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,

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

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

2 By the meteors rushing,

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

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

3 By the lone stars floating,

3 And by those who float in space,

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,

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

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,

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

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.

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

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

7 And the second followeth it,

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

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

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

9 While eyes are downcast

9 Their eyes cast down.

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

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

11 "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

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

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

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

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,

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

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

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

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

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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

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

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

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

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 -

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

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) ?

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

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).

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

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

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

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

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

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

22 Then turned he away in haste,

22 Then he went back hastily.

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

23 Then gathered he and summoned

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 ?

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

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

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

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.

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

30 And after that He spread the earth,

30 And after that He spread the earth,

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

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

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

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

32 And He made fast the hills,

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

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

33 A provision for you and for 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,

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

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

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

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

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,

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

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

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

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

38 And chose the life of the world,

38 And prefers the life of this world,

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

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,

40 And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,

41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

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

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 ?

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

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

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

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

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

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

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

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.

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

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.