Al Nazaat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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.

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

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1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

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

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2 By the meteors rushing,

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2 And [by] those who remove with ease

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

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3 By the lone stars floating,

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

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

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4 By the angels hastening,

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4 And those who race each other in a race

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

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5 And those who govern the event,

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5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

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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).

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6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

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

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

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7 And the second followeth it,

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7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

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

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8 On that day hearts beat painfully

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8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

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9 Their eyes will be downcast.

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9 While eyes are downcast

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9 Their eyes humbled.

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10 They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?

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

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10 They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

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11 "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

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11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

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11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

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

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

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

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

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13 Surely it will need but one shout,

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13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

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

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14 And lo! they will be awakened.

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

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

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15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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19 And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

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

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20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

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20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

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

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21 But he denied and disobeyed,

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21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

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

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22 Then turned he away in haste,

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22 Then he turned his back, striving.

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

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23 Then gathered he and summoned

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23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

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

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

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

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

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

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25 So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].

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

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

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26 Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].

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

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

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27 Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

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28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

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28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

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28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

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

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

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29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

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30 And after that He spread the earth,

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30 And after that He spread the earth,

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30 And after that He spread the earth.

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31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

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

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31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

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32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

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32 And He made fast the hills,

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32 And the mountains He set firmly

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

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33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

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33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

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

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34 But when the great disaster cometh,

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34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

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

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

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35 The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

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

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

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

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

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37 Then, as for him who rebelled

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37 So as for he who transgressed

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

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38 And chose the life of the world,

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38 And preferred the life of the world,

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39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

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39 Lo! hell will be his home.

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

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

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

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40 But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

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41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

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41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

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

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

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

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42 They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

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43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

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

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

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

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

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44 To your Lord is its finality.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.