"Audhu billahi minash shaytanirrajeem"

Bismi Llaahi l-raḥmaani l-raḥeem

1. WaalnnaziAAati gharqan;

   By the intensely powerful (force; Mars),

2. Waalnnashitati nashtan;

   And the (force) that takes with ease (Sun),

3. Waalssabihati sabhan;

   And the (forces) that swim (in their orbits; Saturn – Jupiter),

4. Faalssabiqati sabqan;

   And the (forces) that race ahead (Mercury – Venus),

5. Faalmudabbirati amran;

   And the administrators of the command (the forces that reveal; the Moon).

   Not:

   That these verses denote the planets is the construal of Hasan al-Basri and Imam Razi, a perspective I also share.

6. Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu;

   At that time the convulsion (of death; earthquake) will convulse.

7. TatbaAAuha alrradifatu;

   Followed by a subsequent one (resurrection; commencement of a new life with the new spirit-body).

8. Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun;

   The minds (of some) will be shocked at that time!

9. Absaruha khashiAAatun;

   Their vision will be confounded and crushed!

10. Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati;

    Yet still they say, “Will we really be returned to our former state (back to life, after having become dust); is resurrection really true?”

11. Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan;

    “Even after we have become decayed and scattered bones?”

12. Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun;

    “That, then, (the continuation of life in this state) will be a return in loss.”

13. Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun;

    Whereas, it is but one command!

14. Faitha hum bialssahirati;

    And behold they will instantly find themselves on an open expanse!

15. Hal ataka hadeethu moosa;

    Did the news of Moses reach you?

16. Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan;

    How his Rabb called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:

17. Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha;

    “Go to Pharaoh! Indeed, he has transgressed!”

18. Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka;

    “And say, ‘How about becoming cleansed and purified?’”

19. Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha;

    “How about I guide you to your Rabb? You will be in awe (of His might)!”

20. Faarahu alayata alkubra;

    Then he showed him the great miracle!

21. Fakaththaba waAAasa;

    But (Pharaoh) denied and rebelled.

22. Thumma adbara yasAAa;

    Then turned his back and ran.

23. Fahashara fanada;

    Then he gathered (his people) and called out:

24. Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla;

    “I am your Rabb, the most supreme!”

    Not:

    Pharaoh, who had attained the ancient knowledge of the reality, chose to use this in favor of his bodily existence and bodily pursuits rather than using it to observe the comprehensiveness of consciousness upon existence, and thus fell to the state of the inciting self. This is why, rather than conveying the knowledge of the reality to him and calling him to believe in Allah, Moses warns him by calling him to believe in the ‘Rabb of the worlds.’ In other words, he invites him to believe in the Names, which are manifest throughout, and administer the entire existence, rather than experiencing his understanding of this unity through his corporeality.

25. Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola;

    So Allah seized him with an exemplary suffering of the eternal life to come and what is before it (the world).

26. Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha;

    Indeed, there is a lesson in this for those who are in awe!

27. Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha;

    Is your creation harder or the creation of the heaven? (Which Allah also) constructed!

28. RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha;

    He raised its ceiling and proportioned it (formed it with the qualities to fulfill its function).

29. Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha;

    He darkened its night and brightened its day.

30. Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha;

    Then He spread the earth and furnished it.

31. Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha;

    Then extracted its water and its pasture.

32. Waaljibala arsaha;

    And the mountains, He set them firmly as if anchored.

33. MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum;

    So that you and your cattle (animals) may benefit from it.

34. Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra;

    But when the overwhelming calamity (the experience of death) begins,

35. Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa;

    Man will remember at that time the results of his deeds!

36. Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara;

    And Hell will be (openly) exposed to those who see (without the limitation of the eye)!

37. Faamma man tagha;

    For he who transgressed without bounds,

38. Waathara alhayata alddunya;

    And chose to live in pursuit of worldly pleasures;

39. Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa;

    Indeed, the place (state) of burning will be his abode!

40. Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa;

    But as for he who feared the position of his Rabb and protected himself from things whose results will be useless in the eternal life,

41. Fainna aljannata hiya almawa;

    Indeed, Paradise will be his very abode.

42. Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha;

    They ask you about that Hour: when is its arrival?

43. Feema anta min thikraha;

    But who are you to have this knowledge?

44. Ila rabbika muntahaha;

    To your Rabb is its finality.

45. Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha;

    You are only a warner to those who are in awe of it!

46. Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha;

    The day they see it, it will be as though they had not remained (in the world), except for a time of sunset or twilight.