النازعات
Surah An-Nazi'at
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
but he denied and disobeyed ˹Allah˺,
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
then turned his back, striving ˹against the truth˺.
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Then he summoned ˹his people˺ and called out,
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
saying, “I am your lord, the most high!”
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
So Allah overtook him, making him an example in this life and the next.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Surely in this is a lesson for whoever stands in awe of ˹Allah˺.
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Which is harder to create: you or the sky?1 He built it,
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
raising it high and forming it flawlessly.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
He dimmed its night, and brought forth its daylight.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
As for the earth, He spread it out as well,1
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
bringing forth its water and pastures
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
and setting the mountains firmly ˹upon it˺—
مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But, when the Supreme Disaster1 comes to pass—
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
the Day every person will remember all ˹their˺ striving,
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
and the Hellfire will be displayed for all to see—
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
then as for those who transgressed
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
and preferred the ˹fleeting˺ life of this world,
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
the Hellfire will certainly be ˹their˺ home.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
And as for those who were in awe of standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from ˹evil˺ desires,