Al Nazaat

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

1 By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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

2 By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

3 And by those who float in space,

3 And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

4 Then press forward as in a race,

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

5 Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

6 One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

9 Their eyes cast down.

9 Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

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

10 They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

11 "What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

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

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

13 But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

14 When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

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

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

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

16 Behold, thy Lord did call 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 thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

18 "And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

19 "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

20 Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

21 But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

22 Then he went back hastily.

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

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

23 Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,

23 Fahashara fanada

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

24 Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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

25 But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

26 Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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

27 What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

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

28 On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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

29 Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

30 And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

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

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

32 Waaljibala arsaha

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

34 Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

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

35 The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

36 And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

37 Faamma man tagha

38 And prefers the life of this world,

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

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 And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

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

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

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

42 They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

43 Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

43 Feema anta min thikraha

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

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

45 Thou art but a Warner for such as 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 The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha