Al Nazaat

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,

Shakir

1 I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,

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2 By the meteors rushing,

Shakir

2 And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,

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3 By the lone stars floating,

Shakir

3 And by those who float in space,

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4 By the angels hastening,

Shakir

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

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5 And those who govern the event,

Shakir

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

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6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

Shakir

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

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7 And the second followeth it,

Shakir

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

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8 On that day hearts beat painfully

Shakir

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

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9 While eyes are downcast

Shakir

9 Their eyes cast down.

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10 (Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

Shakir

10 They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?

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11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

Shakir

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

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12 They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.

Shakir

12 They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.

Pickthall

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

Shakir

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

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14 And lo! they will be awakened.

Shakir

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

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15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

Shakir

15 Has not there come to you the story of Musa?

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16 How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,

Shakir

16 When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,

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17 (Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -

Shakir

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

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18 And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?

Shakir

18 Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:

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19 Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).

Shakir

19 And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.

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20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

Shakir

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

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21 But he denied and disobeyed,

Shakir

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

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22 Then turned he away in haste,

Shakir

22 Then he went back hastily.

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23 Then gathered he and summoned

Shakir

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

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24 And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."

Shakir

24 Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.

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25 So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.

Shakir

25 So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.

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26 Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.

Shakir

26 Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.

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27 Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?

Shakir

27 Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.

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28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

Shakir

28 He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.

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29 And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

Shakir

29 And He made dark its night and brought out its light.

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30 And after that He spread the earth,

Shakir

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

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31 And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

Shakir

31 He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.

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32 And He made fast the hills,

Shakir

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

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33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Shakir

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

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34 But when the great disaster cometh,

Shakir

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

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35 The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,

Shakir

35 The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,

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36 And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,

Shakir

36 And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees

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37 Then, as for him who rebelled

Shakir

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

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38 And chose the life of the world,

Shakir

38 And prefers the life of this world,

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39 Lo! hell will be his home.

Shakir

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

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40 But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,

Shakir

40 And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,

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41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

Shakir

41 Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.

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42 They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?

Shakir

42 They ask you about the hour, when it will come.

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43 Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?

Shakir

43 About what! You are one to remind of it.

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44 Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.

Shakir

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

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45 Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.

Shakir

45 You are only a warner to him who would fear it.

Pickthall

46 On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.

Shakir

46 On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.