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

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 the meteors rushing,

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

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

3 By the lone stars floating,

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 By the angels hastening,

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 those who govern the event,

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 trump resoundeth.

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 And the second followeth it,

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

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

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

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

9 While eyes are downcast

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

9 Their eyes humbled.

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

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 after we are crumbled bones?"

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

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

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

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

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

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 And lo! they will be awakened.

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 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

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

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

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

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

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 And he showed him the tremendous token.

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

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

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

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

22 Then turned he away in haste,

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

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

23 Then gathered he and summoned

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

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 the height thereof and ordered it;

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

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

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,

30 And after that He spread the earth.

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

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

32 And He made fast the hills,

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

32 And the mountains He set firmly

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

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

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

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 will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,

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 will stand forth visible to him who seeth,

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, as for him who rebelled

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 chose the life of the world,

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

38 And preferred the life of the world,

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

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

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

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 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

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

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

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

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

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

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

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

44 To your Lord is its finality.

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

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

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.