Al Nazaat

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,

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

2 By the meteors rushing,

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

3 By the lone stars floating,

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

4 By the angels hastening,

4 Then press forward as in a race,

5 And those who govern the event,

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

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

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

7 And the second followeth it,

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

9 While eyes are downcast

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

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

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

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

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

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

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

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

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

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

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

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).

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

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

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

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

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

22 Then turned he away in haste,

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

23 Then gathered he and summoned

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

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

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

25 So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.

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

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

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

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

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

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

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

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

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

30 And after that He spread the earth,

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

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

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

32 And He made fast the hills,

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

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

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

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

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

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

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

38 And chose the life of the world,

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

40 But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,

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

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

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

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

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

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

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

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

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

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

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