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

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

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

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

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

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

4 Then press forward as 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 Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),

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

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

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

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

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

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

16 Behold, thy Lord did call 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 thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

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

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

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 brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

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

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

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

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

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

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 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

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

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

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

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

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

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

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

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