Surah 79. An-Naazi'aat — Those Who Tear Out

By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا

By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا

And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا

Then press forward as in a race,

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا

Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا

One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ

They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?"

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً

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

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

Has the story of Moses reached thee?

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:"

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)'?"-

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا

On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ

Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,-

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

And had preferred the life of this world,

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

The Abode will be Hell-Fire;

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

Their abode will be the Garden.

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time?

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا