Al Nazaat

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

Pickthall

2 By the meteors rushing,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

Pickthall

3 By the lone stars floating,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

4 By the angels hastening,

Yusuf Ali

4 Then press forward as in a race,

Saheeh International

4 And those who race each other in a race

Pickthall

5 And those who govern the event,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

Pickthall

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

7 And the second followeth it,

Yusuf Ali

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

Saheeh International

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

Pickthall

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

Yusuf Ali

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

Saheeh International

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

Pickthall

9 While eyes are downcast

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

9 Their eyes humbled.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

Pickthall

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

Yusuf Ali

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

Saheeh International

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

Pickthall

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

Pickthall

22 Then turned he away in haste,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

Pickthall

23 Then gathered he and summoned

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

Pickthall

30 And after that He spread the earth,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

30 And after that He spread the earth.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

Saheeh International

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

Pickthall

32 And He made fast the hills,

Yusuf Ali

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

Saheeh International

32 And the mountains He set firmly

Pickthall

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Yusuf Ali

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

Saheeh International

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

Pickthall

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

Yusuf Ali

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

Saheeh International

37 So as for he who transgressed

Pickthall

38 And chose the life of the world,

Yusuf Ali

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

Saheeh International

38 And preferred the life of the world,

Pickthall

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

Yusuf Ali

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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,

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

Yusuf Ali

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

Saheeh International

44 To your Lord is its finality.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

45 You are only a warner for those who 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.

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!

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.