Surah An-Nazi'at · Those who drag forth

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا ۝١

wal-nāziʿāti gharqā

By those [angels] who extract with violence

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا ۝٢

wal-nāshiṭāti nashṭā

And [by] those who remove with ease

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا ۝٣

wal-sābiḥāti sabḥā

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

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا ۝٤

fal-sābiqāti sabqā

And those who race each other in a race

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا ۝٥

fal-mudabirāti amrā

And those who arrange [each] matter,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ۝٦

yawma tarjufu l-rājifah

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

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ۝٧

tatbaʿuhā l-rādifah

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ۝٨

qulūbun yawma-idhin wājifah

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ ۝٩

abṣāruhā khāshiʿah

Their eyes humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ۝١٠

yaqūlūna a-innā lamardūdūna fī l-ḥāfirah

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

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً ۝١١

a-idhā kunnā ʿiẓāman nakhirah

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ۝١٢

qālū til'ka idhan karratun khāsirah

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

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ۝١٣

fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidah

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ۝١٤

fa-idhā hum bil-sāhirah

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

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ۝١٥

hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ۝١٦

idh nādāhu rabbuhu bil-wādi l-muqadasi ṭuwā

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

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ۝١٧

idh'hab ilā fir'ʿawna innahu ṭaghā

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ۝١٨

faqul hal laka ilā an tazakkā

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

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ۝١٩

wa-ahdiyaka ilā rabbika fatakhshā

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

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ۝٢٠

fa-arāhu l-āyata l-kub'rā

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ۝٢١

fakadhaba waʿaṣā

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

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ۝٢٢

thumma adbara yasʿā

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

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ۝٢٣

faḥashara fanādā

And he gathered [his people] and called out.

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۝٢٤

faqāla anā rabbukumu l-aʿlā

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

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ۝٢٥

fa-akhadhahu l-lahu nakāla l-ākhirati wal-ūlā

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

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ۝٢٦

inna fī dhālika laʿib'ratan liman yakhshā

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

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ۝٢٧

a-antum ashaddu khalqan ami l-samāu banāhā

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

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ۝٢٨

rafaʿa samkahā fasawwāhā

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٢٩

wa-aghṭasha laylahā wa-akhraja ḍuḥāhā

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ۝٣٠

wal-arḍa baʿda dhālika daḥāhā

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ۝٣١

akhraja min'hā māahā wamarʿāhā

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ۝٣٢

wal-jibāla arsāhā

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ ۝٣٣

matāʿan lakum wali-anʿāmikum

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

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ۝٣٤

fa-idhā jāati l-ṭāmatu l-kub'rā

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ۝٣٥

yawma yatadhakkaru l-insānu mā saʿā

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ۝٣٦

waburrizati l-jaḥīmu liman 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 ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۝٣٨

waāthara l-ḥayata l-dun'yā

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ۝٣٩

fa-inna l-jaḥīma hiya l-mawā

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ۝٤٠

wa-ammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihi wanahā l-nafsa ʿani l-hawā

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

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ۝٤١

fa-inna l-janata hiya l-mawā

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۝٤٢

yasalūnaka ʿani l-sāʿati ayyāna mur'sāhā

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

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ۝٤٣

fīma anta min dhik'rāhā

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ۝٤٤

ilā rabbika muntahāhā

To your Lord is its finality.

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ۝٤٥

innamā anta mundhiru man yakhshāhā

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٤٦

ka-annahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā ʿashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.