Surat An-Nāzi`āt - سورة النازعات

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

Muhsin Khan: By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence;

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

Muhsin Khan: By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers);

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

Muhsin Khan: And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits, etc.).

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

Muhsin Khan: And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses, etc.).

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

Muhsin Khan: And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

Muhsin Khan: On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die),

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

Muhsin Khan: The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be raised up),

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Muhsin Khan: (Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

Muhsin Khan: Their eyes cast down.

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

Muhsin Khan: They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

Muhsin Khan: "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

Muhsin Khan: They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

Muhsin Khan: But only, it will be a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)]. (See Verse 37:19).

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

Muhsin Khan: When, behold, they find themselves over the earth alive after their death,

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Muhsin Khan: When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh), verily, he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief, etc.).

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Muhsin Khan: And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)",

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed;

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: Then he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: Then he gathered his people and cried aloud,

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: Saying: "I am your lord, most high",

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last [i.e. his saying: "I am your lord, most high") (see Verse 79:24)] and first [(i.e. his saying, "O chiefs! I know not that you have a god other than I" (see Verse 28:38)] transgression.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا

Muhsin Khan: Are you more difficult to create, or is the heaven that He constructed?

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

Muhsin Khan: He raised its height, and He has equally ordered it,

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

Muhsin Khan: Its night He covers with darkness, and its forenoon He brings out (with light).

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

Muhsin Khan: And after that He spread the earth;

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

Muhsin Khan: And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture;

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

Muhsin Khan: And the mountains He has fixed firmly;

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

Muhsin Khan: (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense, etc.),

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: The Day when man shall remember what he strove for,

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees,

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: Then, for him who Tagha (transgressed all bounds, in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

Muhsin Khan: And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires, and lusts.

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Muhsin Khan: Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

Muhsin Khan: They ask you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) about the Hour, - when will be its appointed time?

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

Muhsin Khan: You have no knowledge to say anything about it,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

Muhsin Khan: To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

Muhsin Khan: You (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) are only a warner for those who fear it,

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

Muhsin Khan: The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.