الـنازعات

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

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

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

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

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

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

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

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,

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

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],

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

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

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

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

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

9 Their eyes humbled.

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

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]?

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

11 "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

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

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

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,

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

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.

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

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

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

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,

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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.

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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]?'"

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

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

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

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

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

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

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

23 Fahashara fanada

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

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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].

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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.

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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.

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

30 And after that He spread the earth,

30 And after that He spread the earth.

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

32 And the mountains He set firmly

32 Waaljibala arsaha

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

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

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

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

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

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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 -

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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

37 Faamma man tagha

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

38 And preferred the life of the world,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

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

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

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,

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

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

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

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?

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

44 To your Lord is its finality.

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

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.

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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.

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha