠
Then did [Mūsā] show him the Great Sign.
79:21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١
[But the Pharaoh] disbelieved and disobeyed [the Message];
79:22
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٢٢
Further, he turned his back, striving hard [against Allāh].
79:23
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣
Then he assembled [his people] and made a proclamation.
79:24
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٤
He said, “I am your Lord, Supreme.”
79:25
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥
So Allāh did seize him, [and made him an] example [of Punishment]in the Hereafter, and in the first [life].
79:26
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ٢٦
Verily, in this is a lesson for whosoever fears [Allāh].
79:27
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧
What! Are you more difficult to create or the heaven [above]? [Allāh] has constructed it:
79:28
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨
High has He raised its canopy and gave it perfection.
79:29
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩
Its night He endowed with darkness, and its splendour He brought out [with the daylight].
79:30
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠
And the earth, thereafter, He levelled [to a wide expanse];
79:31
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ٣١
He drew out therefrom its water and its pasture,
79:32
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ٣٢
and the mountains has He firmly fixed,
79:33
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٣
a provision for you and your cattle.
79:34
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٣٤
Therefore, when there comes the Greatest, Overwhelming [Event],
79:35
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥
the Day when Man shall remember [all] that he strove for [during his life on earth],
79:36
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦
and Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for him who sees.
79:37
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧
Then, for such as had transgressed [all bounds],
79:38
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٣٨
and had preferred the life of this world,
79:39
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٣٩
Hell will be [his eternal] abode;
79:40
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ٤٠
But for such as had entertained the fear of standing before his Lord [for Judgement] and had restrained [his] soul from whims,
79:41
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٤١
Paradise is [his eternal] abode.
79:42
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ٤٢
They ask you about The Hour:“When will be its appointed time?”
79:43
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ٤٣
Wherein are you [concerned] with the narration thereof?
79:44
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤
With your Lord is its final end.
79:45
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ٤٥
You are but a Warner for those as fear it.
79:46
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦
The Day they will see it, [it will be] as if they had spentbut a single evening, or [at most till] the following morning!