An-Nazi'at النازعات · Abdullah Awad al-Juhani

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ۝١

By those [angels] who extract with violence¹⁸³³

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ۝٢

And [by] those who remove with ease¹⁸³⁴

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ۝٣

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming¹⁸³⁵

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ۝٤

And those who race each other in a race¹⁸³⁶

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ۝٥

And those who arrange [each] matter,¹⁸³⁷

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ۝٦

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

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ۝٧

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ۝٨

Hearts,¹⁸³⁸ that Day, will tremble,

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ۝٩

Their eyes¹⁸³⁹ humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ۝١٠

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

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ۝١١

Even if we should be decayed bones?"¹⁸⁴⁰

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ۝١٢

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."¹⁸⁴¹

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ۝١٣

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ۝١٤

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

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ۝١٥

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ۝١٦

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

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ۝١٧

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ۝١٨

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

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ۝١٩

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

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ۝٢٠

And he showed him the greatest sign,¹⁸⁴²

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ۝٢١

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

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ۝٢٢

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].¹⁸⁴³

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ۝٢٣

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ۝٢٤

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

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ۝٢٥

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].¹⁸⁴⁴.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ۝٢٦

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

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ۝٢٧

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

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ۝٢٨

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٢٩

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.¹⁸⁴⁵

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ۝٣٠

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ۝٣١

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ۝٣٢

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ۝٣٣

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

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ۝٣٤

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity¹⁸⁴⁶ -

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ۝٣٥

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ۝٣٦

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

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ۝٣٧

So as for he who transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ۝٣٨

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ۝٣٩

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ۝٤٠

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord¹⁸⁴⁷ and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ۝٤١

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ۝٤٢

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?¹⁸⁴⁸

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ۝٤٣

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?¹⁸⁴⁹

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ۝٤٤

To your Lord is its finality.¹⁸⁵⁰

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ۝٤٥

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٤٦

It will be, on the Day they see it,¹⁸⁵¹ as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.