An-Nazi'at

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا

Wan-NAAZIʻAATI g̣arq̣aa;

By those [angels] who extract with violence

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا

Wan-naa-shi-ṭaati nashṭaa;

And [by] those who remove with ease

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا

Wassaabiḥaati sabḥaa,―

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

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا

Fassaabiq̣aati sabq̣aa,

And those who race each other in a race

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا

Fal-mudabbiraati ʹamraa.

And those who arrange [each] matter,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

Yawma tarjufur raajifah,

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

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

Tatbaʻuhar Raadifah:

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Q̣uloobuñy Yaw-maʹiẓiñw waajifah,

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ

ʹAbṣaaruhaa khaashiʻah.

Their eyes humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

Yaq̣ooloona ʹa-ʹinnaa lamardoodoona fil ḥaafirah?―

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

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً

ʹAʹiẓaa kunnaa ʻiz̤̣aaman nakhirah?

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

Q̣aaloo tilka ʹiẓañ karratun khaasirah!

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

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

Faʹinnamaa hiya zajratuñw Waaḥidah,

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

Faʹiẓaa hum̃ bissaahirah.

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

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

Hal ʹataaka ḥadees̤u Moosaa?

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

ʹIẓ naadaahu Rabbuhoo bil-waadil muq̣addasi Ṭuwaa:

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

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

ʹIẓhab ʹilaa Firʻawna ʹinnahoo ṭag̣aa;

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Faq̣ul hal laka ʹilaaa ʹañ tazakkaa?―

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

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Wa-ʹahdiyaka ʹilaa Rabbika fatakhshaa?

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

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Faʹaraahul ʹAayatal Kubraa.

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Fakaẓẓaba wa-ʻaṣaa:

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

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

S̤umma ʹadbara yasʻaa,

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

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Faḥashara fanaadaa,

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

Faq̣aala ʹana Rabbukumul ʹaʻlaa.

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

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

Faʹakhaẓahul laahu nakaalal ʹAakhirati wal-ʹoolaa.

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

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

ʹInna fee ẓaalika laʻibratal limañy yakhshaa.

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

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

ʹA-ʹañtum ʹa-shaddu khalq̣an ʹamis samaaaʹ? Banaahaa:

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

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Rafaʻa sam-kahaa fasawwaahaa.

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

Wa-ʹag̣ṭasha laylahaa wa-ʹakhraja ḍuḥaahaa.

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

Wal-ʹarḍa baʻda ẓaalika daḥaahaa;

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

ʹAkhraja minhaa maaa-ʹahaa wa-marʻaahaa;

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

Wal-jibaala ʹarsaahaa;

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

Mataaʻal lakum wa-liʹanʻaamikum.

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

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Faʹiẓaa jaaaʹatiṭ ṭaaammatul Kubraa,―

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Yawma yataẓakkarul ʹiñsaanu maa- saʻaa,

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

Wa-burrizatil Jaḥeemu limañy yaraa.

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

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Faʹammaa mañ ṭag̣aa,

So as for he who transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

Wa-ʹaas̤aral ḥayaatad dunyaa,

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Faʹinnal Jaḥeema hiyal maʹwaa.

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

Wa-ʹammaa man khaafa Maq̣aama Rabbihee wa-nahan nafsa ʻanil hawaa,

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

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Faʹinnal Jannata hiyal maʹwaa.

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

Yasʹaloonaka ʻanis Saaʻati ʹayyaana mursaahaa?

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

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

Feema ʹañta miñ ẓikraahaa?

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

ʹIlaa Rabbika Muñtahaahaa.

To your Lord is its finality.

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

ʹInnamaaa ʹañta muñẓiru mañy yakhshaahaa.

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

Kaʹannahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbas̤ooo ʹillaa ʻashiyyatan ʹaw ḍuḥaahaa!

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.