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1 By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;

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 By those [angels] who extract with violence

2 By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);

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

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

3 And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),

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

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

4 Then press forward as in a race,

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

4 And those who race each other in a race

5 Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),

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 arrange [each] matter,

6 One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,

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 the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

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

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

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

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

9 Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

9 Their eyes humbled.

10 They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?

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

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

11 "What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"

11 "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

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

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

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

13 But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,

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

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

14 When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).

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

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

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

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

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

16 Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -

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

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

17 "Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

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

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

18 "And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -

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

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

19 "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"

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

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

20 Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

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

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

21 But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

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

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

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

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

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

23 Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,

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

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

24 Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".

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

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

25 But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.

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

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

26 Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).

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

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

27 What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:

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

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

28 On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

29 Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).

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

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

30 And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);

30 And after that He spread the earth,

30 And after that He spread the earth.

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

32 And the mountains He set firmly

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

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

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

34 Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -

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

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

35 The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,

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

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

36 And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -

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

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

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

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

37 So as for he who transgressed

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

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

38 And preferred the life of the world,

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

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

40 And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,

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

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

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

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

42 They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?

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

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

43 Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

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

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

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

44 To your Lord is its finality.

45 Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

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

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

46 The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!

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 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.