Al Nazaat

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence.

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

2 By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).

2 By the meteors rushing,

3 And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).

3 By the lone stars floating,

4 And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).

4 By the angels hastening,

5 And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).

5 And those who govern the event,

6 On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

7 The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).

7 And the second followeth it,

8 (Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

9 While eyes are downcast

10 They say: "Shall 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 "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

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

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

13 But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

14 When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

15 Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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

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

17 Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).

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

18 And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"

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

19 "And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"

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

20 Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

21 But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

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

22 Then turned he away in haste,

23 Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,

23 Then gathered he and summoned

24 Saying: "I am your lord, most high."

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

25 So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]

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

26 Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.

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

27 Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?

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

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

29 Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)

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

30 And after that He spread the earth,

30 And after that He spread the earth,

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

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

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

32 And He made fast the hills,

33 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

34 But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

35 The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.

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

36 And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.

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

37 Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

38 And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),

38 And chose the life of the world,

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

40 But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.

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

41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

42 They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?

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

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

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

44 To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?

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

45 You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,

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

46 The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.

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