بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO WITNESS those who dive and drag,
سُورَةُ النَّازِعَاتِ
An-Naazi'aat · 46 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO WITNESS those who dive and drag,
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا
Ahmed Ali
And those who undo the bonds gently,
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا
Ahmed Ali
And those who glide swimmingly,
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا
Ahmed Ali
Then outpace the others swiftly
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا
Ahmed Ali
And direct affairs by command,
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
Ahmed Ali
The day the convulsive (first blast) shatters convulsively
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Ahmed Ali
Followed by the second blast,
قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ
Ahmed Ali
Hearts will pound loudly on that day,
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Eyes be lowered in submission.
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
Ahmed Ali
They say: "Shall we go back to our original state
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ
Ahmed Ali
After having turned to carious bones?"
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
They say: "Then this returning will be a dead loss."
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
It will only be a single blast,
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Ahmed Ali
And they will wake up suddenly.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
Has the story of Moses come to you
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Ahmed Ali
When his Lord called to him in Tuwa's holy vale?
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
"Go to the Pharaoh who has become refractory,
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Ahmed Ali
And say: 'Would you like to grow (in virtue)?
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Then I will guide you to your Lord that you may come to fear Him.'"
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
So he showed him the greater sign;
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
But (the Pharaoh) disavowed and disobeyed.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
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Then he turned away, deliberating,
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
And assembled (his council) and proclaimed,
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Saying: "I am alone your lord, the highest of them all."
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
So God seized him for the punishment of the Hereafter and this world.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
Truly there is a lesson in this for those who fear (the consequences).
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
Are you more difficult to create or the heavens? He built it,
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
Raised it high, proportioned it,
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
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Gave darkness to its night, and brightness to its day;
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
Ahmed Ali
And afterwards spread out the earth.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
He brought out its water and its pastures from it,
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
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And stabilized the mountains
مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Ahmed Ali
As convenience for you and your cattle.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
When the great calamity comes,
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
The day when man remembers all that he had done,
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
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And Hell made visible to him who can see,
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Then he who had been rebellious
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Ahmed Ali
And who preferred the life of the world,
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Will surely have Hell for his abode.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
But he who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained his self from vain desires,
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Will surely have Paradise for abode.
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
They ask you: "When will the Hour be? When is its time fixed?"
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
Ahmed Ali
What do you have to do with explaining it?
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
Ahmed Ali
The extent of its knowledge goes to your Lord.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
Your duty is only to warn him who fears it.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
The day they see it, it will seem they had stayed in the world but only an evening or its turning into dawn.
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