79 · An-Naziat سورة النازعات

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا ۝١

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

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا ۝٢

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

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا ۝٣

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

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا ۝٤

Then press forward as in a race,

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا ۝٥

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

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ ۝٦

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

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ۝٧

Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ۝٨

Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ ۝٩

Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ ۝١٠

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

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَخِرَةً ۝١١

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

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ۝١٢

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

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ۝١٣

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

فَإِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ۝١٤

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

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ ۝١٥

Has the story of Moses reached thee?

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ۝١٦

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

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ ۝١٧

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

فَقُلْ هَلْ لَكَ إِلَىٰ أَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ ۝١٨

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

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ۝١٩

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

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ ۝٢٠

Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ۝٢١

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

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ۝٢٢

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

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ۝٢٣

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

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ ۝٢٤

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

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ ۝٢٥

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَىٰ ۝٢٦

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

أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا ۝٢٧

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

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا ۝٢٨

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

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا ۝٢٩

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

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا ۝٣٠

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

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا ۝٣١

He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا ۝٣٢

And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-

مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ ۝٣٣

For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ ۝٣٤

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

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ ۝٣٥

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَنْ يَرَىٰ ۝٣٦

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ طَغَىٰ ۝٣٧

Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا ۝٣٨

And had preferred the life of this world,

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ ۝٣٩

The Abode will be Hell-Fire;

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ ۝٤٠

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

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ ۝٤١

Their abode will be the Garden.

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا ۝٤٢

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

فِيمَ أَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرَاهَا ۝٤٣

Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهَاهَا ۝٤٤

With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَخْشَاهَا ۝٤٥

Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا ۝٤٦

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