Surah An-Naazi'aat (Those who drag forth)

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا

By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;

By those who drag forth to destruction,

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا

By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);

By the meteors rushing,

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا

And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),

By the lone stars floating,

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا

Then press forward as in a race,

By the angels hastening,

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا

Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),

And those who govern the event,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,

On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):

And the second followeth it,

قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ

Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

On that day hearts beat painfully

أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ

Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

While eyes are downcast

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?

(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ

"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"

Even after we are crumbled bones?

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ

They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"

They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ

But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,

Surely it will need but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).

And lo! they will be awakened.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

Has the story of Moses reached thee?

Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-

How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?-

And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"

Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

And he showed him the tremendous token.

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

But he denied and disobeyed,

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).

Then turned he away in haste,

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,

Then gathered he and summoned

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".

And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.

So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).

Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:

Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.

He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).

And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);

And after that He spread the earth,

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-

And He made fast the hills,

مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ

For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

A provision for you and for your cattle.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-

But when the great disaster cometh,

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,

The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,-

And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

Then, as for him who rebelled

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

And had preferred the life of this world,

And chose the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

The Abode will be Hell-Fire;

Lo! hell will be his home.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,

But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Their abode will be the Garden.

Lo! the Garden will be his home.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time?

They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof?

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!

On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.