Al Nazaat

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

2 By the meteors rushing,

Saheeh International

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

3 By the lone stars floating,

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

4 By the angels hastening,

Saheeh International

4 And those who race each other in a race

Yusuf Ali

4 Then press forward as in a race,

Pickthall

5 And those who govern the event,

Saheeh International

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

7 And the second followeth it,

Saheeh International

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

Yusuf Ali

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

Pickthall

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

Saheeh International

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

Yusuf Ali

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

Pickthall

9 While eyes are downcast

Saheeh International

9 Their eyes humbled.

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

Saheeh International

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

Saheeh International

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

Saheeh International

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

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 ?

Saheeh International

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

Yusuf Ali

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

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.

Saheeh International

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

Saheeh International

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

22 Then turned he away in haste,

Saheeh International

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

23 Then gathered he and summoned

Saheeh International

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

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.

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

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 ?

Saheeh International

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

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;

Saheeh International

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

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.

Saheeh International

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

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,

Saheeh International

30 And after that He spread the earth.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

Yusuf Ali

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

Pickthall

32 And He made fast the hills,

Saheeh International

32 And the mountains He set firmly

Yusuf Ali

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

Pickthall

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Saheeh International

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

Yusuf Ali

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

Pickthall

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

Saheeh International

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

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,

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

Saheeh International

37 So as for he who transgressed

Yusuf Ali

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

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38 And chose the life of the world,

Saheeh International

38 And preferred the life of the world,

Yusuf Ali

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

Pickthall

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

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.

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

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 ?

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

44 To your Lord is its finality.

Yusuf Ali

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

45 You are only a warner for those who fear it.

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.

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.

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!