Surah An-Nazi'at

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1. 1

   وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا

   By those [angels] who extract with violence1

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2. 2

   وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا

   And [by] those who remove with ease1

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3. 3

   وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا

   And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming1

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4. 4

   فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا

   And those who race each other in a race1

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5. 5

   فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا

   And those who arrange [each] matter,1

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6. 6

   يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

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

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7. 7

   تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

   There will follow it the subsequent [one].

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8. 8

   قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

   Hearts,1 that Day, will tremble,

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9. 9

   أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ

   Their eyes1 humbled.

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10. 10

    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

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

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11. 11

    أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً

    Even if we should be decayed bones?"1

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12. 12

    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

    They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."1

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13. 13

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

    Indeed, it will be but one shout,

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14. 14

    فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

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

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15. 15

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

    Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

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16. 16

    إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

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

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17. 17

    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

    "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

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18. 18

    فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

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

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19. 19

    وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

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

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20. 20

    فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    And he showed him the greatest sign,1

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21. 21

    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

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

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22. 22

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

    Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].1

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23. 23

    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

    And he gathered [his people] and called out

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24. 24

    فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

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

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25. 25

    فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

    So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].1.

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26. 26

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

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

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27. 27

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

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

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28. 28

    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

    He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

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29. 29

    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

    And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.1

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30. 30

    وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

    And after that He spread the earth.

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31. 31

    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

    He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

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32. 32

    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

    And the mountains He set firmly

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33. 33

    مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

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

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34. 34

    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity1 -

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35. 35

    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

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

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36. 36

    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

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

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37. 37

    فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

    So as for he who transgressed

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38. 38

    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    And preferred the life of the world,

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39. 39

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

    Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

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40. 40

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

    But as for he who feared the position of his Lord1 and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

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41. 41

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

    Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

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42. 42

    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

    They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?1

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43. 43

    فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

    In what [position] are you that you should mention it?1

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44. 44

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

    To your Lord is its finality.1

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45. 45

    إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

    You are only a warner for those who fear it.

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46. 46

    كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

    It will be, on the Day they see it,1 as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

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