Surah An-Naazi'aat

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِغَرْقًۭا

CONSIDER those [stars] that rise only to set,

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِنَشْطًۭا

and move [in their orbits] with steady motion,

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِسَبْحًۭا

and float [through space] with floating serene,

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِسَبْقًۭا

and yet overtake [one another] with swift overtaking:

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِأَمْرًۭا

and thus they fulfil the [Creator's] behest!

يَوْمَتَرْجُفُٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

[HENCE, think of] the Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world],

تَتْبَعُهَاٱلرَّادِفَةُ

to be followed by further [convulsions]!

قُلُوبٌۭيَوْمَئِذٍۢوَاجِفَةٌ

On that Day will [men's] hearts be throbbing,

أَبْصَٰرُهَاخَٰشِعَةٌۭ

[and] their eyes downcast...

يَقُولُونَأَءِنَّالَمَرْدُودُونَفِىٱلْحَافِرَةِ

[And yet,] some say, "What! Are we indeed to be restored to our former state –

أَءِذَاكُنَّاعِظَٰمًۭانَّخِرَةًۭ

even though we may have become [a heap of] crumbling bones?"

قَالُوا۟تِلْكَإِذًۭاكَرَّةٌخَاسِرَةٌۭ

[And] they add, "That, then, would be a return with loss!"

فَإِنَّمَاهِىَزَجْرَةٌۭوَٰحِدَةٌۭ

[But,] then, that [Last Hour] will be [upon them of a sudden, as if it were] but a single accusing cry -

فَإِذَاهُمبِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

and then, lo, they will be fully awakened [to the truth]!

هَلْأَتَىٰكَحَدِيثُمُوسَىٰٓ

HAS THE STORY of Moses ever come within thy ken.

إِذْنَادَىٰهُرَبُّهُۥبِٱلْوَادِٱلْمُقَدَّسِطُوًى

Lo! His Sustainer called out to him in the twice-hallowed valley:

ٱذْهَبْإِلَىٰفِرْعَوْنَإِنَّهُۥطَغَىٰ

"Go unto Pharaoh - for, verily, he has transgressed all bounds of what is right -

فَقُلْهَللَّكَإِلَىٰٓأَنتَزَكَّىٰ

and say [unto him], 'Art thou desirous of attaining to purity?

وَأَهْدِيَكَإِلَىٰرَبِّكَفَتَخْشَىٰ

[If so,] then I shall guide thee towards [a cognition of] thy Sustainer, so that [henceforth] thou wilt stand in awe [of Him].’"

فَأَرَىٰهُٱلْءَايَةَٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

And thereupon he [went to Pharaoh and] made him aware of the great wonder [of God's grace].