An-Nazi'at · Those who drag forth

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًۭا ﴿١﴾

By those [angels] who extract with violence

wal-nāziʿāti gharqan

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًۭا ﴿٢﴾

And [by] those who remove with ease

wal-nāshiṭāti nashṭan

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًۭا ﴿٣﴾

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

wal-sābiḥāti sabḥan

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًۭا ﴿٤﴾

And those who race each other in a race

fal-sābiqāti sabqan

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا ﴿٥﴾

And those who arrange [each] matter,

fal-mudabirāti amran

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ﴿٦﴾

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

yawma tarjufu l-rājifatu

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ﴿٧﴾

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

tatbaʿuhā l-rādifatu

قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ ﴿٨﴾

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

qulūbun yawma-idhin wājifatun

أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌۭ ﴿٩﴾

Their eyes humbled.

abṣāruhā khāshiʿatun

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ﴿١٠﴾

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

yaqūlūna a-innā lamardūdūna fī l-ḥāfirati

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ ﴿١١﴾

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

a-idhā kunnā ʿiẓāman nakhiratan

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ ﴿١٢﴾

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

qālū til'ka idhan karratun khāsiratun

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ ﴿١٣﴾

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ﴿١٤﴾

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

fa-idhā hum bil-sāhirati

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ﴿١٥﴾

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿١٦﴾

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

idh nādāhu rabbuhu bil-wādi l-muqadasi ṭuwan

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

idh'hab ilā fir'ʿawna innahu ṭaghā

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

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

faqul hal laka ilā an tazakkā

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

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

wa-ahdiyaka ilā rabbika fatakhshā

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾

And he showed him the greatest sign,

fa-arāhu l-āyata l-kub'rā

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾

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

fakadhaba waʿaṣā

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٢٢﴾

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

thumma adbara yasʿā

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾

And he gathered [his people] and called out.

faḥashara fanādā

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾

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

faqāla anā rabbukumu l-aʿlā

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ﴿٢٥﴾

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

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

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ﴿٢٦﴾

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

inna fī dhālika laʿib'ratan liman yakhshā

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٢٧﴾

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

a-antum ashaddu khalqan ami l-samāu banāhā

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٢٨﴾

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

rafaʿa samkahā fasawwāhā

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٢٩﴾

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

wa-aghṭasha laylahā wa-akhraja ḍuḥāhā

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ﴿٣٠﴾

And after that He spread the earth.

wal-arḍa baʿda dhālika daḥāhā

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ﴿٣١﴾

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

akhraja min'hā māahā wamarʿāhā

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٣٢﴾

And the mountains He set firmly

wal-jibāla arsāhā

مَتَـٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٣﴾

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

matāʿan lakum wali-anʿāmikum

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

fa-idhā jāati l-ṭāmatu l-kub'rā

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ﴿٣٥﴾

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

yawma yatadhakkaru l-insānu mā saʿā

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾

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

waburrizati l-jaḥīmu liman yarā

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾

So as for he who transgressed

fa-ammā man ṭaghā

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿٣٨﴾

And preferred the life of the world,

waāthara l-ḥayata l-dun'yā

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٣٩﴾

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

fa-inna l-jaḥīma hiya l-mawā

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾

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

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

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٤١﴾

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

fa-inna l-janata hiya l-mawā

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٤٢﴾

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

yasalūnaka ʿani l-sāʿati ayyāna mur'sāhā

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٣﴾

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

fīma anta min dhik'rāhā

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٤﴾

To your Lord is its finality.

ilā rabbika muntahāhā

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤٥﴾

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

innamā anta mundhiru man yakhshāhā

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٤٦﴾

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.

ka-annahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā ʿashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā