79: An-Nazi'at النازعات

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

وَالنّٰزِعٰتِ غَرْقًا ۙ‏(1)

WAN NAAZE-A’ATE GHARQAA.

By those [angels] who wrest [the soul] violently,

وَّالنّٰشِطٰتِ نَشْطًا ۙ‏(2)

WAN NAASHETAATE NASHTAA.

by those who draw [it] out gently,

وَّالسّٰبِحٰتِ سَبْحًا ۙ‏(3)

WAS SAABEHAATE SABHAA.

by those who swim smoothly,

فَالسّٰبِقٰتِ سَبْقًا ۙ‏(4)

FASSAABEQAATE SABQAA.

by those who, racing, take the lead,

فَالْمُدَبِّرٰتِ اَمْرًا‌ ۘ‏(5)

FALMODABBERAATE AMRAA.

by those who direct the affairs [of creatures]:

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ ۙ‏(6)

YAWMA TARJOFUR RAAJEFAH.

the day when the Quaker quakes

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ؕ‏(7)

TATBA-O’HAR RAADEFAH.

and is followed by the Successor,

قُلُوْبٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ وَّاجِفَةٌ ۙ‏(8)

QOLOOBUN-Y YAWMA-EZINW WAAJEFAH.

hearts will be trembling on that day,

اَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ‌ ۘ‏(9)

ABSAAROHAA KHAASHE-A’H.

bearing a humbled look.

يَقُوْلُوْنَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرْدُوْدُوْنَ فِى الْحَافِرَةِ ؕ‏(10)

YAQOOLOONA A-INNAA LA-MARDOODOONA FIL HAAFERAH.

They will say, ‘Are we being returned to our earlier state?

ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً ؕ‏(11)

A-EZAA KUNNAA E’ZAAMAN NAKHERAH.

What, even after we have been decayed bones?!’

قَالُوْا تِلْكَ اِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ‌ ۘ‏(12)

QAALOO TILKA EZAN KARRATUN KHAASERAH.

They will say, ‘This is, then, a ruinous return!’

فَاِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ ۙ‏(13)

FA-INNAMAA HEYA ZAJRATUNW WAAHEDAH.

Yet it will be only a single shout,

فَاِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ؕ‏(14)

FA-EZAA HUM BIS-SAAHERAH.

and behold, they will be awake.

هَلْ اَتٰٮكَ حَدِيْثُ مُوْسٰى‌ۘ‏(15)

HAL ATAAKA HADEESO MOOSAA.

Did you receive the story of Moses,

اِذْ نَادٰٮهُ رَبُّهٗ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى‌ۚ‏(16)

IZ NAADAAHO RABBOHU BIL-WAADIL MOQADDASE TOWAA.

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

اِذْهَبْ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰى ۖ‏(17)

IZHAB ELAA FIR-A’WNA INNAHU TAGHAA.

[And said,] ‘Go to Pharaoh, for indeed he has rebelled,

فَقُلْ هَلْ لَّكَ اِلٰٓى اَنْ تَزَكّٰى ۙ‏(18)

FA-QUL HAL LAKA ELAA AN TAZAKKAA.

and say, ‘‘Would you purify yourself?

وَاَهْدِيَكَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشٰى‌ۚ‏(19)

WA AHDEYAKA ELAA RABBEKA FA-TAKHSHAA.

I will guide you to your Lord, that you may fear [Him]?’’ ’

فَاَرٰٮهُ الْاٰيَةَ الْكُبْرٰى ۖ‏(20)

FA-ARAAHUL AAYATAL KUBRAA.

Then he showed him the greatest sign.

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰى ۖ‏(21)

FA-KAZZABA WA A’SAA.

But he denied, and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ يَسْعٰىۖ‏(22)

SUMMA ADBARA YAS-A’A.

Then he turned back, walking swiftly,

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٰىۖ‏(23)

FA-HASHARA FA-NAADAA.

and gathered [the people] and proclaimed,

فَقَالَ اَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْاَعْلٰى ۖ‏(24)

FA-QAALA ANAA RABBOKOMUL A-A’LAA.

saying, ‘I am your exalted lord!’

فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَكَالَ الْاٰخِرَةِ وَالْاُوْلٰى ؕ‏(25)

FA-AKHAZAHUL LAAHO NAKAALAL AAKHERATE WAL OOLAA.

So Allah seized him with the punishment of this life and the Hereafter.

اِنَّ فِىْ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَنْ يَّخْشٰىؕ‏(26)

INNA FEE ZAALEKA LA-I’BRATAL LEMAN-Y YAKHSHAA.

There is indeed a moral in that for someone who fears!

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقًا اَمِ السَّمَآءُ‌ ؕ بَنٰٮهَا‏(27)

A-ANTUM ASHADDO KHALQAN AMIS SAMAAA, BANAAHAA.

Is your creation more prodigious or that of the heaven He has built?

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّٮهَا ۙ‏(28)

RAFA-A’ SAMKAHAA FA-SAWWAAHAA.

He raised its vault and fashioned it,

وَ اَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَاَخْرَجَ ضُحٰٮهَا‏(29)

WA AGHTASHA LAYLAHAA WA AKHRAJA ZOHAAHAA.

and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon.

وَالْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰٮهَا ؕ‏(30)

WAL ARZA BA’DA ZAALEKA DAHAAHAA.

Thereafter He spread out the earth,

اَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعٰٮهَا‏(31)

AKHRAJA MINHAA MAAA-AHAA WA MAR-A’AHAA.

brought forth from it its water and pastures,

وَالْجِبَالَ اَرْسٰٮهَا ۙ‏(32)

WAL JEBAALA ARSAAHAA.

setting firm the mountains,

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْؕ‏(33)

MATAA-A’L LAKUM WA LE-AN-A’AMEKUM.

as a [place of] sustenance for you and your livestock.

فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الْكُبْرٰى ۖ‏(34)

FA-EZAA JAAA-ATIT TAAMMATUL KUBRAA.

When the Greatest Catastrophe befalls

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا سَعٰىۙ‏(35)

YAWMA YATAZAKKARUL INSAANO MAA SA-A’A.

—the day when man will remember his endeavours

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيْمُ لِمَنْ يَّرٰى‏(36)

WA BURREZATIL JAHEEMO LEMAN-Y YARAA.

and hell is brought into view for those who can see—

فَاَمَّا مَنْ طَغٰىۙ‏(37)

FA-AMMAA MAN TAGHAA.

as for him who has been rebellious

وَاٰثَرَ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا ۙ‏(38)

WA AASARAL HAYAATAD DUNYAA.

and preferred the life of this world,

فَاِنَّ الْجَحِيْمَ هِىَ الْمَاْوٰىؕ‏(39)

FA-INNAL JAHEEMA HEYAL MAAWAA.

his refuge will indeed be hell.

وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ وَ نَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوٰىۙ‏(40)

WA AMMAA MAN KHAAFA MAQAAMA RABBEHI WA NAHAN NAFSA A’NIL HAWAA.

But as for him who is awed to stand before his Lord and restrains his soul from [following] desires,

فَاِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِىَ الْمَاْوٰىؕ‏(41)

FA-INNAL JANNATA HEYAL MAAWAA.

his refuge will indeed be paradise.

يَسْئَلُوْنَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَيَّانَ مُرْسٰٮهَا ؕ‏(42)

YAS-ALOONAKA A’NIS SAA-A’TE AYYAANA MURSAAHAA.

They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it set in,

فِيْمَ اَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرٰٮهَاؕ‏(43)

FEEMA ANTA MIN ZIKRAAHAA.

considering your frequent mention of it?”

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهٰٮهَاؕ‏(44)

ELAA RABBEKA MUNTAHAAHAA.

Its outcome is with your Lord.

اِنَّمَاۤ اَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَّخْشٰٮهَاؕ‏(45)

INNAMAA ANTA MUNZERO MAN-Y YAKHSHAAHAA.

You are only a warner for those who are afraid it.

كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوْۤا اِلَّا عَشِيَّةً اَوْ ضُحٰٮهَا‏(46)

KA-ANNAHUM YAWMA YARAWNAHAA LAM YALBASOO ILLAA A’SHIYYATAN AW ZOHAAHAA.

The day they see it, it shall be as if they had not stayed [in the world] except for an evening or forenoon.