بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
Chapter 79, 46 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
WaalnnaziAAati gharqan
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنازعات غرقا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
Waalnnashitati nashtan
والناشطات نشطا
And [by] those who remove with ease
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
Waalssabihati sabhan
والسابحات سبحا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
Faalssabiqati sabqan
فالسابقات سبقا
And those who race each other in a race
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
Faalmudabbirati amran
فالمدبرات أمرا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
يوم ترجف الراجفة
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
TatbaAAuha alrradifatu
تتبعها الرادفة
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
قلوب يومئذ واجفة
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
Absaruha khashiAAatun
أبصارها خاشعة
Their eyes humbled.
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة
Even if we should be decayed bones?
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
فإنما هي زجرة واحدة
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
Faitha hum bialssahirati
فإذا هم بالساهرة
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
هل أتاك حديث موسى
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
إذ ناداه ربه بالواد المقدس طوى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
اذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغى
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
فقل هل لك إلى أن تزكى
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
وأهديك إلى ربك فتخشى
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Faarahu alayata alkubra
فأراه الآية الكبرى
And he showed him the greatest sign,
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Fakaththaba waAAasa
فكذب وعصى
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Thumma adbara yasAAa
ثم أدبر يسعى
Then he turned his back, striving.
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Fahashara fanada
فحشر فنادى
And he gathered [his people] and called out
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla
فقال أنا ربكم الأعلى
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
فأخذه الله نكال الآخرة والأولى
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
إن في ذلك لعبرة لمن يخشى
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء ۚ بناها
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
رفع سمكها فسواها
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
And after that He spread the earth.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha
أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
Waaljibala arsaha
والجبال أرساها
And the mountains He set firmly
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa
يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
وبرزت الجحيم لمن يرى
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Faamma man tagha
فأما من طغى
So as for he who transgressed
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Waathara alhayata alddunya
وآثر الحياة الدنيا
And preferred the life of the world,
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
فإن الجحيم هي المأوى
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
وأما من خاف مقام ربه ونهى النفس عن الهوى
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
فإن الجنة هي المأوى
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
Feema anta min thikraha
فيم أنت من ذكراها
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
Ila rabbika muntahaha
إلى ربك منتهاها
To your Lord is its finality.
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
إنما أنت منذر من يخشاها
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
كأنهم يوم يرونها لم يلبثوا إلا عشية أو ضحاها
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.