79. An-Naziat (1 to 46)
By those [angels] who extract with violence, And [by] those who remove with ease, And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming…
1 وَٱلنَّزِعَت غَرْقًۭا
wa’ln:aziʕat ɣarqanm’
By those [angels] who extract with violence
2 وَٱلنَّشِطَتِ نَشْطًۭا
wa’ln:aʃiṭati naʃṭanm’
And [by] those who remove with ease
3 وَٱلسَّبِحَتِ سَبْحًۭا
wa’ls:abiḥati sabḥanm’
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
4 فَٱلسَّبِقَتِ سَبْقًۭا
fa’ls:abiqati sabqanm’
And those who race each other in a race
5 فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَتِ أَمْرًۭا
fa’lmudab:irati ‘ʔamranm’
And those who arrange [each] matter,
6 يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
yawma tarjufu ‘lr:a’jifatu
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
7 تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
tatbaʕuha’ ‘lr:a’difatu
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
8 قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ
quluwbunm yawmayʔiðinm wa’jifatun
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
9 أَبْصَرُهَا خَشِعَةٌۭ
‘ʔabṣaruha’ xaʃiʕatunm
Their eyes humbled.
10 يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
yaquwluwna ‘ʔaʔin:a’ lamarduwduwna fiy ‘lḥa’firati
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
11 أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ
‘ʔaʔiða’ kun:a’ ʕiẓamanm’ n:axiratanm
Even if we should be decayed bones?
12 قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ
qa’luw’ tilka ‘ʔiðanm’ kar:atun xa’siratunm
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
13 فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَحِدَةٌۭ
fa’ʔin:ama’ hiya zajratunm waḥidatunm
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
14 فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
fa’ʔiða’ hum bi’ls:a’hirati
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
15 هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
hal ‘ʔatay’ka ḥadiyèu muwsay’ʔ
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
16 إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
‘ʔiً na’day’hu rab:uhuw bi’lwa’di ‘lmuqad:asi ṭuwany
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
17 ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
‘ًhab ‘ʔilay’ firʕawna ‘ʔin:ahuw ṭaɣay’
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
18 فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
faqul hal l:aka ‘ʔilay’ʔ ‘ʔan tazak:ay’
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
19 وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
wa’ʔahdiyaka ‘ʔilay’ rab:ika fataxʃay’
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
20 فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
fa’ʔaray’hu ‘lʔa’yata ‘lkubray’
And he showed him the greatest sign,
21 فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
fakaً:aba waʕaṣay’
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
22 ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
èum:a ‘ʔadbara yasʕay’
Then he turned his back, striving.
23 فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
faḥaʃara fana’day’
And he gathered [his people] and called out
24 فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
faqa’la ‘ʔana’ rab:ukumu ‘l’ʔaʕlay’
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
25 فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
fa’ʔaxaًahu ‘ll:ahu naka’la ‘lʔa’xirati wa’l’ʔuwlay’ʔ
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
26 إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
‘ʔin:a fiy ًalika laʕibratanm l:iman yaxʃay’ʔ
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [ Allah ].
27 ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
ʔa’ʔantum ‘ʔaʃad:u xalqan’ ‘ʔami ‘ls:ama’ʔʔu j banay’ha’
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
28 رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
rafaʕa samkaha’ fasaw:ay’ha’
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
29 وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
wa’ʔaɣṭaʃa laylaha’ wa’ʔaxraja ḍuḥay’ha’
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
30 وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
wa’l’ʔarḍa baʕda ًalika daḥay’ha’ʔ
And after that He spread the earth.
31 أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
‘ʔaxraja minha’ ma’ʔʔaha’ wamarʕay’ha’
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
32 وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
wa’ljiba’la ‘ʔarsay’ha’
And the mountains He set firmly
33 مَتَعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَمِكُمْ
mataʕanm’ l:akum wali’ʔanʕamikum
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
34 فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
fa’ʔiًa’ ja’ʔʔati ‘lṭ:a’ʔm:atu ‘lkubray’
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
35 يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
yawma yataًak:aru ‘l’ʔinsanu ma’ saʕay’
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
36 وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
wabur:izati ‘ljaḥiymu liman yaray’
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
37 فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
fa’ʔam:a’ man ṭaɣay’
So as for he who transgressed
38 وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
waʔa’èara ‘lḥayaw’ta ‘ld:unya’
And preferred the life of the world,
39 فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
fa’ʔin:a ‘ljaḥiyma hiya ‘lma’ʔway’
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
40 وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
wa’ʔam:a’ man xa’fa maqa’ma rab:ihiy wanahay ‘ln:afsa ʕani ‘lhaway’
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
41 فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
fa’ʔin:a ‘ljan:ata hiya ‘lma’ʔway’
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
42 يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
yasʔaluwnaka ʕani ‘ls:a’ʕati ‘ʔay:a’na mursay’ha’
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
43 فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
fiyma ‘ʔanta min ًikray’ha’ʔ
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
44 إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
‘ʔilay’ rab:ika muntahay’ha’ʔ
To your Lord is its finality.
45 إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
‘ʔin:ama’ʔ ‘ʔanta munًiru man yaxʃay’ha’
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
46 كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
ka’ʔan:ahum yawma yarawnaha’ lam yalbaèuwʔ’ ‘ʔil:a’ ʕaʃiy:atan ‘ʔaw ḍuḥay’ha’
It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.
