Al Nazaat

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

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

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

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

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

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

9 Their eyes humbled.

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 "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, "That, then, would be a losing return."

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

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

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 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: "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 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 [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

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

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

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

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

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

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 admonition for whosoever fears Allah.

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

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 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

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 after that He spread the earth,

30 And after that He spread the earth.

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

32 And the mountains He set firmly

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

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

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 what he strove for.

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

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

37 So as for he who transgressed

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

38 And preferred the life of the world,

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

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

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 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

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

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 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

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

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

44 To your Lord is its finality.

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 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.