An-Naziat
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى16
His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ17
‘Go to Pharaoh, for he has exceeded all bounds
فَقُلْ هَلْ لَكَ إِلَىٰ أَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ18
and ask him, “Do you want to purify yourself [of sin]
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ19
Do you want me to guide you to your Lord, so that you may hold Him in awe?” ’
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ20
Moses showed him the great sign
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ21
but he denied it and refused [the faith]
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ22
He turned away and hastily
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ23
gathered his people, proclaiming
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ24
‘I am your supreme lord,’
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ25
so God condemned him to punishment in the life to come as well as in this life
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَىٰ26
there truly is a lesson in this for anyone who stands in awe of God
أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا27
Which is harder to create: you people or the sky that He built
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا28
raising it high and perfecting it
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا29
giving darkness to its night and bringing out its morning brightness
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا30
and the earth, too, He spread out
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا31
bringing waters and pastures out of it
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا32
and setting firm mountains [in it]
مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ33
for you and your animals to enjoy
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ34
When the great overwhelming event arrives
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ35
on the Day that man remembers what he has done
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَنْ يَرَىٰ36
and Hell is there for all to see
فَأَمَّا مَنْ طَغَىٰ37
for anyone who has transgressed
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا38
and preferred the present life
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ39
Hell will be home
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ40
for anyone who feared the meeting with his Lord and restrained himself from base desires
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ41
Paradise will be home
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا42
They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour
فِيمَ أَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرَاهَا43
saying, ‘When will it arrive?’, but how can you tell [them that]
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهَاهَا44
Its time is known only to your Lord
إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَخْشَاهَا45
you are only sent to warn those who fear it
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا46
On the Day they see it, it will seem they lingered [in this life] an evening [at most,] or its morning