بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا ١
(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.
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا ٢
(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.
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا ٣
(3) And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming[1835]
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[1835]- Speeding to execute Allāh's commands.
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا ٤
(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.
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا ٥
(5) And those who arrange [each] matter,[1837]
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[1837]- According to Allāh's decree.
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦
(6) On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
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تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧
(7) There will follow it the subsequent [one].
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قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨
(8) Hearts,[1838] that Day, will tremble,
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[1838]- Those of the disbelievers who denied the Resurrection.
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ ٩
(9) Their eyes[1839] humbled.
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[1839]- Those of the disbelievers.
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ١٠
(10) They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
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أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً ١١
(11) Even if we should be decayed bones?"[1840]
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[1840]- The disbelievers say this in ridicule of the warning.
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ١٢
(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 هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ١٣
(13) Indeed, it will be but one shout,
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فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤
(14) And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥
(15) Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
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إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦
(16) When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,
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ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧
(17) "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
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فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨
(18) And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
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وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ١٩
(19) And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
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فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ٢٠
(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 وَعَصَىٰ ٢١
(21) But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.
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ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ٢٢
(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 فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣
(23) And he gathered [his people] and called out
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فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ٢٤
(24) And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
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فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥
(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 فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ٢٦
(26) Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].
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ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧
(27) Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
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رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨
(28) He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
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وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩
(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.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠
(30) And after that He spread the earth.
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أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ٣١
(31) He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
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وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ٣٢
(32) And the mountains He set firmly
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مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ٣٣
(33) As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ٣٤
(34) But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity[1846] -
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[1846]- i.e., the Day of Resurrection.
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥
(35) The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
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وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦
(36) And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
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فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧
(37) So as for he who transgressed
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وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ٣٨
(38) And preferred the life of the world,
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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ٣٩
(39) Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ٤٠
(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 ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ٤١
(41) Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
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يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ٤٢
(42) They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?[1848]
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[1848]- Literally, "resting" or "establishment."
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ٤٣
(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 مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤
(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.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ٤٥
(45) You are only a warner for those who fear it.
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كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦
(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.