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 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

3 And by those who float in space,

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

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

4 And those who race each other in a race

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

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

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

9 Their eyes cast down.

9 Their eyes humbled.

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

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 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

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

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

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

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

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

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

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 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

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

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

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

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

22 Then he went back hastily.

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

23 Fahashara fanada

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

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

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

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

30 And after that He spread the earth.

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

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

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

32 And the mountains He set firmly

32 Waaljibala arsaha

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

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 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

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

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

37 So as for he who transgressed

37 Faamma man tagha

38 And prefers the life of this world,

38 And preferred the life of the world,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

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

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

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 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

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

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

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

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 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

44 To your Lord is its finality.

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

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

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

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha