وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا1
(1) By those [angels] who extract with violence[1833]
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[1833]- i.e., those who tear out the souls of those destined for Hell.
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا2
(2) And [by] those who remove with ease[1834]
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[1834]- i.e., those angels who ease out the souls of those destined for Paradise.
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا3
(3) And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming[1835]
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[1835]- Speeding to execute Allāh's commands.
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا4
(4) And those who race each other in a race[1836]
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[1836]- Racing to deliver the souls of the believers to Paradise.
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا5
(5) And those who arrange [each] matter,[1837]
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[1837]- According to Allāh's decree.
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ6
(6) On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ7
(7) There will follow it the subsequent [one].
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ8
(8) Hearts,[1838] that Day, will tremble,
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[1838]- Those of the disbelievers who denied the Resurrection.
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ9
(9) Their eyes[1839] humbled.
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[1839]- Those of the disbelievers.
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ10
(10) They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَخِرَةً11
(11) Even if we should be decayed bones?"[1840]
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[1840]- The disbelievers say this in ridicule of the warning.
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ12
(12) They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."[1841]
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[1841]- i.e., "If that were so, we would not be able to escape punishment."
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ13
(13) Indeed, it will be but one shout,
فَإِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ14
(14) And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ15
(15) Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى16
(16) When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ17
(17) "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
فَقُلْ هَلْ لَكَ إِلَىٰ أَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ18
(18) And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ19
(19) And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ20
(20) And he showed him the greatest sign,[1842]
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[1842]- i.e., the miracle of his staff becoming a great snake.
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ21
(21) But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ22
(22) Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].[1843]
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[1843]- An alternative meaning is "running [from the snake]."
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ23
(23) And he gathered [his people] and called out.
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ24
(24) And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ25
(25) So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].[1844].
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[1844]- i.e., for Pharaoh's setting himself up as a deity and for his previous oppression of the people and denial of Moses.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَىٰ26
(26) Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].
أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا27
(27) Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا28
(28) He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا29
(29) And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.[1845]
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[1845]- i.e., created the day from within the surrounding darkness.
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا30
(30) And after that He spread the earth.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا31
(31) He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا32
(32) And the mountains He set firmly
مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ33
(33) As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ34
(34) But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity[1846] -
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[1846]- i.e., the Day of Resurrection.
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ35
(35) The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَنْ يَرَىٰ36
(36) And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
فَأَمَّا مَنْ طَغَىٰ37
(37) So as for he who transgressed
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا38
(38) And preferred the life of the world,
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ39
(39) Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ40
(40) But as for he who feared the position of his Lord[1847] and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
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[1847]- See footnote to 55:46
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ41
(41) Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا42
(42) They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?[1848]
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[1848]- Literally, "resting" or "establishment."
فِيمَ أَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرَاهَا43
(43) In what [position] are you that you should mention it?[1849]
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[1849]- Meaning that Muḥammad (ﷺ) had no knowledge of it, so how could he inform them?
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهَاهَا44
(44) To your Lord is its finality.[1850]
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[1850]- i.e., its destination and termination. And to Him belongs ultimate knowledge of it.
إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَخْشَاهَا45
(45) You are only a warner for those who fear it.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا46
(46) It will be, on the Day they see it,[1851] as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.
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[1851]- i.e., the Hour, the Resurrection.
