1

وَاَلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقࣰ ا

(I swear by the angels) _ those who (violently) wrench out (the souls of the unbelievers)

2

وَاَلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطࣰ ا

And those who (gently) draw out (the souls of the believers)

3

وَاَلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحࣰ ا

Those who swiftly glide along (in the universe)

4

فَاَلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقࣰ ا

Those who rush to carry out

5

فَاَلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرࣰ ا

And execute the commands (of the Lord)

6

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ اُ۬لرَّاجِفَةُ

That day, (the Day of Decision), a violent jolt will rock (the earth)

7

تَتۡبَعُهَا اَ۬لرَّادِفَةُ

And another (jolt) will (soon) follow

8

قُلُوبࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَاجِفَةٌ

That day, hearts would pound (in panic)

9

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةࣱ‏

And eyes would drift downward (with dread)

10

يَقُولُونَ أَٰ۟نَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي اِ۬لۡحَافِرَةِ

They are saying, "What? Would we really be restored back to our former (state of) existence

11

أَٰ۟ذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمࣰ ا نَّخِرَةࣰ‏

Even after we are (just) crumbling bones

12

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذࣰ ا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةࣱ‏

They say, "Such a (revival and) recurrence is hence a losing proposition

13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ‏

(In fact), it will just take a single rebuke

14

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

And at once they will appear on the surface

15

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسٜ يٰٓ

Has the story of Musa reached you

16

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِالۡوَادِ اِ۬لۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوَى

His Lord summoned him to the holy valley of ´Tuwa´

17

اَ۪ذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغٜ يٰ

(And said), "Go to the pharaoh, he is really rebellious

18

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكّٜ يٰ

And ask him, "Are you willing to accept purity

19

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشٜ يٰ

(If so), I will guide you towards your Lord; fear Him

20

فَأَر۪ىٰهُ اُ۬لۡأٓيَةَ اَ۬لۡكُبۡر۪يٰ

And Musa showed him the great sign

21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٜ يٰ

But the pharaoh denied and disobeyed

22

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعٜ يٰ

And turned back to hatch a scheme

23

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٜ يٰ

Then he assembled (his cronies) and announced

24

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ اُ۬لۡأَعۡلٜ يٰ

He said, "I am your Lord, the most high

25

فَأَخَذَهُ اُ۬للَّهُ نَكَالَ اَ۬لۡأٓخِرَةِ وَاَلۡأُولٜ يٰٓ

So, (as a punishment), Allah turned him into an example in the afterlife, as well as in this life

26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةࣰ لِّمَن يَخۡشٜ يٰٓ

Of course, there is a lesson in it for all who fear (the reckoning)

27

ءَٰا۬نتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ اِ۬لسَّمَآءُۚ بَنٜ ىٰهَا

(Oh mankind)! Are you the harder to create, or is it the heavens which He built

28

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوّٜ ىٰهَا

He raised its vault high, and gave it balance

29

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحٜ ىٰهَا

He imbued the night with darkness, and drew out its morning (glow)

30

وَاَلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحٜ ىٰهَآ

And after that, He spread out the earth

31

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعٜ ىٰهَا

He drafted off its water and produced the fodder

32

وَاَلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسٜ ىٰهَا

And He fixed the mountains firmly

33

مَتَٰعࣰ ا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ

(All that) for your needs, and those of your livestock

34

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ اِ۬لطَّآمَّةُ اُ۬لۡكُبۡر۪يٰ

When that most grievous disaster befalls

35

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ اُ۬لۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعٜ يٰ

Man, that day, shall recall all he ever (stood and) strove for

36

وَبُرِّزَتِ اِ۬لۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَر۪يٰ

And the hell shall (loom large, and) be made visible to all

37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Anyone who transgressed (and rebelled)

38

وَءَاثَرَ اَ۬لۡحَيَوٰةَ اَ۬لدُّنۡيٜ ا

And preferred the life of this world (to the afterlife)

39

فَإِنَّ اَ۬لۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ اَ۬لۡمَأۡوٜ يٰ

Would really have hell for a home

40

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى اَ۬لنَّفۡسَ عَنِ اِ۬لۡهَوٜ يٰ

While anyone who feared having to stand before his Lord (for a reckoning), and guarded himself against (the base and banal) desires

41

فَإِنَّ اَ۬لۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ اَ۬لۡمَأۡوٜ يٰ

Would certainly have the paradise for a home

42

۞يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ اِ۬لسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسٜ ىٰهَا

(Oh prophet), they ask you about the hour (of Judgment), "When will that (hour) come to pass

43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡر۪ىٰهَآ

It is not for you to forecast the (actual) date (of its occurrence)

44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهٜ ىٰهَآ

That (knowledge) rests solely with your Lord

45

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشٜ ىٰهَا

You are there to warn anyone who fears (that day)

46

كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحٜ ىٰهَا

When they see that day, it will actually be like they have lived (in this world) for just one morning, or a single afternoon