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,

Saheeh International

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

Shakir

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

Pickthall

2 By the meteors rushing,

Saheeh International

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

Shakir

3 And by those who float in space,

Pickthall

3 By the lone stars floating,

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

Shakir

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

Pickthall

4 By the angels hastening,

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4 And those who race each other in a race

Shakir

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

Pickthall

5 And those who govern the event,

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5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

Shakir

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

Pickthall

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

Pickthall

7 And the second followeth it,

Saheeh International

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

Shakir

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

Pickthall

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

Saheeh International

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

Shakir

9 Their eyes cast down.

Pickthall

9 While eyes are downcast

Saheeh International

9 Their eyes humbled.

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

Pickthall

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

Saheeh International

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

Pickthall

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

Saheeh International

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

Shakir

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

Pickthall

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

Saheeh International

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

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,

Saheeh International

16 When his Lord called 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 -

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

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

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).

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

Pickthall

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

Saheeh International

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

Shakir

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

Pickthall

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

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21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

Shakir

22 Then he went back hastily.

Pickthall

22 Then turned he away in haste,

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22 Then he turned his back, striving.

Shakir

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

Pickthall

23 Then gathered he and summoned

Saheeh International

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

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.

Saheeh International

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

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.

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26 Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [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 ?

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27 Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah 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;

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28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

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.

Saheeh International

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

Shakir

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

Pickthall

30 And after that He spread the earth,

Saheeh International

30 And after that He spread the earth.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

Shakir

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

Pickthall

32 And He made fast the hills,

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32 And the mountains He set firmly

Shakir

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Pickthall

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

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33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

Shakir

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

Pickthall

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

Saheeh International

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

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,

Saheeh International

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

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,

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

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37 Then, as for him who rebelled

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37 So as for he who transgressed

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38 And prefers the life of this world,

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38 And chose the life of the world,

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38 And preferred the life of the world,

Shakir

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

Pickthall

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

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

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,

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

Saheeh International

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

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 ?

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

44 To your Lord is its finality.

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.

Saheeh International

45 You are only a warner for those who 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.

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.