An-Nazi'at

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ١

Wan-nāziʿāti gharqā.

By those [angels] who extract with violence¹

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ٢

Wan-nāshiṭāti nashṭā.

And [by] those who remove with ease¹

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ٣

Was-sābiḥāti sabḥā.

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming¹

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ٤

Fas-sābiqāti sabqā.

And those who race each other in a race¹

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ٥

Fal-mudabbirāti amrā.

And those who arrange [each] matter,¹

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦

Yawma tarjufur-rājifah.

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧

Tatbaʿuhar-rādifah.

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨

Qulūbuy yawmaʾidhiw wājifah.

Hearts,¹ that Day, will tremble,

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ٩

Abṣāruhā khāshiʿah.

Their eyes¹ humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ١٠

Yaqūlūna aʾinnā lamardūdūna fil-ḥāfirah.

They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ١١

Aʾidhā kunnā ʿiẓāman nakhirah.

Even if we should be decayed bones?"¹

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ١٢

Qālū tilka idhan karratun khāsirah.

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."¹

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣

Fa innamā hiya zajratuw wāḥidah.

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤

Fa idhā hum bis-sāhirah.

And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥

Hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā.

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦

Idh nādāhu rabbuhū bil-wādil-muqaddasi ṭuwā.

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧

Idhhab ilā firʿawna innahū ṭaghā.

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨

Faqul hal laka ilā an tazakkā.

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ١٩

Wa ahdiyaka ilā rabbika fatakhshā.

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٢٠

Fa arāhul-āyatal-kubrā.

And he showed him the greatest sign,¹

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١

Fakadhdhaba wa ʿaṣā.

But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٢٢

Thumma adbara yasʿā.

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].¹

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣

Faḥashara fanādā.

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٤

Faqāla ana rabbukumul-aʿlā.

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥

Fa akhadhahullāhu nakālal-ākhirati wal-ūlā.

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].¹.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ٢٦

Inna fī dhālika laʿibratal limay yakhshā.

Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧

Aʾantum ashaddu khalqan amis-samāʾ, banāhā.

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨

Rafaʿa samkahā fasawwāhā.

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩

Wa aghṭasha laylahā wa akhraja ḍuḥāhā.

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.¹

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠

Wal-arḍa baʿda dhālika daḥāhā.

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ٣١

Akhraja minhā māʾahā wa marʿāhā.

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ٣٢

Wal-jibāla arsāhā.

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٣

Matāʿal lakum waliʾanʿāmikum.

As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٣٤

Fa idhā jāʾatiṭ-ṭāmmatul-kubrā.

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity¹ -

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥

Yawma yatadhakkarul-insānu mā saʿā.

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦

Wa burrizatil-jaḥīmu limay yarā.

And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧

Fa ammā man ṭaghā.

So as for he who transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٣٨

Wa ātharal-ḥayātad-dunyā.

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٣٩

Fa innal-jaḥīma hiyal-maʾwā.

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ٤٠

Wa ammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihī wa nahan-nafsa ʿanil-hawā.

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord¹ and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٤١

Fa innal-jannata hiyal-maʾwā.

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ٤٢

Yasʾalūnaka ʿanis-sāʿati ayyāna mursāhā.

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?¹

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ٤٣

Fīma anta min dhikrāhā.

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?¹

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤

Ilā rabbika muntahāhā.

To your Lord is its finality.¹

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ٤٥

Innamā anta mundhiru may yakhshāhā.

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦

Kaʾannahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā ʿashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā.

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.