الـنازعات

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

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

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

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

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

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

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

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

4 And those who race each other in a race

4 Then press forward as in a race,

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

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

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

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,

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

9 Their eyes humbled.

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

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

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?

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

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

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

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

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

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

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

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

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

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

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: -

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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

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

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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)? -

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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?'"

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

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

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

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

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

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

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

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

23 Fahashara fanada

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

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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.

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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:

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

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

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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).

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

30 And after that He spread the earth.

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

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

32 And the mountains He set firmly

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

32 Waaljibala arsaha

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

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

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

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

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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, -

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

37 So as for he who transgressed

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

37 Faamma man tagha

38 And preferred the life of the world,

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

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

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

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,

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

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

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

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?

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

44 To your Lord is its finality.

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

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

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

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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!

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha