Al Nazaat

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

Shakir

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

Pickthall

2 By the meteors rushing,

Transliteration

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

Shakir

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

Pickthall

3 By the lone stars floating,

Transliteration

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

Shakir

3 And by those who float in space,

Pickthall

4 By the angels hastening,

Transliteration

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

Shakir

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

Pickthall

5 And those who govern the event,

Transliteration

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

Shakir

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

Pickthall

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

Transliteration

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

Shakir

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

Pickthall

7 And the second followeth it,

Transliteration

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

Shakir

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

Pickthall

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

Transliteration

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

Shakir

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

Pickthall

9 While eyes are downcast

Transliteration

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

Shakir

9 Their eyes cast down.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

Shakir

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

Pickthall

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

Transliteration

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

Shakir

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

Shakir

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

Pickthall

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

Transliteration

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

Shakir

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

Pickthall

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

Transliteration

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

Shakir

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

Pickthall

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

Transliteration

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

Shakir

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

Shakir

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

Pickthall

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

Transliteration

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

Shakir

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

Pickthall

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

Transliteration

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

Shakir

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

Pickthall

22 Then turned he away in haste,

Transliteration

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

Shakir

22 Then he went back hastily.

Pickthall

23 Then gathered he and summoned

Transliteration

23 Fahashara fanada

Shakir

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

Shakir

24 Then he said: I am your lord, the 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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

Shakir

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

Pickthall

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

Transliteration

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

Shakir

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

Pickthall

30 And after that He spread the earth,

Transliteration

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

Shakir

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

Shakir

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

Pickthall

32 And He made fast the hills,

Transliteration

32 Waaljibala arsaha

Shakir

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

Pickthall

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Transliteration

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

Shakir

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Pickthall

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

Transliteration

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

Shakir

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

Shakir

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

Pickthall

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

Transliteration

37 Faamma man tagha

Shakir

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

Pickthall

38 And chose the life of the world,

Transliteration

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

Shakir

38 And prefers the life of this world,

Pickthall

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

Transliteration

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

Shakir

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

Shakir

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

Pickthall

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

Transliteration

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

43 Feema anta min thikraha

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

Shakir

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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.

Transliteration

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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.