An-Nazi'at

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وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ١

By those [angels] who extract with violence¹

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وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ٢

And [by] those who remove with ease¹

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وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ٣

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming¹

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فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ٤

And those who race each other in a race¹

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فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ٥

And those who arrange [each] matter,¹

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يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

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تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

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قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨

Hearts,¹ that Day, will tremble,

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أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ٩

Their eyes¹ humbled.

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يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ١٠

They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

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أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ١١

Even if we should be decayed bones?"¹

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قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ١٢

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."¹

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فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

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فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤

And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

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هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

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إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

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ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

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فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

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وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ١٩

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

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فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٢٠

And he showed him the greatest sign,¹

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فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١

But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

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ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٢٢

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].¹

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فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣

And he gathered [his people] and called out

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فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٤

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

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فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].¹.

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إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ٢٦

Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

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ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

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رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

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وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.¹

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وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠

And after that He spread the earth.

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أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ٣١

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

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وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ٣٢

And the mountains He set firmly

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مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٣

As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٣٤

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity¹ -

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يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

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وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦

And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

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فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧

So as for he who transgressed

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وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٣٨

And preferred the life of the world,

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فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٣٩

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

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وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ٤٠

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord¹ and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

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فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٤١

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

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يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ٤٢

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?¹

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فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ٤٣

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?¹

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إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤

To your Lord is its finality.¹

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إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ٤٥

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

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كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦

It will be, on the Day they see it,¹ as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.