Surah Naziat — Those who drag forth

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا 79:1

WannaziAAati gharqa

By those who drag forth to destruction,

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا 79:2

Wannashitati nashta

By the meteors rushing,

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا 79:3

Wassabihati sabha

By the lone stars floating,

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا 79:4

Fassabiqati sabqa

By the angels hastening,

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا 79:5

Falmudabbirati amra

And those who govern the event,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ 79:6

Yawma tarjufu arrajifa

On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ 79:7

TatbaAAuha arradifa

And the second followeth it,

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ 79:8

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifa

On that day hearts beat painfully

أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ 79:9

Absaruha khashiAAa

While eyes are downcast

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ 79:10

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona feealhafira

(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً 79:11

A-itha kunna AAithamannakhira

Even after we are crumbled bones?

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ 79:12

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasira

They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ 79:13

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahida

Surely it will need but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ 79:14

Fa-itha hum bissahira

And lo! they will be awakened.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ 79:15

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى 79:16

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bilwadialmuqaddasi tuwa

How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ 79:17

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ 79:18

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ 79:19

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ 79:20

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

And he showed him the tremendous token.

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ 79:21

Fakaththaba waAAasa

But he denied and disobeyed,

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ 79:22

Thumma adbara yasAAa

Then turned he away in haste,

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ 79:23

Fahashara fanada

Then gathered he and summoned

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ 79:24

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ 79:25

Faakhathahu Allahu nakalaal-akhirati wal-oola

So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ 79:26

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan limanyakhsha

Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا 79:27

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami assamaobanaha

Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا 79:28

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا 79:29

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ 79:30

Wal-arda baAAda thalikadahaha

And after that He spread the earth,

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا 79:31

Akhraja minha maahawamarAAaha

And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا 79:32

Waljibala arsaha

And He made fast the hills,

مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ 79:33

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

A provision for you and for your cattle.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ 79:34

Fa-itha jaati attammatualkubra

But when the great disaster cometh,

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ 79:35

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu masaAAa

The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ 79:36

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ 79:37

Faamma man tagha

Then, as for him who rebelled

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا 79:38

Waathara alhayata addunya

And chose the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ 79:39

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

Lo! hell will be his home.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ 79:40

Waama man khafa maqamarabbihi wanaha annafsa AAani alhawa

But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ 79:41

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

Lo! the Garden will be his home.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا 79:42

Yas-aloonaka AAani assaAAatiayyana mursaha

They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ 79:43

Feema anta min thikraha

Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof?

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ 79:44

Ila rabbika muntahaha

Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا 79:45

Innama anta munthiru manyakhshaha

Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا 79:46

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lamyalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.