Surah An-Nazi'at

وَالنّٰزِعٰتِ غَرْقًا 1

By those [angels] who extract with violence

وَّالنّٰشِطٰتِ نَشْطًا 2

And [by] those who remove with ease

وَّالسّٰبِحٰتِ سَبْحًا 3

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

فَالسّٰبِقٰتِ سَبْقًا 4

And those who race each other in a race

فَالْمُدَبِّرٰتِ اَمْرًا 5

And those who arrange [each] matter,

یَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ 6

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

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ۟ؕ 7

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوْبٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّاجِفَةٌ 8

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

اَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ 9

Their eyes humbled.

یَقُوْلُوْنَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرْدُوْدُوْنَ فِی الْحَافِرَةِ ۟ؕ 10

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

ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً ۟ؕ 11

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

قَالُوْا تِلْكَ اِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ 12

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

فَاِنَّمَا هِیَ زَجْرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ 13

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَاِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ۟ؕ 14

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

هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِیْثُ مُوْسٰی 15

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

اِذْ نَادٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًی 16

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

اِذْهَبْ اِلٰی فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰی ۟ؗۖ 17

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلْ هَلْ لَّكَ اِلٰۤی اَنْ تَزَكّٰی 18

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

وَاَهْدِیَكَ اِلٰی رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشٰی 19

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

فَاَرٰىهُ الْاٰیَةَ الْكُبْرٰی ۟ؗۖ 20

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰی ۟ؗۖ 21

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

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ یَسْعٰی ۟ؗۖ 22

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

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٰی ۟ؗۖ 23

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ اَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْاَعْلٰی ۟ؗۖ 24

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

فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَكَالَ الْاٰخِرَةِ وَالْاُوْلٰی ۟ؕ 25

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

اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَنْ یَّخْشٰی ۟ؕ۠ 26

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

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقًا اَمِ السَّمَآءُ ؕ بَنٰىهَا 27

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

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوّٰىهَا 28

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَاَغْطَشَ لَیْلَهَا وَاَخْرَجَ ضُحٰىهَا 29

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَالْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰىهَا ۟ؕ 30

And after that He spread the earth.

اَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعٰىهَا 31

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَالْجِبَالَ اَرْسٰىهَا 32

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْ ۟ؕ 33

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

فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الْكُبْرٰی ۟ؗۖ 34

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

یَوْمَ یَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا سَعٰی 35

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِیْمُ لِمَنْ یَّرٰی 36

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

فَاَمَّا مَنْ طَغٰی 37

So as for he who transgressed

وَاٰثَرَ الْحَیٰوةَ الدُّنْیَا 38

And preferred the life of the world,

فَاِنَّ الْجَحِیْمَ هِیَ الْمَاْوٰی ۟ؕ 39

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ وَنَهَی النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوٰی 40

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

فَاِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِیَ الْمَاْوٰی ۟ؕ 41

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

یَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَیَّانَ مُرْسٰىهَا ۟ؕ 42

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

فِیْمَ اَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرٰىهَا ۟ؕ 43

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

اِلٰی رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهٰىهَا ۟ؕ 44

To your Lord is its finality.

اِنَّمَاۤ اَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ یَّخْشٰىهَا ۟ؕ 45

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَاَنَّهُمْ یَوْمَ یَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ یَلْبَثُوْۤا اِلَّا عَشِیَّةً اَوْ ضُحٰىهَا 46

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.