An-Nazi'at النازعات

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا

By the forceful chargers

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا

raring to go,

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا

sweeping ahead at full stretch,

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا

overtaking swiftly

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا

to bring the matter to an end,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

on the Day when the blast reverberates

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

and the second blast follows,

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

hearts will tremble

أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ

and eyes will be downcast.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

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

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً

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

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

‘Such a return is impossible!’

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

But all it will take is a single blast,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

and they will be back above ground.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

Have you [Prophet] heard the story of Moses?

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

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

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

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

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

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

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

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

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Moses showed him the great sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

but he denied it and refused [the faith].

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

He turned away and hastily

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

gathered his people, proclaiming,

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

‘I am your supreme lord,’

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

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

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

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

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

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

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

raising it high and perfecting it,

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

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

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

and the earth, too, He spread out,

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

bringing waters and pastures out of it,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

and setting firm mountains [in it]

مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

for you and your animals to enjoy?

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

When the great overwhelming event arrives

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

on the Day that man remembers what he has done

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

and Hell is there for all to see,

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

for anyone who has transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

and preferred the present life

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Hell will be home;

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

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

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Paradise will be home.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour,

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

Its time is known only to your Lord;

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

you are only sent to warn those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

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