بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
Chapter 79, 46 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
والناشطات نشطا
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
Waalnnashitati nashtan
والسابحات سبحا
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
Waalssabihati sabhan
فالسابقات سبقا
Then press forward as in a race,
Faalssabiqati sabqan
فالمدبرات أمرا
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
Faalmudabbirati amran
يوم ترجف الراجفة
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
تتبعها الرادفة
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
أبصارها خاشعة
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Absaruha khashiAAatun
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
فإذا هم بالساهرة
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Faitha hum bialssahirati
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
فأراه الآية الكبرى
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
Faarahu alayata alkubra
فكذب وعصى
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Fakaththaba waAAasa
ثم أدبر يسعى
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Thumma adbara yasAAa
فحشر فنادى
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Fahashara fanada
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
رفع سمكها فسواها
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
Waaljibala arsaha
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
فأما من طغى
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Faamma man tagha
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And had preferred the life of this world,
Waathara alhayata alddunya
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Their abode will be the Garden.
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
فيم أنت من ذكراها
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
Feema anta min thikraha
إلى ربك منتهاها
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
Ila rabbika muntahaha
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha