An-Nazi'at Surah

وَاَلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقࣰ ا

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

وَاَلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطࣰ ا

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

وَاَلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحࣰ ا

Those who swiftly glide along (in the universe)

فَاَلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقࣰ ا

Those who rush to carry out

فَاَلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرࣰ ا

And execute the commands (of the Lord)

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ اُ۬لرَّاجِفَةُ

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

تَتۡبَعُهَا اَ۬لرَّادِفَةُ

And another (jolt) will (soon) follow

قُلُوبࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَاجِفَةٌ

That day, hearts would pound (in panic)

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةࣱ‏

And eyes would drift downward (with dread)

يَقُولُونَ أَٰ۟نَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي اِ۬لۡحَافِرَةِ

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

أَٰ۟ذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمࣰ ا نَّخِرَةࣰ‏

Even after we are (just) crumbling bones

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذࣰ ا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةࣱ‏

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

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ‏

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

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

And at once they will appear on the surface

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسٜ يٰٓ

Has the story of Musa reached you

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِالۡوَادِ اِ۬لۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوَى

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

اَ۪ذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغٜ يٰ

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

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكّٜ يٰ

And ask him, "Are you willing to accept purity

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشٜ يٰ

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

فَأَر۪ىٰهُ اُ۬لۡأٓيَةَ اَ۬لۡكُبۡر۪يٰ

And Musa showed him the great sign

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٜ يٰ

But the pharaoh denied and disobeyed

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعٜ يٰ

And turned back to hatch a scheme

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٜ يٰ

Then he assembled (his cronies) and announced

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ اُ۬لۡأَعۡلٜ يٰ

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

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةࣰ لِّمَن يَخۡشٜ يٰٓ

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

ءَٰا۬نتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ اِ۬لسَّمَآءُۚ بَنٜ ىٰهَا

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

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوّٜ ىٰهَا

He raised its vault high, and gave it balance

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحٜ ىٰهَا

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

وَاَلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحٜ ىٰهَآ

And after that, He spread out the earth

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعٜ ىٰهَا

He drafted off its water and produced the fodder

وَاَلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسٜ ىٰهَا

And He fixed the mountains firmly

مَتَٰعࣰ ا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ

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

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ اِ۬لطَّآمَّةُ اُ۬لۡكُبۡر۪يٰ

When that most grievous disaster befalls

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ اُ۬لۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعٜ يٰ

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ اِ۬لۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَر۪يٰ

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

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Anyone who transgressed (and rebelled)

وَءَاثَرَ اَ۬لۡحَيَوٰةَ اَ۬لدُّنۡيٜ ا

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

فَإِنَّ اَ۬لۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ اَ۬لۡمَأۡوٜ يٰ

Would really have hell for a home

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

فَإِنَّ اَ۬لۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ اَ۬لۡمَأۡوٜ يٰ

Would certainly have the paradise for a home

۞يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ اِ۬لسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسٜ ىٰهَا

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

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡر۪ىٰهَآ

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهٜ ىٰهَآ

That (knowledge) rests solely with your Lord

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشٜ ىٰهَا

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

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