وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
By those who wrench violently.
The Snatchers · an-Nazi'at · سورة النازعات · 46 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
By those who draw out swiftly.
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
By those who glide smoothly.
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
Then those who race ahead.
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
Then those who govern all affairs.
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
The Day the quaking quakes.
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
Followed by the subsequent one.
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Hearts that Day will be pounding.
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
Their eyes cast down.
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
They say, “Will we really be returned to our former state?
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَخِرَةً
Even when we are decayed bones?”
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
They say, “That, then, would be a losing return!”
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
It will be but a single shout.
فَإِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
And at once they are on the open plain.
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
Has the story of Moses reached you?
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
“Go to Pharaoh—he has transgressed.
فَقُلْ هَلْ لَكَ إِلَىٰ أَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ
And say, ‘Would you purify yourself?
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him.’”
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
So he showed him the greatest sign.
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But he denied and disobeyed.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he turned away, striving.
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And gathered and proclaimed.
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
And said, “I am your lord, the most high!”
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
So God seized him with the punishment of the Hereafter and the first life.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَىٰ
Surely in that is a lesson for whoever fears.
أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
Are you harder to create or the sky? He built it.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
He raised its canopy and perfected it.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
He darkened its night and brought out its morning light.
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
And the earth after that He spread it out.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
He brought out from it its water and its pasture.
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
And the mountains He anchored firmly.
مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
A provision for you and your livestock.
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
But when the Great Catastrophe arrives.
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day man remembers what he strove for.
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَنْ يَرَىٰ
And Hellfire is laid bare for all to see.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ طَغَىٰ
As for whoever transgressed.
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
And preferred the life of this world.
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Then Hellfire will be the refuge.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
But as for whoever feared standing before his Lord and restrained the soul from desire.
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Then Paradise will be the refuge.
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
They ask you about the Hour: when will it arrive?
فِيمَ أَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرَاهَا
What do you have to do with mentioning it?
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهَاهَا
To your Lord is its final end.
إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَخْشَاهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
The Day they see it, it will be as though they had lingered only an evening or its morning.