79. Naziat · verses 7–13

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):

قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ

Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ

Absaruha khashiAAatun

Cast down will be (their owners´) eyes.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ

Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ

Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ

Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,