النازعات

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

By those who pull out [evil souls][1] harshly,

Waalnnashitati nashtan

and by those who draw out [good souls][2] gently,

Waalssabihati sabhan

and by those who glide swiftly[3],

Faalssabiqati sabqan

and those who overtake one another as in a race[4],

Faalmudabbirati amran

and those who carry out the command [of Allah],

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

on the Day when the earth convulses [by the first Blast],

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

followed by the second Blast,

Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

hearts[5] will be pounding on that Day,

Absaruha khashiAAatun

and their eyes[6] will be downcast.

Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

They say, “Will we be brought back to life,

Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

after we have turned into decayed bones[7]?”

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

They say, “Then that would surely be a losing return[8]!”

Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

It will only be a single Blast,

Faitha hum bialssahirati

then they will immediately be above the ground.

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

Has there come to you the story of Moses,

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

when his Lord called out to him at the sacred valley of Tuwa?

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

[Saying,] “Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds”.

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

And say: ‘Are you willing to be purified,

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

and I will guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him?’”

Faarahu alayata alkubra

Then Moses showed him the greatest sign[9].

Fakaththaba waAAasa

But Pharaoh denied it and disobeyed.

Thumma adbara yasAAa

Then he turned back striving to plot.

Fahashara fanada

He gathered [his people] and proclaimed,

Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

saying, “I am your lord, the most high.”

Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

So Allah seized him for an exemplary punishment in this life and in the Hereafter[10].

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

Indeed, there is a lesson in this for those who fear Allah.

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

Are you more difficult to create or the heaven that He built?

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

He raised its vault high and proportioned it,

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

and darkened its night and brought forth its daylight.

Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

And thereafter He spread out the earth,

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

brought forth from it its water and its pasture,

Waaljibala arsaha

and set the mountains firmly,

MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

as a provision for you and your grazing livestock.

Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

But when the Supreme Calamity comes[11],

Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

on that Day man will remember all what he did,

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

and the Blazing Fire will be exposed for all to see.

Faamma man tagha

As for those who transgressed,

Waathara alhayata alddunya

and preferred the life of this world,

Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

the Blazing Fire will be their abode.

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

But those who feared standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from evil desires,

Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

Paradise will surely be their abode.

Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it be[12]?”

Feema anta min thikraha

How could you possibly mention that?

Ila rabbika muntahaha

Its knowledge rests only with your Lord[13].

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

On the Day when they see it[14], it will be as if they had remained [in this world] no more than an evening or a morning.