أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا
And the mountains He set firmly
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity[1] –
1- i.e., the Day of Resurrection.
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see –
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
So as for he who transgressed
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
And preferred the life of the world,
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord[1] and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
1- See footnote to 55:46
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا
They ask you, [O Muúammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?[1]
1- Literally, "resting" or "establishment."
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?[1]
1- Meaning that Muúammad () had no knowledge of it, so how could he inform them?
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
To your Lord is its finality.[1]
1- i.e., its destination and termination. And to Him belongs ultimate knowledge of it.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا
It will be, on the Day they see it,[1] as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.
1- i.e., the Hour, the Resurrection.