Al Nazaat

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

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

2 By the meteors rushing,

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

3 By the lone stars floating,

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

4 By the angels hastening,

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

5 And those who govern the event,

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

7 And the second followeth it,

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

9 While eyes are downcast

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

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

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

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

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

22 Then turned he away in haste,

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

23 Then gathered he and summoned

23 Fahashara fanada

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

30 And after that He spread the earth,

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

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

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

32 And He made fast the hills,

32 Waaljibala arsaha

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

37 Faamma man tagha

38 And chose the life of the world,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

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

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

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

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

45 Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth 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 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha