Al Nazaat

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

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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

2 By the meteors rushing,

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

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

3 By the lone stars floating,

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

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

4 By the angels hastening,

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

4 Then press forward as in a race,

5 And those who govern the event,

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

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

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

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

7 And the second followeth it,

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

9 While eyes are downcast

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

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

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

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

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

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

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

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

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

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

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

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

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

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

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

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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

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

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

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

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

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

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

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

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

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

22 Then turned he away in haste,

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

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

23 Then gathered he and summoned

23 Fahashara fanada

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

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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

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

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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

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

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

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

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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

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

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

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

30 And after that He spread the earth,

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

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

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

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

32 And He made fast the hills,

32 Waaljibala arsaha

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

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

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

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

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

37 Faamma man tagha

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

38 And chose the life of the world,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

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

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

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

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

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

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

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

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

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

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

45 Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

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

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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!