وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا (1)
By those who pull out [evil souls] harshly |
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا (2)
and by those who draw out [good souls] gently |
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا (3)
and by those who glide swiftly |
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا (4)
and those who overtake one another as in a race |
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا (5)
and those who carry out the command [of Allah] |
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ (6)
on the Day when the earth convulses [by the first Blast] |
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ (7)
followed by the second Blast |
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ (8)
hearts will be pounding on that Day |
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ (9)
and their eyes will be downcast |
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ (10)
They say, “Will we be brought back to life |
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً (11)
after we have turned into decayed bones?” |
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ (12)
They say, “Then that would surely be a losing return!” |
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ (13)
It will only be a single Blast |
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ (14)
then they will immediately be above the ground |
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ (15)
Has there come to you the story of Moses |
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى (16)
when his Lord called out to him at the sacred valley of Tuwa |
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ (17)
[Saying,] “Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds” |
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ (18)
And say: ‘Are you willing to be purified |
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ (19)
and I will guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him?’” |
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ (20)
Then Moses showed him the greatest sign |
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ (21)
But Pharaoh denied it and disobeyed |
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ (22)
Then he turned back striving to plot |
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ (23)
He gathered [his people] and proclaimed |
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ (24)
saying, “I am your lord, the most high.” |
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ (25)
So Allah seized him for an exemplary punishment in this life and in the Hereafter |
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ (26)
Indeed, there is a lesson in this for those who fear Allah |
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا (27)
Are you more difficult to create or the heaven that He built |
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا (28)
He raised it high and proportioned it |
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا (29)
and darkened its night and brought forth its daylight |
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا (30)
And thereafter He spread out the earth |
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا (31)
brought forth from it its water and its pasture |
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا (32)
and set the mountains firmly |
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ (33)
as a provision for you and your grazing livestock |
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ (34)
But when the Supreme Calamity comes |
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ (35)
on that Day man will remember all what he did |
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ (36)
and the Blazing Fire will be exposed for all to see |
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ (37)
As for those who transgressed |
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا (38)
and preferred the life of this world |
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ (39)
the Blazing Fire will be their abode |
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ (40)
But those who feared standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from evil desires |
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ (41)
Paradise will surely be their abode |
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا (42)
They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it be?” |
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا (43)
How could you possibly mention that |
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا (44)
Its knowledge rests only with your Lord |
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا (45)
You are only a warner for those who fear it |
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا (46)
On the Day when they see it, it will be as if they had remained [in this world] no more than an evening or a morning |
