Al Nazaat

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

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,

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

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

2 By the meteors rushing,

3 And by those who float in space,

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

3 By the lone stars floating,

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

4 And those who race each other in a race

4 By the angels hastening,

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

5 And those who govern the event,

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

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

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

7 And the second followeth it,

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

9 Their eyes cast down.

9 Their eyes humbled.

9 While eyes are downcast

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

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

10 (Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

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

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

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

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

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

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

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

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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

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

16 How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

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

17 (Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -

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

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

18 And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?

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

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

19 Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

22 Then he went back hastily.

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

22 Then turned he away in haste,

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

23 Then gathered he and summoned

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

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

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

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

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

25 So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.

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

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

26 Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.

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

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

27 Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?

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

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

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

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

29 And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

30 And after that He spread the earth.

30 And after that He spread the earth,

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

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

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

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

32 And the mountains He set firmly

32 And He made fast the hills,

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

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

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

35 The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,

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

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

36 And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

37 So as for he who transgressed

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

38 And prefers the life of this world,

38 And preferred the life of the world,

38 And chose the life of the world,

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

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

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

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

40 But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,

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

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

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

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

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

42 They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?

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

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

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

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

44 To your Lord is its finality.

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

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

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

45 Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth 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 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.

46 On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.