بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا wan nāzi`āti gharqā By those [angels] who wrest [the soul] violently,
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وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا wan nāshiṭāti nashṭā by those who draw [it] out gently,
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وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا was sābiḥāti sabḥā by those who swim smoothly,
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فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا fas sābiqāti sabqā by those who, racing, take the lead,
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فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا fal mudabbirāti amrā by those who direct the affairs [of creatures]:
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يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ yawma tarjufur rājifah the day when the Quaker quakes
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تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ tatba`uhar rādifah and is followed by the Successor,
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قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ qulūbun yawma-idhin wājifah hearts will be trembling on that day,
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أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ abṣāruhā khāshi`ah bearing a humbled look.
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يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ yaqūlūna a-innā lamardūdūna fil ḥāfirah They will say, ‘Are we being returned to our earlier state?
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أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً a-idhā kunnā `iẓāman nakhirah What, even after we have been decayed bones?!’
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قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ qālū tilka idhan karratun khāsirah They will say, ‘This is, then, a ruinous return!’
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فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidah Yet it will be only a single shout,
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فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ fa-idhā hum bis sāhirah and behold, they will be awake.
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā Did you receive the story of Moses,
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إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى idh nādāhu rabbuhu bil wādil muqaddasi ṭuwā when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa?
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ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ idh-hab ilā fir`awna innahu ṭaghā [And said,] ‘Go to Pharaoh, for indeed he has rebelled,
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فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ faqul hal laka ilā an tazakkā and say, ‘‘Would you purify yourself?
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وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ wa-ahdiyaka ilā rabbika fatakhshā I will guide you to your Lord, that you may fear [Him]?’’ ’
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فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ fa-arāhul-āyatal kubrā Then he showed him the greatest sign.
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فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ fakadhhaba wa`aṣā But he denied, and disobeyed.
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ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ thumma adbara yas`ā Then he turned back, walking swiftly,
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فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ faḥashara fanādā and gathered [the people] and proclaimed,
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فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ faqāla ana rabbukumul-a`lā saying, ‘I am your exalted lord!’
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فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ fa-akhadhahullāhu nakālal-ākhirati wal-ūlā So Allah seized him with the punishment of this life and the Hereafter.
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ inna fī dhālika la`ibratan liman yakhshā There is indeed a moral in that for someone who fears!
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ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا a-antum ashaddu khalqan amis samā-u ۚ banāhā Is your creation more prodigious or that of the heaven He has built?
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رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا rafa`a samkahā fasawwāhā He raised its vault and fashioned it,
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وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا wa-aghṭasha laylahā wa-akhraja ḍuḥāhā and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon.
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ wal-arḍa ba`da dhālika daḥāhā Thereafter He spread out the earth,
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أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا akhraja minhā mā-ahā wa mar`āhā brought forth from it its water and pastures,
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وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا wal jibāla arsāhā setting firm the mountains,
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مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ matā`al lakum wali-an`āmikum as a [place of] sustenance for you and your livestock.
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ fa-idhā jā-atiṭ ṭāmmatul kubrā When the Greatest Catastrophe befalls
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يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ yawma yatadhakkarul-insānu mā sa`ā —the day when man will remember his endeavours
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وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ waburrizatil jaḥīmu liman yarā and hell is brought into view for those who can see—
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فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ fa-ammā man ṭaghā as for him who has been rebellious
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وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا wa-ātharal ḥayātad dunyā and preferred the life of this world,
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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ fa-innal jaḥīma hiyal ma-wā his refuge will indeed be hell.
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ wa-ammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihi wanahan nafsa `anil hawā But as for him who is awed to stand before his Lord and restrains his soul from [following] desires,
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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ fa-innal jannata hiyal ma-wā his refuge will indeed be paradise.
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يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا yas-alūnaka `anis sā`ati ayyāna mursāhā They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it set in,
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فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ fīma anta min dhikrāhā considering your frequent mention of it?”
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إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ilā rabbika muntahāhā Its outcome is with your Lord.
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إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا innamā anta mundhiru man yakhshāhā You are only a warner for those who are afraid it.
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كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ka-annahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā `ashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā The day they see it, it shall be as if they had not stayed [in the world] except for an evening or forenoon.
