English - Chapter 79 - An-Naziat

By those that dive and extract

And by those [winds?] that briskly pass by

And by the floaters [clouds?] that float by

And then overtake others, leaving the latter behind

And then execute a [divine] Order [to rain]

[There shall come] a Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world]

The subsequent convulsion shall follow the first

Hearts that Day will be throbbing

Sights that Day will be lowered

They ask, "Shall we be brought back to life [after death]

Even when we are crumbled bones

They say, "This in that event would be a damaging return

It will but be a single blast

And then they all will come awake [from their deep slumber of death]

Has Moses' story come down to you

When his Lord called out to him by the sacred valley of Tuwa

Go to Pharaoh! He has indeed exceeded all bounds

You then ask him, `Would you like to reform

Would you allow me to guide you to your Lord, so that you fear Him

Moses then showed him the great Sign [staff turning into snake and hand turning white]

But he [Pharaoh] refused to acknowledge the divine Sign and obey Allah

He then turned his back hastily

To summon and collect his people

He then proclaimed to them, "I am your lord supreme

Allah then seized him for punishment both in the Hereafter and here

There is indeed a lesson in this for those who fear Allah

Are you more difficult to create or the heaven to construct

HE raised its structure and then balanced it aright

And made its night dark and its day bright

He brought out from it its water and its pasture

And He made the mountains firm

[He has provided] means of sustenance for you and your animals

So when the great event occurs

That Day man would recount what he strove for

And the Hell would be made manifest for all to see

And then anyone who had transgressed divinely set bounds

And had preferred the life of this world

That one's abode shall indeed be in Hell

And one who had been afraid of standing before his Lord and had restrained one's self from carnal desires

That one's abode shall indeed be in Paradise

They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour (the time when the present world will end and the Hereafter begin), "When is it coming

What have you to do with the mentioning of it [the time of the occurrence of the Hour]

With your Lord rests the final and only Authority to know when the Hour would happen

You [Prophet] are but a warner for those who fear it [the Hour]

The Day they see it [the Hereafter], they will feel as if they had stayed for only one evening or one morning thereof