Al Nazaat

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

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

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

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

3 And by those who float in space,

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

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

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

4 And those who race each other in a race

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

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

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

9 Their eyes cast down.

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

9 Their eyes humbled.

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

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

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

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

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

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

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

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

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

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

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

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

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

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

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

22 Then he went back hastily.

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

23 Fahashara fanada

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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

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

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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

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

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

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

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

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

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

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

30 And after that He spread the earth.

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

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

32 Waaljibala arsaha

32 And the mountains He set firmly

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

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

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

37 Faamma man tagha

37 So as for he who transgressed

38 And prefers the life of this world,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

38 And preferred the life of the world,

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

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

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

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

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

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

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

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

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

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

44 To your Lord is its finality.

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

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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

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.

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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.