An-Nāzi`āt

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا

WannaziAAati gharqa

By the forceful chargers

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا

Wannashitati nashta

raring to go,

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا

Wassabihati sabha

sweeping ahead at full stretch,

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا

Fassabiqati sabqa

overtaking swiftly

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا

Falmudabbirati amra

to bring the matter to an end,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

Yawma tarjufu arrajifa

on the Day when the blast reverberates

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

TatbaAAuha arradifa

and the second blast follows,

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifa

hearts will tremble

أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ

Absaruha khashiAAa

and eyes will be downcast.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona feealhafira

They say, ‘What? shall we be brought back to life,

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً

A-itha kunna AAithamannakhira

after we have turned into decayed bones?’ and they say,

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasira

‘Such a return is impossible!’

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahida

But all it will take is a single blast,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

Fa-itha hum bissahira

and they will be back above ground.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

Have you [Prophet] heard the story of Moses?

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bilwadialmuqaddasi tuwa

His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

‘Go to Pharaoh, for he has exceeded all bounds,

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

and ask him, “Do you want to purify yourself [of sin]?

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

Do you want me to guide you to your Lord, so that you may hold Him in awe?” ’

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

Moses showed him the great sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Fakaththaba waAAasa

but he denied it and refused [the faith].

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Thumma adbara yasAAa

He turned away and hastily

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Fahashara fanada

gathered his people, proclaiming,

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

‘I am your supreme lord,’

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

Faakhathahu Allahu nakalaal-akhirati wal-oola

so God condemned him to punishment in the life to come as well as in this life:

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan limanyakhsha

there truly is a lesson in this for anyone who stands in awe of God.

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami assamaobanaha

Which is harder to create: you people or the sky that He built,

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

raising it high and perfecting it,

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

giving darkness to its night and bringing out its morning brightness,

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

Wal-arda baAAda thalikadahaha

and the earth, too, He spread out,

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

Akhraja minha maahawamarAAaha

bringing waters and pastures out of it,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

Waljibala arsaha

and setting firm mountains [in it]

مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

for you and your animals to enjoy?

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Fa-itha jaati attammatualkubra

When the great overwhelming event arrives

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu masaAAa

on the Day that man remembers what he has done

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

and Hell is there for all to see,

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Faamma man tagha

for anyone who has transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

Waathara alhayata addunya

and preferred the present life

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

Hell will be home;

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

Waama man khafa maqamarabbihi wanaha annafsa AAani alhawa

for anyone who feared the meeting with his Lord and restrained himself from base desires,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

Paradise will be home.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

Yas-aloonaka AAani assaAAatiayyana mursaha

They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour,

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

Feema anta min thikraha

saying, ‘When will it arrive?’, but how can you tell [them that]?

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

Ila rabbika muntahaha

Its time is known only to your Lord;

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

Innama anta munthiru manyakhshaha

you are only sent to warn those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lamyalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

On the Day they see it, it will seem they lingered [in this life] an evening [at most,] or its morning.