Surah An-Nazi'at

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا ۝١

Wan-naazi`aati gharqaa

By those [angels] who extract with violence

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا ۝٢

Wan-naashitaati nashtaa

And [by] those who remove with ease

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا ۝٣

Was-saabihaati sabhaa

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

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا ۝٤

Fas-saabiqaati sabqaa

And those who race each other in a race

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا ۝٥

Fal-mudabbiraati amraa

And those who arrange [each] matter,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ۝٦

Yawma tarjufur-raajifah

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

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ۝٧

Tatba`uhar-raadifah

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ۝٨

Quloobuy yawma'idhiw waajifah

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ ۝٩

Absaaruhaa khaashi`ah

Their eyes humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ۝١٠

Yaqooloona a'innaa lamardoodoona fil-haafirah

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

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً ۝١١

A'idhaa kunnaa `izaaman nakhirah

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ۝١٢

Qaaloo tilka idhan karratun khaasirah

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

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ۝١٣

Fa'innamaa hiya zajratuw waahidah

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ۝١٤

Fa'idhaa hum bis-saahirah

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

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ۝١٥

Hal ataaka hadeethu moosaa

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ۝١٦

Idh naadaahu rabbuhoo bil-waadil-muqaddasi tuwaa

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

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ۝١٧

Idhhab ilaa fir`awna innahoo taghaa

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ۝١٨

Faqul hal laka ilaa an tazakkaa

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

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ۝١٩

Wa'ahdiyaka ilaa rabbika fatakhshaa

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

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ۝٢٠

Fa'araahul-aayatal-kubraa

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ۝٢١

Fakadhdhaba wa`asaa

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

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ۝٢٢

Thumma adbara yas`aa

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

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ۝٢٣

Fahashara fanaadaa

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۝٢٤

Faqaala ana rabbukumul-a`laa

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

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ۝٢٥

Fa'akhadhahullaahu nakaalal-aakhirati wal-oolaa

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

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ۝٢٦

Inna fee dhaalika la`ibratal limay yakhshaa

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

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا ۝٢٧

A'antum ashaddu khalqan amis-samaa', banaahaa

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

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ۝٢٨

Rafa`a samkahaa fasawwaahaa

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٢٩

Wa'aghtasha laylahaa wa'akhraja duhaahaa

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ۝٣٠

Wal-arda ba`da dhaalika dahaahaa

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ۝٣١

Akhraja minhaa maa'ahaa wamar`aahaa

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ۝٣٢

Wal-jibaala arsaahaa

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ۝٣٣

Mataa`al lakum wali'an`aamikum

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

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ۝٣٤

Fa'idhaa jaa'atit-taammatul-kubraa

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ۝٣٥

Yawma yatadhakkarul-insaanu maa sa`aa

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ۝٣٦

Waburrizatil-jaheemu limay yaraa

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

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ۝٣٧

Fa'ammaa man taghaa

So as for he who transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۝٣٨

Wa'aatharal-hayaatad-dunyaa

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ۝٣٩

Fa'innal-jaheema hiyal-ma'waa

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ۝٤٠

Wa'ammaa man khaafa maqaama rabbihee wanahan-nafsa `anil-hawaa

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

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ۝٤١

Fa'innal-jannata hiyal-ma'waa

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۝٤٢

Yas'aloonaka `anis-saa`ati ayyaana mursaahaa

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

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ۝٤٣

Feema anta min dhikraahaa

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ۝٤٤

Ilaa rabbika muntahaahaa

To your Lord is its finality.

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ۝٤٥

Innamaa anta mundhiru may yakhshaahaa

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٤٦

Ka'annahum yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbathoo illaa `ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa

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.