An-Naazi'aat

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ١

By those [angels] who wrest [the soul] violently,

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ٢

by those who draw [it] out gently,

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ٣

by those who swim smoothly,

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ٤

by those who, racing, take the lead,

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ٥

by those who direct the affairs [of creatures]:

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦

the day when the Quaker quakes

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧

and is followed by the Successor,

قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨

hearts will be trembling on that day,

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ٩

bearing a humbled look.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ١٠

They will say, ‘Are we being returned to our earlier state?

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ١١

What, even after we have been decayed bones?!’

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ١٢

They will say, ‘This is, then, a ruinous return!’

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣

Yet it will be only a single shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤

and behold, they will be awake.

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥

Did you receive the story of Moses,

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦

when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa?

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧

[And said,] ‘Go to Pharaoh, for indeed he has rebelled,

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨

and say, ‘‘Would you purify yourself?

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ١٩

I will guide you to your Lord, that you may fear [Him]?’’ ’

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٢٠

Then he showed him the greatest sign.

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١

But he denied, and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٢٢

Then he turned back, walking swiftly,

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣

and gathered [the people] and proclaimed,

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٤

saying, ‘I am your exalted lord!’

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥

So Allah seized him with the punishment of this life and the Hereafter.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ٢٦

There is indeed a moral in that for someone who fears!

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧

Is your creation more prodigious or that of the heaven He has built?

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨

He raised its vault and fashioned it,

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩

and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon.

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠

Thereafter He spread out the earth,

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ٣١

brought forth from it its water and pastures,

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ٣٢

setting firm the mountains,

مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٣

as a [place of] sustenance for you and your livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٣٤

When the Greatest Catastrophe befalls

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥

—the day when man will remember his endeavours

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦

and hell is brought into view for those who can see—

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧

as for him who has been rebellious

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٣٨

and preferred the life of this world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٣٩

his refuge will indeed be hell.

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ٤٠

But as for him who is awed to stand before his Lord and restrains his soul from [following] desires,

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٤١

his refuge will indeed be paradise.

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ٤٢

They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it set in,

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ٤٣

considering your frequent mention of it?”

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤

Its outcome is with your Lord.

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ٤٥

You are only a warner for those who are afraid it.

كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦

The day they see it, it shall be as if they had not stayed [in the world] except for an evening or forenoon.