1بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
1By those [angels] who extract with violence
2وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
2And [by] those who remove with ease
3وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
3And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
4فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
4And those who race each other in a race
5فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
5And those who arrange [each] matter,
6يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
6On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
7تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
7There will follow it the subsequent [one].
8قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
8Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
9أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
9Their eyes humbled.
10يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
10They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
11أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
11Even if we should be decayed bones?
12قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
12They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
13فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
13Indeed, it will be but one shout,
14فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
14And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
15هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
15Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
16إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
16When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
17اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
17"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
18فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
18And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
19وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
19And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
20فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
20And he showed him the greatest sign,
21فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
21But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
22ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
22Then he turned his back, striving.
23فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
23And he gathered [his people] and called out
24فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
24And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
25فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
25So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
26إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
26Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
27أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
27Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
28رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
28He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
29وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
29And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
30وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
30And after that He spread the earth.
31أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
31He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
32وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
32And the mountains He set firmly
33مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
33As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
34فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
34But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
35يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
35The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
36وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
36And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
37فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
37So as for he who transgressed
38وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
38And preferred the life of the world,
39فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
39Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
40وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
40But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
41فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
41Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
42يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
42They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
43فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
43In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
44إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
44To your Lord is its finality.
45إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
45You are only a warner for those who fear it.
46كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
46It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.