Chapter 79

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

By those that take the person forcibly.

And those that take the person gently.

And those that swim along.

And those that press forward in a race.

So as to carry out a command.

On the Day the ground shakes.

It will be followed by the second blow.

Hearts on that Day will be terrified.

Their eyes cast down.

They say: "Shall we be returned to live our lives."

"Even after we were crumbled bones?"

They said: "This is an impossible recurrence."

All it takes is one call.

Whereupon they will rise up.

Did the narrative of Moses come to you?

His Lord called him at the holy valley of Tuwa.

"Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed."

Tell him: "Would you not be purified?"

"And I will guide you to your Lord, that you may be concerned."

He then showed him the great sign.

But he disbelieved and rebelled.

Then he turned away in a hurry.

So he gathered and proclaimed.

He said: "I am your lord, the most high."

So God seized him, restrained for the Hereafter, and the first life.

In that is a lesson for those who are concerned.

Are you a more powerful creation than the heaven which He built?

He raised its height, and perfected it.

And He covered its night and brought out its morning.

And the land after that He spread out.

He brought forth from it its water and pasture.

And the mountains He set firmly.

All this to be a provision for you and your livestock.

Then, when the great blow comes.

The Day when the human being remembers all that he strove for.

And Hell will be made apparent for all who can see.

As for he who transgressed.

And was preoccupied with the worldly life.

Then Hell will be the abode.

And as for he who feared the station of his Lord, and prohibited the self from desire.

Paradise will be the abode.

They ask you about the Hour: "When is its appointed time?"

You have no knowledge of it.

To your Lord is its term.

You are simply to warn those who are concerned by it.

For the Day they see it, it will be as if they had remained an evening or half a day.