Those who drag forth

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا

Transliteration: Wan naazi 'aati gharqa

By those [angels] who extract with violence

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا

Transliteration: Wan naa shi taati nashta

And [by] those who remove with ease

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا

Transliteration: Wass saabi-haati sabha

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا

Transliteration: Fass saabi qaati sabqa

And those who race each other in a race

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا

Transliteration: Fal mu dab-bi raati amra

And those who arrange [each] matter,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

Transliteration: Yawma tarjufur raajifa

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

Transliteration: Tatba'u har raadifa

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ

Transliteration: Quloobuny-yau maaiziw-waaji-fa

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ

Transliteration: Absaa ruhaa khashi'ah

Their eyes humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

Transliteration: Ya qoo loona a-inna lamar doo doona fil haafirah

They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ

Transliteration: Aizaa kunna 'izaa man-nakhirah

Even if we should be decayed bones?

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ

Transliteration: Qaalu tilka izan karratun khaasirah.

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ

Transliteration: Fa inna ma hiya zajratuw-waahida

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

Transliteration: Faizaa hum biss saahirah

And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

Transliteration: Hal ataaka hadeethu Musaa

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Transliteration: Iz nadaahu rabbuhu bil waadil-muqad dasi tuwa

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

Transliteration: Izhab ilaa fir'auna innahu taghaa.

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Transliteration: Faqul hal laka ilaa-an tazakka.

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Transliteration: Wa ahdi yaka ila rabbika fatakh sha

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Transliteration: Fa araahul-aayatal kubra.

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Transliteration: Fa kazzaba wa asaa.

But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Transliteration: Thumma adbara yas'aa.

Then he turned his back, striving.

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Transliteration: Fa hashara fanada.

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

Transliteration: Faqala ana rabbu kumul-a'laa.

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

Transliteration: Fa-akha zahul laahu nakalal aakhirati wal-oola.

So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

Transliteration: Inna fee zaalika la'ibratal limaiy-yaksha

Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

Transliteration: A-antum a shaddu khalqan amis samaa-u banaaha.

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Transliteration: Raf'a sam kaha fasaw waaha

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

Transliteration: Wa aghtasha lailaha wa akhraja duhaaha.

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

Transliteration: Wal arda b'ada zaalika dahaaha.

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

Transliteration: Akhraja minha maa-aha wa mar 'aaha.

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

Transliteration: Wal jibala arsaaha.

And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ

Transliteration: Mataa'al lakum wali an 'aamikum.

As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Transliteration: Fa-izaa jaaa'atit taaam matul kubraa.

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Transliteration: Yauma Yata zakkarul insaanu ma sa'aa.

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

Transliteration: Wa burrizatil-jaheemu limany-yaraa.

And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Transliteration: Fa ammaa man taghaa.

So as for he who transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

Transliteration: Wa aasaral hayaatad dunyaa

And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Transliteration: Fa innal jaheema hiyal maawaa.

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

Transliteration: Wa ammaa man khaafa maqaama Rabbihee wa nahan nafsa 'anil hawaa

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Transliteration: Fa innal jannata hiyal maawaa

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

Transliteration: Yas'aloonaka 'anis saa'ati ayyaana mursaahaa

They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

Transliteration: Feema anta min zikraahaa

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

Transliteration: Ilaa Rabbika muntahaa haa

To your Lord is its finality.

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

Transliteration: Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

Transliteration: Ka annahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasooo illaa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa

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.