Surah An-Nazi'at — Those Who Drag Forth

وَالنّٰزِعٰتِ غَرْقًاۙ

Wan-nāzi‘āti garqā(n).

By those [angels] who extract with violence

وَّالنّٰشِطٰتِ نَشْطًاۙ

Wan-nāsyiṭāti nasyṭā(n).

And [by] those who remove with ease

وَّالسّٰبِحٰتِ سَبْحًاۙ

Was-sābiḥāti sabḥā(n).

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

فَالسّٰبِقٰتِ سَبْقًاۙ

Fas-sābiqāti sabqā(n).

And those who race each other in a race

فَالْمُدَبِّرٰتِ اَمْرًاۘ

Fal-mudabbirāti amrā(n).

And those who arrange [each] matter,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُۙ

Yauma tarjufur-rājifah(tu).

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

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ۗ

Tatba‘uhar-rādifah(tu).

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوْبٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّاجِفَةٌۙ

Qulūbuy yauma'iżiw wājifah(tun).

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

اَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ ۘ

Abṣāruhā khāsyi‘ah(tun).

Their eyes humbled.

يَقُوْلُوْنَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرْدُوْدُوْنَ فِى الْحَافِرَةِۗ

Yaqūlūna a'innā lamardūdūna fil-ḥāfirah(ti).

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

ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً ۗ

A'iżā kunnā ‘iẓāman nakhirah(tan).

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

قَالُوْا تِلْكَ اِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ۘ

Qālū tilka iżan karratun khāsirah(tun).

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

فَاِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌۙ

Fa innamā hiya zajratuw wāḥidah(tun).

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَاِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِۗ

Fa iżā hum bis-sāhirah(ti).

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

هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيْثُ مُوْسٰىۘ

Hal atāka ḥadīṡu mūsā.

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

اِذْ نَادٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًىۚ

Iż nādāhu rabbuhū bil-wādil-muqaddasi ṭuwā(n).

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

اِذْهَبْ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰىۖ

Iżhab ilā fir‘auna innahū ṭagā.

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلْ هَلْ لَّكَ اِلٰٓى اَنْ تَزَكّٰىۙ

Fa qul hal laka ilā an tazakkā.

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

وَاَهْدِيَكَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشٰىۚ

Wa ahdiyaka ilā rabbika fa takhsyā.

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

فَاَرٰىهُ الْاٰيَةَ الْكُبْرٰىۖ

Fa arāhul-āyatal-kubrā.

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰىۖ

Fa każżaba wa ‘aṣā.

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

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ يَسْعٰىۖ

Ṡumma adbara yas‘ā.

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

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٰىۖ

Fa ḥasyara fanādā.

And he gathered [his people] and called out.

فَقَالَ اَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ الْاَعْلٰىۖ

Fa qāla ana rabbukumul-a‘lā.

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

فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَكَالَ الْاٰخِرَةِ وَالْاُوْلٰىۗ

Fa akhażahullāhu nakālal-ākhirati wal-ūlā.

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

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَنْ يَّخْشٰى ۗ ࣖ

Inna fī żālika la‘ibratal limay yakhsyā.

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

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقًا اَمِ السَّمَاۤءُ ۚ بَنٰىهَاۗ

A'antum asyaddu khalqan amis-samā'u banāhā.

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

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوّٰىهَاۙ

Rafa‘a samkahā fa sawwāhā.

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَاَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَاَخْرَجَ ضُحٰىهَاۖ

Wa agṭasya lailahā wa akhraja ḍuḥāhā.

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَالْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰىهَاۗ

Wal-arḍa ba‘da żālika daḥāhā.

And after that He spread the earth.

اَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاۤءَهَا وَمَرْعٰىهَاۖ

Akhraja minhā mā'ahā wa mar‘āhā.

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَالْجِبَالَ اَرْسٰىهَاۙ

Wal-jibāla arsāhā.

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْۗ

Matā‘al lakum wa li'an‘āmikum.

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

فَاِذَا جَاۤءَتِ الطَّاۤمَّةُ الْكُبْرٰىۖ

Fa iżā jā'atiṭ-ṭāmmatul-kubrā.

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا سَعٰىۙ

Yauma yatażakkarul-insānu mā sa‘ā.

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيْمُ لِمَنْ يَّرٰى

Wa burrizatil-jaḥīmu limay yarā.

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

فَاَمَّا مَنْ طَغٰىۖ

Fa ammā man ṭagā.

So as for he who transgressed

وَاٰثَرَ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَاۙ

Wa āṡaral-ḥayātad-dun-yā.

And preferred the life of the world,

فَاِنَّ الْجَحِيْمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوٰىۗ

Fa innal-jaḥīma hiyal-ma'wā.

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوٰىۙ

Wa ammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihī wa nahan-nafsa ‘anil-hawā.

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

فَاِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوٰىۗ

Fa innal-jannata hiyal-ma'wā.

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَيَّانَ مُرْسٰىهَاۗ

Yas'alūnaka ‘anis-sā‘ati ayyāna mursāhā.

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

فِيْمَ اَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرٰىهَاۗ

Fīma anta min żikrāhā.

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

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهٰىهَاۗ

Ilā rabbika muntahāhā.

To your Lord is its finality.

اِنَّمَآ اَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَّخْشٰىهَاۗ

Innamā anta munżiru may yakhsyāhā.

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوْٓا اِلَّا عَشِيَّةً اَوْ ضُحٰىهَا ࣖ

Ka'annahum yauma yaraunahā lam yalbaṡū illā ‘asyiyyatan au 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.