Al Nazaat

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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

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

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

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

2 By the meteors rushing,

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

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

3 By the lone stars floating,

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

4 Then press forward as in a race,

4 By the angels hastening,

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

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

5 And those who govern the event,

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

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

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

7 And the second followeth it,

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

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

9 While eyes are downcast

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

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

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

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

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

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

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

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

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

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

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

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

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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

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

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

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

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

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

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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

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

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

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

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

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

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

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

22 Then turned he away in haste,

23 Fahashara fanada

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

23 Then gathered he and summoned

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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

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

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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

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

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

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

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

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

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

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

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

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

30 And after that He spread the earth,

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

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

32 Waaljibala arsaha

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

32 And He made fast the hills,

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

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

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

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

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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

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

37 Faamma man tagha

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

38 And chose the life of the world,

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

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

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

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

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

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

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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

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

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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