An-Nazi'at النازعات

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim wal-nazi'at gharqa

By those [angels] who extract with violence

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

wan-nashitat nasht

And [by] those who remove with ease

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

was-sabihat sabha

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

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

fas-sabiqat sabqa

And those who race each other in a race

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

fal-mudabbirat amran

And those who arrange [each] matter,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

yawma tarjuf ar-rajifah

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

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

tatba'uha ar-rafidah

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

qulub yawma'idhin wajifat

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

absaruha khashi'ah

Their eyes humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

yaquluna a-inna la-marjuduna fi al-hafirah

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

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

'a-itha kunna 'izam nakhirah

Even if we should be decayed bones?

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

qalu tilka idhan karratun khasira

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

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

fa-innama hiya zajrah wahidah

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

fa-idha hum bis-sahirah

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

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

hal ataka hadith Musa

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

id nadahu rabbuh bil-wadi al-muqaddas tuwa

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

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

idhhab ila fir'awn innahu tagha

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

fa-qul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

wa-ahdiyaka ila rabbika fa-takhsha

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

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

fa-arah al-ayah al-kubra

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

fakadhdhaba wa-'asa

But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

thumma adbara yas'a

Then he turned his back, striving.

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

fa-hashara fa-nada

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

fa-qala ana rabbukum al-a'la

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

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

fa-akhadhahu Allah nakal al-akhirah wal-ula

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

inna fi dhalika la-'ibratan li-man yakhsha

Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا

'a-antum ashadd khalqan am as-sama' banaha

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

rafa'a samkaha fa-sawwaha

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

wa-aghtasha laylaha wa-akhraja duhaha

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

wal-arda ba'd dhalik dahaha

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

akhraja minha ma'aha wa-mar'aha

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

wal-jibala arsaha

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

mata'an lakum wa-li-an'amikum

As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

fa-idha ja'at at-tammah al-kubra

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

yawma yatadhakkar al-insan ma sa'a

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

wa-burrizat al-jahim liman yara

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

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

fa-amma man tagha

So as for he who transgressed

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

wa-athara al-hayat ad-dunya

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

fa-inna al-jahim hiya al-ma'wa

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

wa-amma man khafa maqam rabbih wa-naha an-nafs 'an al-hawa

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

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

fa-inna al-jannata hiya al-ma'wa

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

yas'alunak 'an as-sa'ah ayyana mursaha

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

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

fi ma anta min dhikraha

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

ila rabbak muntahah

To your Lord is its finality.

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

innama anta mundhiru man yakhshaha

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

ka-annahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathu illa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaha

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.