English - Chapter 79 - An-Naziat

I CALL TO WITNESS those who dive and drag

And those who undo the bonds gently

And those who glide swimmingly

Then outpace the others swiftly

And direct affairs by command

The day the convulsive (first blast) shatters convulsively

Followed by the second blast

Hearts will pound loudly on that day

Eyes be lowered in submission

They say: "Shall we go back to our original state

After having turned to carious bones

They say: "Then this returning will be a dead loss

It will only be a single blast

And they will wake up suddenly

Has the story of Moses come to you

When his Lord called to him in Tuwa's holy vale

Go to the Pharaoh who has become refractory

And say: 'Would you like to grow (in virtue)

Then I will guide you to your Lord that you may come to fear Him

So he showed him the greater sign

But (the Pharaoh) disavowed and disobeyed

Then he turned away, deliberating

And assembled (his council) and proclaimed

Saying: "I am alone your lord, the highest of them all

So God seized him for the punishment of the Hereafter and this world

Truly there is a lesson in this for those who fear (the consequences)

Are you more difficult to create or the heavens? He built it

Raised it high, proportioned it

Gave darkness to its night, and brightness to its day

And afterwards spread out the earth

He brought out its water and its pastures from it

And stabilized the mountains

As convenience for you and your cattle

When the great calamity comes

The day when man remembers all that he had done

And Hell made visible to him who can see

Then he who had been rebellious

And who preferred the life of the world

Will surely have Hell for his abode

But he who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained his self from vain desires

Will surely have Paradise for abode

They ask you: "When will the Hour be? When is its time fixed

What do you have to do with explaining it

The extent of its knowledge goes to your Lord

Your duty is only to warn him who fears it

The day they see it, it will seem they had stayed in the world but only an evening or its turning into dawn