An-Nazi'at

79:1–7Page 583

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ١

By those [angels] who extract with violence¹

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ٢

And [by] those who remove with ease¹

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ٣

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

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ٤

And those who race each other in a race¹

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ٥

And those who arrange [each] matter,¹

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦

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

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

79:8–9Page 583

قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨

Hearts,¹ that Day, will tremble,

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ٩

Their eyes¹ humbled.

79:10–12Page 583

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ١٠

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

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ١١

Even if we should be decayed bones?"¹

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ١٢

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

79:13–14Page 583

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤

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

79:15Page 583

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

79:16Page 584

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦

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

79:17–19Page 584

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨

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

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ١٩

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

79:20–22Page 584

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٢٠

And he showed him the greatest sign,¹

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١

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

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٢٢

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

79:23–26Page 584

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٤

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

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ٢٦

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

79:27Page 584

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧

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

79:28–33Page 584

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.¹

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ٣١

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ٣٢

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٣

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