Surah An-Nazi'at (The Soul-Snatchers) سُورَة النازعات

By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence; ⁽¹⁾

By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed); ⁽²⁾

And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy), ⁽³⁾

Then press forward as in a race, ⁽⁴⁾

Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord), ⁽⁵⁾

One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion, ⁽⁶⁾

Followed by oft-repeated (commotions): ⁽⁷⁾

Hearts that Day will be in agitation; ⁽⁸⁾

Cast down will be (their owners') eyes. ⁽⁹⁾

They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state? ⁽¹⁰⁾

"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?" ⁽¹¹⁾

They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!" ⁽¹²⁾

But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry, ⁽¹³⁾

When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment). ⁽¹⁴⁾

Has the story of Moses reached thee? ⁽¹⁵⁾

Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:- ⁽¹⁶⁾

"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds: ⁽¹⁷⁾

"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?- ⁽¹⁸⁾

"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'" ⁽¹⁹⁾

Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign. ⁽²⁰⁾

But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance); ⁽²¹⁾

Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah). ⁽²²⁾

Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation, ⁽²³⁾

Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High". ⁽²⁴⁾

But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life. ⁽²⁵⁾

Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah). ⁽²⁶⁾

What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it: ⁽²⁷⁾

On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection. ⁽²⁸⁾

Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light). ⁽²⁹⁾

And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse); ⁽³⁰⁾

He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture; ⁽³¹⁾

And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;- ⁽³²⁾

For use and convenience to you and your cattle. ⁽³³⁾

Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),- ⁽³⁴⁾

The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for, ⁽³⁵⁾

And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,- ⁽³⁶⁾

Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds, ⁽³⁷⁾

And had preferred the life of this world, ⁽³⁸⁾

The Abode will be Hell-Fire; ⁽³⁹⁾

And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires, ⁽⁴⁰⁾

Their abode will be the Garden. ⁽⁴¹⁾

They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time? ⁽⁴²⁾

Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof? ⁽⁴³⁾

With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor. ⁽⁴⁴⁾

Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it. ⁽⁴⁵⁾

The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn! ⁽⁴⁶⁾