الـنازعات

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

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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

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

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

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

3 And by those who float in space,

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

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

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

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

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

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 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

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

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

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

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

9 Their eyes cast down.

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

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

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

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

11 "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

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

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

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

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

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

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

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

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

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

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

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

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

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

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

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

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

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

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

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

22 Then he went back hastily.

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

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

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

23 Fahashara fanada

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

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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

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

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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

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

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

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

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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

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

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

30 And after that He spread the earth,

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

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

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

32 Waaljibala arsaha

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

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

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

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

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

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

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

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

37 Faamma man tagha

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

38 And prefers the life of this world,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

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

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

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

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

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

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

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

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

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

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

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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 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.

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha