وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا ١

By those that pluck out vehemently

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا ٢

and those that draw out violently,

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا ٣

by those that swim serenely

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا ٤

and those that outstrip suddenly

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا ٥

by those that direct an affair!

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ ٦

Upon the day when the first blast shivers

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ٧

and the second blast follows it,

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨

hearts upon that day shall be athrob

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ ٩

and their eyes shall be humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ ١٠

They shall say, ’What, are we being restored as we were before?

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً ١١

What, when we are bones old and wasted?’

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ١٢

They shall say, ’That then were a losing return!’

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ١٣

But it shall be only a single scare,

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤

and behold, they are awakened.

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ ١٥

Hast thou received the story of Moses?

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦

When his Lord called to him in the holy valley, Towa:

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ ١٧

’Go to Pharaoh; he has waxed insolent.

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨

And say, "Hast thou the will to purify thyself;

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ١٩

and that I should guide thee to thy Lord, then thou shalt fear?"’

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ ٢٠

So he showed him the great sign,