79. Surah An-Nazi'at Those who drag forth

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقاًۙ

WannaziAAati gharqa

By those who pluck out harshly,

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطاًۙ

Wannashitati nashta

and those who draw out gently,

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحاًۙ

Wassabihati sabha

and those who glide serenely,

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقاًۙ

Fassabiqati sabqa

and those who outrun easily,

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ اَمْراًۢ

Falmudabbirati amra

and those who direct affairs.

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُۙ

Yawma tarjufu arrajifa

On the Day the first blast shudders,

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُۜ

TatbaAAuha arradifa

and the second blast follows it,

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌۙ

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifa

hearts that Day will be pounding

اَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌۢ

Absaruha khashiAAa

and eyes will be cast down.

يَقُولُونَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِۜ

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona feealhafira

They will say, ‘Are we to be restored to how we were?

ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَاماً نَخِرَةًۜ

A-itha kunna AAithamannakhira

when we have become perished, worm-eaten bones?’

قَالُوا تِلْكَ اِذاً كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۢ

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasira

They say, ‘That will clearly be a losing restoration!’

فَاِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌۙ

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahida

There will be but one Great Blast,

فَاِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِۜ

Fa-itha hum bissahira

and at once they will be on the surface, wide awake!

هَلْ اَتٰيكَ حَد۪يثُ مُوسٰىۢ

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

Has the story of Musa reached you:

اِذْ نَادٰيهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًىۚ

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bilwadialmuqaddasi tuwa

when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa?

اِذْهَبْ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهُ طَغٰىۘ

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

‘Go to Pharaoh – he has overstepped the limits –

فَقُلْ هَلْ لَكَ اِلٰٓى اَنْ تَزَكّٰىۙ

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

and say: "Do you resolve to purify yourself.

وَاَهْدِيَكَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشٰىۚ

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

I will guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him?"’

فَاَرٰيهُ الْاٰيَةَ الْـكُبْرٰىۘ

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

Then he showed him the Great Sign.

فَـكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰىۘ

Fakaththaba waAAasa

But he denied it and disobeyed,

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ يَسْعٰىۘ

Thumma adbara yasAAa

and then he hastily backed away.

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٰىۘ

Fahashara fanada

But then he rallied and called out,

فَقَالَ اَنَا۬ رَبُّكُمُ الْاَعْلٰىۘ

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

saying, ‘I am your Lord Most High!’

فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَكَالَ الْاٰخِرَةِ وَالْاُو۫لٰىۜ

Faakhathahu Allahu nakalaal-akhirati wal-oola

So Allah made an example of him seizing him with punishment in the next World and this world.

اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشٰىۜ۟

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan limanyakhsha

There is certainly instruction in that for those who fear.

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقاً اَمِ السَّمَٓاءُۜ بَنٰيهَا۠

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami assamaobanaha

Are you stronger in structure or is heaven? He built it.

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوّٰيهَاۙ

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

He raised its vault high and made it level.

وَاَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَاَخْرَجَ ضُحٰيهَاۖ

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

He darkened its night and brought forth its morning light.

وَالْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰيهَاۜ

Wal-arda baAAda thalikadahaha

After that He smoothed out the earth

اَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَٓاءَهَا وَمَرْعٰيهَاۖ

Akhraja minha maahawamarAAaha

and brought forth from it its water and its pastureland

وَالْجِبَالَ اَرْسٰيهَاۙ

Waljibala arsaha

and made the mountains firm,

مَتَاعاً لَكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْۜ

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

for you and for your livestock to enjoy.

فَاِذَا جَٓاءَتِ الطَّٓامَّةُ الْكُبْرٰىۘ

Fa-itha jaati attammatualkubra

When the Great Calamity comes:

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا سَعٰىۙ

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu masaAAa

that Day man will remember what he has striven for

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَح۪يمُ لِمَنْ يَرٰى

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

and the Blazing Fire will be displayed for all who can see.

فَاَمَّا مَنْ طَغٰىۙ

Faamma man tagha

As for him who overstepped the bounds

وَاٰثَرَ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَاۙ

Waathara alhayata addunya

and preferred the life of this world,

فَاِنَّ الْجَح۪يمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوٰىۜ

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

the Blazing Fire will be his refuge.

وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّه۪ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوٰىۙ

Waama man khafa maqamarabbihi wanaha annafsa AAani alhawa

But as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and forbade the lower self its appetites,

فَاِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوٰىۜ

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

the Garden will be his refuge.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَيَّانَ مُرْسٰيهَاۜ

Yas-aloonaka AAani assaAAatiayyana mursaha

They ask you about the Hour: ‘When will it come?’

ف۪يمَ اَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرٰيهَاۜ

Feema anta min thikraha

What are you doing mentioning it?

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهٰيهَاۜ

Ila rabbika muntahaha

Its coming is your Lord’s affair.

اِنَّمَٓا اَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَخْشٰيهَاۜ

Innama anta munthiru manyakhshaha

You are only the warner of those who fear it.

كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُٓوا اِلَّا عَشِيَّةً اَوْ ضُحٰيهَا

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lamyalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

On the Day they see it, it will be as if they had only lingered for the evening or the morning of a single day.