Al Nazaat

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

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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

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

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

2 By the meteors rushing,

3 And by those who float in space,

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

3 By the lone stars floating,

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

4 By the angels hastening,

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

5 And those who govern the event,

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

7 And the second followeth it,

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

9 Their eyes cast down.

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

9 While eyes are downcast

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

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

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

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

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

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

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

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

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

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

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

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

22 Then he went back hastily.

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

22 Then turned he away in haste,

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

23 Fahashara fanada

23 Then gathered he and summoned

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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

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

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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

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

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

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

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

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

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

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

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

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

30 And after that He spread the earth,

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

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

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

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

32 Waaljibala arsaha

32 And He made fast the hills,

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

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

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

37 Faamma man tagha

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

38 And prefers the life of this world,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

38 And chose the life of the world,

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

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

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

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

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

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

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

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

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

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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

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

46 On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.