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,

Saheeh International

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

Pickthall

2 By the meteors rushing,

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

Pickthall

3 By the lone stars floating,

Shakir

3 And by those who float in space,

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

4 By the angels hastening,

Shakir

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

Saheeh International

4 And those who race each other in a race

Pickthall

5 And those who govern the event,

Shakir

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

Saheeh International

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

Pickthall

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

Shakir

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

7 And the second followeth it,

Shakir

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

Saheeh International

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

Pickthall

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

Shakir

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

Saheeh International

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

Pickthall

9 While eyes are downcast

Shakir

9 Their eyes cast down.

Saheeh International

9 Their eyes humbled.

Pickthall

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?

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

Shakir

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

Saheeh International

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

Shakir

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

Saheeh International

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

Pickthall

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

Shakir

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

Pickthall

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,

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

Shakir

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

Saheeh International

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

Pickthall

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

Shakir

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

Saheeh International

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

Pickthall

22 Then turned he away in haste,

Shakir

22 Then he went back hastily.

Saheeh International

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

Pickthall

23 Then gathered he and summoned

Shakir

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

Saheeh International

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

Pickthall

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.

Saheeh International

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

Pickthall

30 And after that He spread the earth,

Shakir

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

Saheeh International

30 And after that He spread the earth.

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

Pickthall

32 And He made fast the hills,

Shakir

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

Saheeh International

32 And the mountains He set firmly

Pickthall

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Shakir

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Saheeh International

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

Pickthall

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

Shakir

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

Saheeh International

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

Pickthall

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,

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

Shakir

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

Saheeh International

37 So as for he who transgressed

Pickthall

38 And chose the life of the world,

Shakir

38 And prefers the life of this world,

Saheeh International

38 And preferred the life of the world,

Pickthall

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

Shakir

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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,

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

Saheeh International

44 To your Lord is its finality.

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

45 You are only a warner for those who 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.

Saheeh International

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.