الـنازعات

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

1 By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

2 By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

3 And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

3 And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

4 And those who race each other in a race

4 Then press forward as in a race,

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

5 Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

6 On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

6 One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

9 Their eyes humbled.

9 Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

10 They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

10 They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

11 "What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

12 They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."

12 They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

13 But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

14 And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

14 When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

16 When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,

16 Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

17 "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

17 "Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

18 And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

18 "And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

19 And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

19 "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

20 Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

21 But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

22 Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).

23 Fahashara fanada

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

23 Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

24 And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

24 Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

25 So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].

25 But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

26 Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].

26 Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

27 Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

27 What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

28 On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

29 Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

30 And after that He spread the earth.

30 And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

32 Waaljibala arsaha

32 And the mountains He set firmly

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

34 Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

35 The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

35 The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

36 And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

36 And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -

37 Faamma man tagha

37 So as for he who transgressed

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

38 And preferred the life of the world,

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

39 Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

40 But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

40 And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

41 Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

42 They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

42 They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?

43 Feema anta min thikraha

43 In what [position] are you that you should mention it?

43 Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

44 To your Lord is its finality.

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

45 You are only a warner for those who fear it.

45 Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

46 It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

46 The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!