Al Nazaat

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

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

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

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

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

2 By the meteors rushing,

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

3 And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

3 By the lone stars floating,

4 Then press forward as in a race,

4 And those who race each other in a race

4 By the angels hastening,

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

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

5 And those who govern the event,

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

6 On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

7 And the second followeth it,

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

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

9 Their eyes humbled.

9 While eyes are downcast

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

10 They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

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

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

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

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

12 They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."

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

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

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

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

14 And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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

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

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

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

17 "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

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

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

18 And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

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

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

19 And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

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

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

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

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

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

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

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

22 Then turned he away in haste,

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

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

23 Then gathered he and summoned

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

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

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

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

25 So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].

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

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

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

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

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

27 Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

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

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

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

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

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

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

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

30 And after that He spread the earth.

30 And after that He spread the earth,

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

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

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

32 And the mountains He set firmly

32 And He made fast the hills,

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

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

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

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

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

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

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

36 And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

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

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

37 So as for he who transgressed

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

38 And preferred the life of the world,

38 And chose the life of the world,

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

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

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

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

40 But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

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

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

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

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

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

42 They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

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

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

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

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

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

44 To your Lord is its finality.

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

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

45 You are only a warner for those who fear it.

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

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!

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.

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