إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦
His Lord called him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwa,
79:16
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧
˹commanding,˺ “Go to Pharaoh, for he has truly transgressed ˹all bounds˺.
79:17
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨
And say, ‘Would you ˹be willing to˺ purify yourself,
79:18
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ١٩
and let me guide you to your Lord so that you will be in awe ˹of Him˺?’”
79:19
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٢٠
Then Moses showed him the great sign,1
79:20
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١
but he denied and disobeyed ˹Allah˺,
79:21
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٢٢
then turned his back, striving ˹against the truth˺.
79:22
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣
Then he summoned ˹his people˺ and called out,
79:23
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٤
saying, “I am your lord, the most high!”
79:24
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥
So Allah overtook him, making him an example in this life and the next.
79:25
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ٢٦
Surely in this is a lesson for whoever stands in awe of ˹Allah˺.
79:26
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧
Which is harder to create: you or the sky?1 He built it,
79:27
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨
raising it high and forming it flawlessly.
79:28
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩
He dimmed its night, and brought forth its daylight.
79:29
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠
As for the earth, He spread it out as well,1
79:30
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ٣١
bringing forth its water and pastures
79:31
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ٣٢
and setting the mountains firmly ˹upon it˺—
79:32
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٣
all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals.
79:33
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٣٤
But, when the Supreme Disaster1 comes to pass—
79:34
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥
the Day every person will remember all ˹their˺ striving,
79:35
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦
and the Hellfire will be displayed for all to see—
79:36
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧
then as for those who transgressed
79:37
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٣٨
and preferred the ˹fleeting˺ life of this world,
79:38
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٣٩
the Hellfire will certainly be ˹their˺ home.
79:39
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ٤٠
And as for those who were in awe of standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from ˹evil˺ desires,
79:40
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٤١
Paradise will certainly be ˹their˺ home.
79:41
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ٤٢
They ask you ˹O Prophet˺ regarding the Hour, “When will it be?”
79:42
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ٤٣
But it is not for you to tell its time.1
79:43
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤
That knowledge rests with your Lord ˹alone˺.
79:44
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ٤٥
Your duty is only to warn whoever is in awe of it.
79:45
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦
On the Day they see it, it will be as if they had stayed ˹in the world˺ no more than one evening or its morning.
79:46