Al Nazaat

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

2 By the meteors rushing,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).

Shakir

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

Pickthall

3 By the lone stars floating,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).

Shakir

3 And by those who float in space,

Pickthall

4 By the angels hastening,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).

Shakir

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

Pickthall

5 And those who govern the event,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).

Shakir

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

Pickthall

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).

Shakir

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

Pickthall

7 And the second followeth it,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).

Shakir

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

Pickthall

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 (Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.

Shakir

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

Pickthall

9 While eyes are downcast

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

Shakir

9 Their eyes cast down.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?

Shakir

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

Pickthall

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

Shakir

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).

Shakir

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

Pickthall

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,

Shakir

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

Pickthall

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?

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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).

Shakir

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"

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).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 "And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"

Shakir

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

Pickthall

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).

Shakir

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

Pickthall

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.

Shakir

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

Pickthall

22 Then turned he away in haste,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

22 Then he went back hastily.

Pickthall

23 Then gathered he and summoned

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,

Shakir

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Saying: "I am your lord, most high."

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.

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 ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?

Shakir

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

Pickthall

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)

Shakir

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

Pickthall

30 And after that He spread the earth,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 And after that He spread the earth,

Shakir

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

32 And He made fast the hills,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

Shakir

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

Pickthall

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.

Shakir

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Pickthall

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -

Shakir

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.

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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).

Shakir

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

Pickthall

38 And chose the life of the world,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),

Shakir

38 And prefers the life of this world,

Pickthall

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

44 To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?

Shakir

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

45 You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear 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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

46 The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.

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.