Al Nazaat

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,

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

2 By the meteors rushing,

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

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

3 By the lone stars floating,

3 And by those who float in space,

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

4 By the angels hastening,

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

5 And those who govern the event,

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

7 And the second followeth it,

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

9 While eyes are downcast

9 Their eyes cast down.

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

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?

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: Then that would be a vain proceeding.

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

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

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

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

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

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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.

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

22 Then turned he away in haste,

22 Then he went back hastily.

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

23 Then gathered he and summoned

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

23 Fahashara fanada

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

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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.

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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.

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

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

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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.

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 produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

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

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

32 And He made fast the hills,

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

32 Waaljibala arsaha

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

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

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

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

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

37 Faamma man tagha

38 And chose the life of the world,

38 And prefers the life of this world,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

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,

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

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

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

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

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

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

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

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

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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.

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha