Surah An-Nazi'at

وَالنّٰزِعٰتِ غَرْقًاۙ ۝١

Wan-nāzi‘āti ghorqō

1. By those who snatch violently.

وَّالنّٰشِطٰتِ نَشْطًاۙ ۝٢

Wan-nāsyiṭōti nasyṭō

2. And those who remove gently.

وَّالسّٰبِحٰتِ سَبْحًاۙ ۝٣

Was-sābiḥāti sabḥā

3. And those who glide smoothly.

فَالسّٰبِقٰتِ سَبْقًاۙ ۝٤

Fas-sābiqōti sabqō

4. And those who race swiftly.

فَالْمُدَبِّرٰتِ اَمْرًاۘ ۝٥

Fal-mudabbirōti amrō

5. And those who regulate events.

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُۙ ۝٦

Yauma tarjufur-rōjifah

6. On the Day when the Quake quakes.

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ۗ ۝٧

Tatba‘uhar-rōdifah

7. And is followed by the Successor.

قُلُوْبٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّاجِفَةٌۙ ۝٨

Qulūbuy yauma'iżiw wājifah

8. Hearts on that Day will be pounding.

اَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ ۘ ۝٩

Abṣōruhā khōsyi‘ah

9. Their sights downcast.

يَقُوْلُوْنَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرْدُوْدُوْنَ فِى الْحَافِرَةِۗ ۝١٠

Yaqūlūna a'innā lamardūdūna fil-ḥāfiroh

10. They say, “Are we to be restored to the original condition?

ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً ۗ ۝١١

A'iżā kunnā ‘iẓōman nakhiroh

11. When we have become hollow bones?”

قَالُوْا تِلْكَ اِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ۘ ۝١٢

Qōlū tilka iżan karrotun khōsiroh

12. They say, “This is a losing proposition.”

فَاِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌۙ ۝١٣

Fa innamā hiya zajrotuw wāḥidah

13. But it will be only a single nudge.

فَاِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِۗ ۝١٤

Fa iżā hum bis-sāhiroh

14. And they will be awake.

هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيْثُ مُوْسٰىۘ ۝١٥

Hal atāka ḥadīṡu mūsā

15. Has the story of Moses reached you?

اِذْ نَادٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًىۚ ۝١٦

Iż nādāhu robbuhū bil-wādil-muqoddasi ṭuwā

16. When his Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa.

اِذْهَبْ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰىۖ ۝١٧

Iżhab ilā fir‘auna innahū ṭoghō

17. “Go to Pharaoh—he has transgressed.”

فَقُلْ هَلْ لَّكَ اِلٰٓى اَنْ تَزَكّٰىۙ ۝١٨

Fa qul hal laka ilā an tazakkā

18. And say, “Do you care to be cleansed?

وَاَهْدِيَكَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشٰىۚ ۝١٩

Wa ahdiyaka ilā robbika fa takhsyā

19. And I will guide you to your Lord, and you will turn reverent.”

فَاَرٰىهُ الْاٰيَةَ الْكُبْرٰىۖ ۝٢٠

Fa arōhul-āyatal-kubrō

20. He showed him the greatest miracle.

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰىۖ ۝٢١

Fa każżaba wa ‘aṣō

21. But he denied and defied.

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ يَسْعٰىۖ ۝٢٢

Ṡumma adbaro yas‘ā

22. Then turned his back, and tried.

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٰىۖ ۝٢٣

Fa ḥasyaro fanādā

23. And gathered and proclaimed.

فَقَالَ اَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ الْاَعْلٰىۖ ۝٢٤

Fa qōla ana robbukumul-a‘lā

24. He said, “I am your Lord, the most high.”

فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَكَالَ الْاٰخِرَةِ وَالْاُوْلٰىۗ ۝٢٥

Fa akhożahullāhu nakālal-ākhiroti wal-ūlā

25. So Allah seized him with an exemplary punishment, in the last and in the first.

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَنْ يَّخْشٰى ۗ ࣖ ۝٢٦

Inna fī żālika la‘ibrotal limay yakhsyā

26. In this is a lesson for whoever fears.

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقًا اَمِ السَّمَاۤءُ ۚ بَنٰىهَاۗ ۝٢٧

A'antum asyaddu kholqon amis-samā-u banāhā

27. Are you more difficult to create, or the heaven? He constructed it.

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوّٰىهَاۙ ۝٢٨

Rofa‘a samkahā fa sawwāhā

28. He raised its masses, and proportioned it.

وَاَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَاَخْرَجَ ضُحٰىهَاۖ ۝٢٩

Wa aghṭosya lailahā wa akhroja ḍuḥāhā

29. And He dimmed its night, and brought out its daylight.

وَالْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰىهَاۗ ۝٣٠

Wal-arḍo ba‘da żālika daḥāhā

30. And the earth after that He spread.

اَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاۤءَهَا وَمَرْعٰىهَاۖ ۝٣١

Akhroja minhā mā-ahā wa mar‘āhā

31. And from it, He produced its water and its pasture.

وَالْجِبَالَ اَرْسٰىهَاۙ ۝٣٢

Wal-jibāla arsāhā

32. And the mountains, He anchored.

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْۗ ۝٣٣

Matā‘al lakum wa li'an‘āmikum

33. A source of enjoyment for you and for your animals.

فَاِذَا جَاۤءَتِ الطَّاۤمَّةُ الْكُبْرٰىۖ ۝٣٤

Fa iżā jā-atiṭ-ṭōmmatul-kubrō

34. But when the Great Cataclysm arrives.

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا سَعٰىۙ ۝٣٥

Yauma yatażakkarul-insānu mā sa‘ā

35. A Day when man will remember what he has endeavored.

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيْمُ لِمَنْ يَّرٰى ۝٣٦

Wa burrizatil-jaḥīmu limay yarō

36. And Hell will be displayed to whoever sees.

فَاَمَّا مَنْ طَغٰىۖ ۝٣٧

Fa ammā man ṭoghō

37. As for him who was defiant.

وَاٰثَرَ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَاۙ ۝٣٨

Wa āṡarol-ḥayātad-dun-yā

38. And preferred the life of this world.

فَاِنَّ الْجَحِيْمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوٰىۗ ۝٣٩

Fa innal-jaḥīma hiyal-ma'wā

39. Then Hell is the shelter.

وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوٰىۙ ۝٤٠

Wa ammā man khōfa maqōma robbihī wa nahan-nafsa ‘anil-hawā

40. But as for him who feared the standing of his Lord, and restrained the self from desires.

فَاِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوٰىۗ ۝٤١

Fa innal-jannata hiyal-ma'wā

41. Then Paradise is the shelter.

يَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَيَّانَ مُرْسٰىهَاۗ ۝٤٢

Yas'alūnaka ‘anis-sā‘ati ayyāna mursāhā

42. They ask you about the Hour, “When will it take place?”

فِيْمَ اَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرٰىهَاۗ ۝٤٣

Fīma anta min żikrōhā

43. You have no knowledge of it.

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهٰىهَاۗ ۝٤٤

Ilā robbika muntahāhā

44. To your Lord is its finality.

اِنَّمَآ اَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَّخْشٰىهَاۗ ۝٤٥

Innamā anta munżiru may yakhsyāhā

45. You are just a warner for whoever dreads it.

كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوْٓا اِلَّا عَشِيَّةً اَوْ ضُحٰىهَا ࣖ ۝٤٦

Ka'annahum yauma yarounahā lam yalbaṡū illā ‘asyiyyatan au ḍuḥāhā

46. On the Day when they witness it—as though they only stayed an evening, or its morning.