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Al Nazaat
Chapter 79, 46 verses
Shakir
Pickthall
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Shakir
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
Pickthall
By the meteors rushing,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
Shakir
And by those who float in space,
Pickthall
By the lone stars floating,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
Shakir
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
Pickthall
By the angels hastening,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
Shakir
Then those who regulate the affair.
Pickthall
And those who govern the event,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
Shakir
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
Pickthall
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
Pickthall
And the second followeth it,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
Shakir
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Pickthall
On that day hearts beat painfully
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
Shakir
Their eyes cast down.
Pickthall
While eyes are downcast
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Their eyes will be downcast.
Shakir
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
Pickthall
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
Shakir
What! when we are rotten bones?
Pickthall
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
Shakir
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
Pickthall
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
Shakir
But it shall be only a single cry,
Pickthall
Surely it will need but one shout,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).
Shakir
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
Pickthall
And lo! they will be awakened.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
Shakir
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Pickthall
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
Shakir
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
Pickthall
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Shakir
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
Pickthall
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
Shakir
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
Pickthall
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
Shakir
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
Pickthall
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
Shakir
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Pickthall
And he showed him the tremendous token.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
Shakir
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Pickthall
But he denied and disobeyed,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
Shakir
Then he went back hastily.
Pickthall
Then turned he away in haste,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
Shakir
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Pickthall
Then gathered he and summoned
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
Shakir
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
Pickthall
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
Shakir
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Pickthall
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
Shakir
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Pickthall
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
Shakir
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Pickthall
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
Shakir
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
Pickthall
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
Shakir
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Pickthall
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
Shakir
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
Pickthall
And after that He spread the earth,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And after that He spread the earth,
Shakir
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
Pickthall
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
Shakir
And the mountains, He made them firm,
Pickthall
And He made fast the hills,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
Shakir
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Pickthall
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
Shakir
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
Pickthall
But when the great disaster cometh,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
Shakir
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
Pickthall
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
Shakir
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
Pickthall
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
Shakir
Then as for him who is inordinate,
Pickthall
Then, as for him who rebelled
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
Shakir
And prefers the life of this world,
Pickthall
And chose the life of the world,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
Shakir
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Pickthall
Lo! hell will be his home.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
Shakir
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
Pickthall
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
Shakir
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Pickthall
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
Shakir
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Pickthall
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
Shakir
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Pickthall
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
Shakir
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Pickthall
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
Shakir
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
Pickthall
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
Shakir
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.
Pickthall
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
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.