Al Nazaat

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

1 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.

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

2 By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).

3 And by those who float in space,

3 And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

4 And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

5 And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

6 On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

7 The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

8 (Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.

9 Their eyes cast down.

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

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

10 They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

11 "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

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

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

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

13 But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

14 When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,

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

15 Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?

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

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

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

17 Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).

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

18 And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"

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

19 "And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

20 Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

21 But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.

22 Then he went back hastily.

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

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

23 Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,

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

24 Saying: "I am your lord, most high."

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

25 So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]

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

26 Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.

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

27 Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?

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

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

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

29 Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

30 And after that He spread the earth,

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

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

34 But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -

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

35 The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.

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

36 And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

37 Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).

38 And prefers the life of this world,

38 And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

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

40 But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.

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

41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

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

42 They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?

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

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

44 To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?

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

45 You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) 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 The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.