يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
They say, “Are we to be restored to the original condition?
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ
When we have become hollow bones?”
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ
They say, “This is a losing proposition.”
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ
But it will be only a single nudge.
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
“Go to Pharaoh—he has transgressed.”
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say, “Do you care to be cleansed?
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And I will guide you to your Lord, and you will turn reverent.”
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
He said, “I am your Lord, the most high.”
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
So God seized him with an exemplary punishment, in the last and in the first.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
In this is a lesson for whoever fears.
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you more difficult to create, or the heaven? He constructed it.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its masses, and proportioned it.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And He dimmed its night, and brought out its daylight.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And the earth after that He spread.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
And from it, He produced its water and its pasture.
مَتَـٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
A source of enjoyment for you and for your animals.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But when the Great Cataclysm arrives.
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
A Day when man will remember what he has endeavored.
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And Hell will be displayed to whoever sees.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
But as for him who feared the Standing of his Lord, and restrained the self from desires.
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
They ask you about the Hour, “When will it take place?”
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
You are just a warner for whoever dreads it.
Summarized notes on Surah An-Naazi'aat
The Last Day will come. Disbelievers question resurrection. Surely, they will be awakened.
Despite Musa/Moses (PBUH) showing great signs, Pharaoh denied, and he was punished. For God who created all of the heavens, resurrection is simple. Those who rejected, and preferred life of this world will get Hell. Believers will get Paradise. Timing of the Last Day is only known to God. That Day, life on earth will seem just as an evening or its morning. Muhammad (PBUH) is only a warner.
Notes from website author
Quran text and . Mr. Talal Itani version of English Translation from Tanzil.net
Quran Audio from alquran.cloud. Recitation by Sheikh Mishary bin Rashid Alafasy
The Quran is clearly revelation from the One God, Who created all. The word Quran means recitation. Read about its compilation here - Islamweb.net. ExploreQuran.org displays Quran chapters in both, the actual compilation order (in printed copies), as well as a revelation order which might provide a different approach for exploring the Holy Quran.