Al Nazaat

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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

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

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

2 By the meteors rushing,

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

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

3 By the lone stars floating,

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

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

4 By the angels hastening,

4 Then press forward as in a race,

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

5 And those who govern the event,

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

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

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

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

7 And the second followeth it,

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

9 While eyes are downcast

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

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

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

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

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

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

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

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

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

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

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

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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

16 Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

17 "Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

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

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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

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

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

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

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

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

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

22 Then turned he away in haste,

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

23 Fahashara fanada

23 Then gathered he and summoned

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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

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

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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

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

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

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

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

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

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

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

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

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

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

30 And after that He spread the earth,

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

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

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

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

32 Waaljibala arsaha

32 And He made fast the hills,

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

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

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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

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

37 Faamma man tagha

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

38 And chose the life of the world,

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

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

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

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

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

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

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

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

45 Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.

45 Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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

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!