وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا ١
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
79:2
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا ٢
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
79:3
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا ٣
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
79:4
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا ٤
Then press forward as in a race,
79:5
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا ٥
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
79:6
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ ٦
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
79:7
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ٧
Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):
79:8
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
79:9
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ ٩
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
79:10
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ ١٠
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
79:11
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَخِرَةً ١١
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
79:12
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ١٢
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
79:13
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ١٣
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,