An-Nazi'at

وَالنّٰزِعٰتِ غَرۡقًا ۙ‏ ١

Wan naazi 'aati gharqa

By those [angels] who extract with violence

وَّالنّٰشِطٰتِ نَشۡطًا ۙ‏ ٢

Wan naa shi taati nashta

And [by] those who remove with ease

وَّالسّٰبِحٰتِ سَبۡحًا ۙ‏ ٣

Wass saabi-haati sabha

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

فَالسّٰبِقٰتِ سَبۡقًا ۙ‏ ٤

Fass saabi qaati sabqa

And those who race each other in a race

فَالۡمُدَبِّرٰتِ اَمۡرًا​ ۘ‏ ٥

Fal mu dab-bi raati amra

And those who arrange [each] matter,

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ ۙ‏ ٦

Yawma tarjufur raajifa

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

تَتۡبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ؕ‏ ٧

Tatba'u har raadifa

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوۡبٌ يَّوۡمَٮِٕذٍ وَّاجِفَةٌ ۙ‏ ٨

Quloobuny-yau maaiziw-waaji-fa

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

اَبۡصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ​ ۘ‏ ٩

Absaa ruhaa khashi'ah

Their eyes humbled.

يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرۡدُوۡدُوۡنَ فِى الۡحَـافِرَةِ ؕ‏ ١٠

Ya qoo loona a-inna lamar doo doona fil haafirah

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

ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً ؕ‏ ١١

Aizaa kunna 'izaa man-nakhirah

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

قَالُوۡا تِلۡكَ اِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ​ ۘ‏ ١٢

Qaalu tilka izan karratun khaasirah

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

فَاِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجۡرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ ۙ‏ ١٣

Fa inna ma hiya zajratuw-waahida

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَاِذَا هُمۡ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ؕ‏ ١٤

Faizaa hum biss saahirah

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

هَلۡ اَتٰٮكَ حَدِيۡثُ مُوۡسٰى​ۘ‏ ١٥

Hal ataaka hadeethu Musaa

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

اِذۡ نَادٰٮهُ رَبُّهٗ بِالۡوَادِ الۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى​ۚ‏ ١٦

Iz nadaahu rabbuhu bil waadil-muqad dasi tuwa

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

اِذۡهَبۡ اِلٰى فِرۡعَوۡنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰى ۖ‏ ١٧

Izhab ilaa fir'auna innahu taghaa

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلۡ هَلۡ لَّكَ اِلٰٓى اَنۡ تَزَكّٰى ۙ‏ ١٨

Faqul hal laka ilaa-an tazakka

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

وَاَهۡدِيَكَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشٰى​ۚ‏ ١٩

Wa ahdi yaka ila rabbika fatakh sha

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

فَاَرٰٮهُ الۡاٰيَةَ الۡكُبۡرٰى ۖ‏ ٢٠

Fa araahul-aayatal kubra

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰى ۖ‏ ٢١

Fa kazzaba wa asaa

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

ثُمَّ اَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعٰىۖ‏ ٢٢

Thumma adbara yas'aa

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

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٰىۖ‏ ٢٣

Fa hashara fanada

And he gathered [his people] and called out.

فَقَالَ اَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الۡاَعۡلٰى ۖ‏ ٢٤

Faqala ana rabbu kumul-a'laa

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

فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَڪَالَ الۡاٰخِرَةِ وَالۡاُوۡلٰى ؕ‏ ٢٥

Fa-akha zahul laahu nakalal aakhirati wal-oola

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

اِنَّ فِىۡ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةً لِّمَنۡ يَّخۡشٰىؕ‏ ٢٦

Inna fee zaalika la'ibratal limaiy-yaksha

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

ءَاَنۡتُمۡ اَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا اَمِ السَّمَآءُ​ ؕ بَنٰٮهَا‏ ٢٧

A-antum a shaddu khalqan amis samaa-u banaaha

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

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّٮهَا ۙ‏ ٢٨

Raf'a sam kaha fasaw waaha

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَ اَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَاَخۡرَجَ ضُحٰٮهَا‏ ٢٩

Wa aghtasha lailaha wa akhraja duhaaha

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَالۡاَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰٮهَا ؕ‏ ٣٠

Wal arda b'ada zaalika dahaaha

And after that He spread the earth.

اَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعٰٮهَا‏ ٣١

Akhraja minha maa-aha wa mar 'aaha

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَالۡجِبَالَ اَرۡسٰٮهَا ۙ‏ ٣٢

Wal jibala arsaaha

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَاعًا لَّـكُمۡ وَلِاَنۡعَامِكُمۡؕ‏ ٣٣

Mataa'al lakum wali an 'aamikum

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

فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الۡكُبۡرٰى ۖ‏ ٣٤

Fa-izaa jaaa'atit taaam matul kubraa

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مَا سَعٰىۙ‏ ٣٥

Yauma Yata zakkarul insaanu ma sa'aa

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ الۡجَحِيۡمُ لِمَنۡ يَّرٰى‏ ٣٦

Wa burrizatil-jaheemu limany-yaraa

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

فَاَمَّا مَنۡ طَغٰىۙ‏ ٣٧

Fa ammaa man taghaa

So as for he who transgressed

وَاٰثَرَ الۡحَيٰوةَ الدُّنۡيَا ۙ‏ ٣٨

Wa aasaral hayaatad dunyaa

And preferred the life of the world,

فَاِنَّ الۡجَحِيۡمَ هِىَ الۡمَاۡوٰىؕ‏ ٣٩

Fa innal jaheema hiyal maawaa

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ وَ نَهَى النَّفۡسَ عَنِ الۡهَوٰىۙ‏ ٤٠

Wa ammaa man khaafa maqaama Rabbihee wa nahan nafsa 'anil hawaa

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

فَاِنَّ الۡجَـنَّةَ هِىَ الۡمَاۡوٰىؕ‏ ٤١

Fa innal jannata hiyal maawaa

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسۡـــَٔلُوۡنَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَيَّانَ مُرۡسٰٮهَا ؕ‏ ٤٢

Yas'aloonaka 'anis saa'ati ayyaana mursaahaa

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

فِيۡمَ اَنۡتَ مِنۡ ذِكۡرٰٮهَاؕ‏ ٤٣

Feema anta min zikraahaa

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

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ مُنۡتَهٰٮهَاؕ‏ ٤٤

Ilaa Rabbika muntahaa haa

To your Lord is its finality.

اِنَّمَاۤ اَنۡتَ مُنۡذِرُ مَنۡ يَّخۡشٰٮهَاؕ‏ ٤٥

Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَاَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوۡۤا اِلَّا عَشِيَّةً اَوۡ ضُحٰٮهَا‏ ٤٦

Ka annahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasooo illaa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa

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.