الـنازعات

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

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

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

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

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

4 And those who race each other in a race

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

4 Then press forward as in a race,

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

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

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

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

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

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

9 Their eyes humbled.

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

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

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

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

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

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

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

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

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

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

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

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

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

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

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

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

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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

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

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

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

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

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

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

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

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

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

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

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

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

23 Fahashara fanada

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

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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

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

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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

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

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

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

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

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

30 And after that He spread the earth.

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

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

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

32 And the mountains He set firmly

32 Waaljibala arsaha

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

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

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

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

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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

37 So as for he who transgressed

37 Faamma man tagha

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

38 And preferred the life of the world,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

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

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

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

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

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 Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

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

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

44 To your Lord is its finality.

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

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

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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

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 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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!