Al Nazaat

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

2 By the meteors rushing,

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2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

Yusuf Ali

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

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3 By the lone stars floating,

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3 Waalssabihati sabhan

Yusuf Ali

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

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4 By the angels hastening,

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4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

Yusuf Ali

4 Then press forward as in a race,

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5 And those who govern the event,

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5 Faalmudabbirati amran

Yusuf Ali

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

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6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

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6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

7 And the second followeth it,

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7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

Yusuf Ali

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

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8 On that day hearts beat painfully

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8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

Yusuf Ali

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

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9 While eyes are downcast

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9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

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10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

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11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

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12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

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13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

Yusuf Ali

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

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14 And lo! they will be awakened.

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14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

Yusuf Ali

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

Pickthall

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

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16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

Yusuf Ali

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

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

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17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

Yusuf Ali

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

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

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18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

Yusuf Ali

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

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

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19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

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20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

Yusuf Ali

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

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21 But he denied and disobeyed,

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21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

Yusuf Ali

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

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22 Then turned he away in haste,

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22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

Yusuf Ali

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

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23 Then gathered he and summoned

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23 Fahashara fanada

Yusuf Ali

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

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

Transliteration

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

Yusuf Ali

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

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

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26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

Transliteration

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

30 And after that He spread the earth,

Transliteration

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

Yusuf Ali

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

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

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31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

Yusuf Ali

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

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32 And He made fast the hills,

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32 Waaljibala arsaha

Yusuf Ali

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

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33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

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33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

Yusuf Ali

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

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34 But when the great disaster cometh,

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34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

Yusuf Ali

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

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

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35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

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36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

Yusuf Ali

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

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37 Then, as for him who rebelled

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37 Faamma man tagha

Yusuf Ali

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

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38 And chose the life of the world,

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38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

Yusuf Ali

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

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39 Lo! hell will be his home.

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39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

Yusuf Ali

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

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

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40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

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41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

Yusuf Ali

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

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43 Feema anta min thikraha

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

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44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

Yusuf Ali

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

Pickthall

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

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45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

Yusuf Ali

45 Thou art but a Warner for such as 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.

Transliteration

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

Yusuf Ali

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!