Surah An-Nazi'at

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا ۝١

By [the winds] that pluck out vehemently

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا ۝٢

and those that blow gently,

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا ۝٣

and by [the clouds] that swim serenely and

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا ۝٤

by those that outstrip them suddenly,

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا ۝٥

and by those who regulate events.

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ۝٦

On the Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world],

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ۝٧

to be followed by further [convulsions],

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ۝٨

hearts will be throbbing,

أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ ۝٩

while eyes will be downcast.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ۝١٠

They say, "What? shall we be brought back to life,

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً ۝١١

even after we have turned into decayed bones?"

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ۝١٢

and they say, "That indeed would be a losing return."

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ۝١٣

But all it will take is a single blast,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ۝١٤

and behold! They will all come out in the open.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ۝١٥

Have you heard the story of Moses?

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ۝١٦

His Lord called out to him by the sacred valley of Tuwa:

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ۝١٧

[saying], "Go to Pharaoh, he has exceeded all bounds,

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ۝١٨

and say, 'Will you reform yourself?

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ۝١٩

Do you want me to guide you to your Lord, so that you should fear Him?'"

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ۝٢٠

Moses showed him the great sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ۝٢١

but he denied it and refused [the faith].

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ۝٢٢

Then he quickly turned his back.

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ۝٢٣

And he summoned all his people,

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۝٢٤

and proclaimed, "I am your supreme Lord,"

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ۝٢٥

but God seized him and meted out to him the chastisement of both the next world and the present:

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ۝٢٦

surely there is in this a lesson for the God-fearing.

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ۝٢٧

[O Men!] Are you more difficult to create than the heaven which He has built,

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ۝٢٨

by raising its vault high and fashioning it flawlessly,

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٢٩

and making its night dark and bringing forth its morning light,

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ۝٣٠

and the earth which He spread out,

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ۝٣١

after that bringing forth from it its water and its pasture land,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ۝٣٢

and making the mountains firm:

مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ۝٣٣

[all this] as a means of sustenance for you and your animals?

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ۝٣٤

When the great over-whelming event arrives,

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ۝٣٥

on the Day that man remembers what he strove for

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ۝٣٦

and Hell is there for all to see,

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ۝٣٧

anyone who has acted arrogantly

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۝٣٨

and prefers the life of this world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ۝٣٩

will find himself in Hell;

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ۝٤٠

but one who fears to stand before his Lord and restrained himself from base desires,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ۝٤١

shall dwell in Paradise.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۝٤٢

They will ask you [Prophet] about the Hour, saying, "When it will come to pass?",

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ۝٤٣

what have you to do with the mentioning of it?

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ۝٤٤

Your Lord alone knows when it will come;

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ۝٤٥

you are but a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٤٦

On the Day when they see it, they will feel as if they had tarried in this world for only one evening or one morning.