By those [angels] who extract with violence

WannaziAAati gharqa

And [by] those who remove with ease

Wannashitati nashta

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

Wassabihati sabha

And those who race each other in a race

Fassabiqati sabqa

And those who arrange [each] matter,

Falmudabbirati amra

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

Yawma tarjufu arrajifa

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

TatbaAAuha arradifa

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifa

Their eyes humbled.

Absaruha khashiAAa

They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona feealhafira

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

A-itha kunna AAithamannakhira

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasira

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahida

And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

Fa-itha hum bissahira

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bilwadialmuqaddasi tuwa

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

And he showed him the greatest sign,

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

Fakaththaba waAAasa

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].

Thumma adbara yasAAa

And he gathered [his people] and called out.

Fahashara fanada

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..

Faakhathahu Allahu nakalaal-akhirati wal-oola

Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan limanyakhsha

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami assamaobanaha

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

And after that He spread the earth.

Wal-arda baAAda thalikadahaha

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

Akhraja minha maahawamarAAaha

And the mountains He set firmly

Waljibala arsaha

As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

Fa-itha jaati attammatualkubra

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu masaAAa

And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

So as for he who transgressed

Faamma man tagha

And preferred the life of the world,

Waathara alhayata addunya

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

Waama man khafa maqamarabbihi wanaha annafsa AAani alhawa

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

Yas-aloonaka AAani assaAAatiayyana mursaha

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?

Feema anta min thikraha

To your Lord is its finality.

Ila rabbika muntahaha

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

Innama anta munthiru manyakhshaha

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.

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lamyalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha