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 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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 Waalnnashitati nashtan

2 By the meteors rushing,

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

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

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 Faalssabiqati sabqan

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 Faalmudabbirati amran

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 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

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

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

7 And the second followeth it,

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

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

9 While eyes are downcast

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

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

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

11 "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

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 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

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 Faitha hum bialssahirati

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

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

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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 Faarahu alayata alkubra

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

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

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

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

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

22 Then turned he away in haste,

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

23 Fahashara fanada

23 Then gathered he and summoned

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

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

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

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

30 And after that He spread the earth,

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

30 And after that He spread the earth,

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

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

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

32 Waaljibala arsaha

32 And He made fast the hills,

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

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

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

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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 Faamma man tagha

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

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

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

38 And chose the life of the world,

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

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 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,

41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

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 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

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

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

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 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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 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.