Al Nazaat

Shakir

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

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;

Shakir

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

Pickthall

2 By the meteors rushing,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

3 And by those who float in space,

Pickthall

3 By the lone stars floating,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

Pickthall

4 By the angels hastening,

Yusuf Ali

4 Then press forward as in a race,

Shakir

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

Pickthall

5 And those who govern the event,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

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,

Shakir

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

Pickthall

7 And the second followeth it,

Yusuf Ali

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

Shakir

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

Pickthall

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

Yusuf Ali

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

Shakir

9 Their eyes cast down.

Pickthall

9 While eyes are downcast

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

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?

Shakir

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

Pickthall

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

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!"

Shakir

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

Pickthall

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

Pickthall

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

15 Has not there come to you the story of Musa?

Pickthall

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

Yusuf Ali

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

Shakir

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

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: -

Shakir

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

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:

Shakir

18 Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:

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)? -

Shakir

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

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?'"

Shakir

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

Pickthall

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

Pickthall

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

22 Then he went back hastily.

Pickthall

22 Then turned he away in haste,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

Pickthall

23 Then gathered he and summoned

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

24 Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

25 So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.

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.

Shakir

26 Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.

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).

Shakir

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

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:

Shakir

28 He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.

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.

Shakir

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

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).

Shakir

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

Pickthall

30 And after that He spread the earth,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

Shakir

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

Pickthall

32 And He made fast the hills,

Yusuf Ali

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

Shakir

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Pickthall

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Yusuf Ali

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

Shakir

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

Pickthall

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

35 The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,

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,

Shakir

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

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, -

Shakir

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

Pickthall

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

Yusuf Ali

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

Shakir

38 And prefers the life of this world,

Pickthall

38 And chose the life of the world,

Yusuf Ali

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

Shakir

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

Pickthall

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

Yusuf Ali

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

Shakir

40 And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,

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,

Shakir

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

Pickthall

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

Yusuf Ali

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

Shakir

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

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?

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

Shakir

45 You are only a warner to him who would fear it.

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.

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.

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!