Surah An-Nazi'at النازعات

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ١

Wan-nāzi'āti gharqā

By those [angels] who extract with violence¹⁸³³

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ٢

Wan-nāshitāti nashtā

And [by] those who remove with ease¹⁸³⁴

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ٣

Was-sābihāti sabhā

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming¹⁸³⁵

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ٤

Fas-sābiqāti sabqā

And those who race each other in a race¹⁸³⁶

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ٥

Fal-mudabbirāti amrā

And those who arrange [each] matter,¹⁸³⁷

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦

Yawma tarjufur-rājifah

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

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧

Tatba'uhar-rādifah

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨

Qulūbun yawma'idhin wājifah

Hearts,¹⁸³⁸ that Day, will tremble,

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ٩

Absāruhā khāshi'ah

Their eyes¹⁸³⁹ humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ١٠

Yaqūlūna a'innā lamardūdūna fil-hāfirah

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

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ١١

A'idhā kunnā 'izāman nakhirah

Even if we should be decayed bones?"¹⁸⁴⁰

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ١٢

Qālū tilka idhan karratun khāsirah

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."¹⁸⁴¹

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣

Fa innamā hiya zajratun wāhidah

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 hadīthu mūsā

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦

Idh nādāhu rabbuhū bil-wādil-muqaddasi tuwā

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

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧

Idhhab ilā fir'awna innahū taghā

"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,¹⁸⁴²

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١

Fakaddhaba wa'asā

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

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٢٢

Thumma adbara yas'ā

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].¹⁸⁴³

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣

Fahashara fanādā

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٤

Faqāla ana rabbukumul-a'lā

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].¹⁸⁴⁴.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ٢٦

Inna fī dhālika la'ibratal liman yakhshā

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

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧

A'antum ashaddu khalqan amis-samā'u banāhā

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

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨

Rafa'a samkahā fasawwāhā

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩

Wa aghtasha laylahā wa akhraja duhāhā

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.¹⁸⁴⁵

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠

Wal-arda ba'da dhālika dahāhā

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ٣١

Akhraja minhā mā'ahā wamar'āhā

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

Matā'al lakum wali'an'āmikum

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

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٣٤

Fa idhā jā'atit-tāmmatul-kubrā

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity¹⁸⁴⁶ -

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥

Yawma yatadhakkarul-insānu mā sa'ā

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦

Waburrizatil-jahīmu liman yarā

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

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧

Fa ammā man taghā

So as for he who transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٣٨

Wa ātharal-hayawātad-dunyā

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٣٩

Fa innal-jahīma hiyal-ma'wā

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ٤٠

Wa ammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihī wanahan-nafsa 'anil-hawā

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord¹⁸⁴⁷ and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٤١

Fa innal-jannata hiyal-ma'wā

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ٤٢

Yas'alūnaka 'anis-sā'ati ayyāna mursāhā

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?¹⁸⁴⁸

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ٤٣

Fīma anta min dhikrāhā

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?¹⁸⁴⁹

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤

Ilā rabbika muntahāhā

To your Lord is its finality.¹⁸⁵⁰

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ٤٥

Innamā anta mundhiru man yakhshāhā

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦

Ka annahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā 'ashiyyatan aw duhāhā

It will be, on the Day they see it,¹⁸⁵¹ as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.