An-Naazi'aat

WannaziAAati gharqa

By those [angels] who extract with violence

Wannashitati nashta

And [by] those who remove with ease

Wassabihati sabha

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

Fassabiqati sabqa

And those who race each other in a race

Falmudabbirati amra

And those who arrange [each] matter,

Yawma tarjufu arrajifa

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

TatbaAAuha arradifa

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifa

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

Absaruha khashiAAa

Their eyes humbled.

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona feealhafira

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

A-itha kunna AAithamannakhira

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasira

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

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahida

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

Fa-itha hum bissahira

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

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bilwadialmuqaddasi tuwa

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

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

And he showed him the greatest sign,

Fakaththaba waAAasa

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

Thumma adbara yasAAa

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

Fahashara fanada

And he gathered [his people] and called out.

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

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

Faakhathahu Allahu nakalaal-akhirati wal-oola

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

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan limanyakhsha

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

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami assamaobanaha

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

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

Wal-arda baAAda thalikadahaha

And after that He spread the earth.

Akhraja minha maahawamarAAaha

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

Waljibala arsaha

And the mountains He set firmly

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

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

Fa-itha jaati attammatualkubra

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu masaAAa

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

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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

Faamma man tagha

So as for he who transgressed

Waathara alhayata addunya

And preferred the life of the world,

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

Waama man khafa maqamarabbihi wanaha annafsa AAani alhawa

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

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

Yas-aloonaka AAani assaAAatiayyana mursaha

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

Feema anta min thikraha

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

Ila rabbika muntahaha

To your Lord is its finality.

Innama anta munthiru manyakhshaha

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lamyalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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.