النازعات

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًۭا

wal-nāziʿāti gharqan

By those [angels] who extract with violence

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًۭا

wal-nāshiṭāti nashṭan

And [by] those who remove with ease

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًۭا

wal-sābiḥāti sabḥan

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

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًۭا

fal-sābiqāti sabqan

And those who race each other in a race

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا

fal-mudabirāti amran

And those who arrange [each] matter,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

yawma tarjufu l-rājifatu

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

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

tatbaʿuhā l-rādifatu

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ

qulūbun yawma-idhin wājifatun

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌۭ

abṣāruhā khāshiʿatun

Their eyes humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

yaqūlūna a-innā lamardūdūna fī l-ḥāfirati

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

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ

a-idhā kunnā ʿiẓāman nakhiratan

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ

qālū til'ka idhan karratun khāsiratun

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

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ

fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

fa-idhā hum bil-sāhirati

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

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

idh nādāhu rabbuhu bil-wādi l-muqadasi ṭuwan

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

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

idh'hab ilā fir'ʿawna innahu ṭaghā

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

faqul hal laka ilā an tazakkā

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

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

wa-ahdiyaka ilā rabbika fatakhshā

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

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

fa-arāhu l-āyata l-kub'rā

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

fakadhaba waʿaṣā

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

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

thumma adbara yasʿā

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

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

faḥashara fanādā

And he gathered [his people] and called out.

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

faqāla anā rabbukumu l-aʿlā

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

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

fa-akhadhahu l-lahu nakāla l-ākhirati wal-ūlā

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

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

inna fī dhālika laʿib'ratan liman yakhshā

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

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

a-antum ashaddu khalqan ami l-samāu banāhā

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

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

rafaʿa samkahā fasawwāhā

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

wa-aghṭasha laylahā wa-akhraja ḍuḥāhā

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

wal-arḍa baʿda dhālika daḥāhā

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

akhraja min'hā māahā wamarʿāhā

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

wal-jibāla arsāhā

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَـٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

matāʿan lakum wali-anʿāmikum

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

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

fa-idhā jāati l-ṭāmatu l-kub'rā

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

yawma yatadhakkaru l-insānu mā saʿā

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

waburrizati l-jaḥīmu liman yarā

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

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

fa-ammā man ṭaghā

So as for he who transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

waāthara l-ḥayata l-dun'yā

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

fa-inna l-jaḥīma hiya l-mawā

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

wa-ammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihi wanahā l-nafsa ʿani l-hawā

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

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

fa-inna l-janata hiya l-mawā

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

yasalūnaka ʿani l-sāʿati ayyāna mur'sāhā

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

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

fīma anta min dhik'rāhā

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

ilā rabbika muntahāhā

To your Lord is its finality.

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

innamā anta mundhiru man yakhshāhā

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

ka-annahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā ʿashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā

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.