مصحف الثريا

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا ۝١

CONSIDER those [stars] that rise only to set,

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا ۝٢

and move [in their orbits] with steady motion,

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا ۝۳

and float [through space] with floating serene,

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا ۝٤

and yet overtake [one another] with swift overtaking:

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا ۝٥

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

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ۝٦

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

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ۝۷

to be followed by further [convulsions]!

قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ ۝۸

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

أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ ۝۹

[and] their eyes downcast...

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ۝١۰

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

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ ۝١١

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

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ ۝١٢

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

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ ۝١۳

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

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ۝١٤

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

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ۝١٥

HAS THE STORY of Moses ever come within thy ken.

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ۝١٦

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

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ۝١۷

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

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ۝١۸

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

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ۝١۹

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

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ۝٢۰

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

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ۝٢١

But [Pharaoh] gave him the lie and rebelliously rejected [all guidance],

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ۝٢٢

and brusquely turned his back [on Moses];

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ۝٢۳

and then he gathered [his great ones], and called [unto his people],

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۝٢٤

and said, "I am your Lord All-Highest!"

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ۝٢٥

And thereupon God took him to task, [and made him] a warning example in the life to come as well as in this world.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ۝٢٦

In this, behold, there is a lesson indeed for all who stand in awe [of God].

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ۝٢۷

[O MEN!] Are you more difficult to create than the heaven which He has built?

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ۝٢۸

High has He reared its vault and formed it in accordance with what it was meant to be;

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٢۹

and He has made dark its night and brought forth its light of day.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ۝۳۰

And after that, the earth: wide has He spread its expanse,

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ۝۳١

and has caused its waters to come out of it, and its pastures,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ۝۳٢

and has made the mountains firm:

مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ۝۳۳

[all this] as a means of livelihood for you and your animals.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ۝۳٤

AND SO, when the great overwhelming event [of, resurrection] comes to pass –

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ۝۳٥

on that Day man will [clearly] remember all that he has ever wrought;

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ۝۳٦

and the blazing fire [of hell] will be lad open before all who [are destined to] see it.

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ۝۳۷

For, unto him who shall have transgressed the bounds of what is right,

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۝۳۸

and preferred the life of this world [to the good of his soul],

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ۝۳۹

that blazing fire will truly be the goal!

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ۝٤۰

But unto him who shall have stood in fear of his Sustainer's Presence, and held back his inner self from base desires,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ۝٤١

paradise will truly be the goal!

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۝٤٢

THEY WILL ASK thee [O Prophet] about the Last Hour: "When will it come to pass?"

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ۝٤۳

[But] how couldst thou tell anything about it,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ۝٤٤

[seeing that] with thy Sustainer alone rests the beginning and the end [of all knowledge] thereof?

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ۝٤٥

Thou art but [sent] to warn those who stand in awe of it.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٤٦

On the Day when they behold it, [it will seem to them] as if they had tarried [in this world] no longer than one evening or [one night, ending with] its morn!