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

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

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.

2 By the meteors rushing,

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

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

3 By the lone stars floating,

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

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

4 By the angels hastening,

4 And those who race each other in a race

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

5 And those who govern the event,

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

5 And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

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

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).

7 And the second followeth it,

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

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

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

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

9 While eyes are downcast

9 Their eyes humbled.

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

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

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

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

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

11 "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

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

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

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

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

13 Indeed, it will be 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).

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

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

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

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

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

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

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

22 Then turned he away in haste,

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

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

23 Then gathered he and summoned

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

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

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

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

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 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

32 And He made fast the hills,

32 And the mountains He set firmly

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

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

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

37 So as for he who transgressed

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

38 And chose the life of the world,

38 And preferred the life of the world,

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

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

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

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

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

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 standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

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

41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

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

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

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

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

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

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

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

44 To your Lord is its finality.

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

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

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

45 You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) 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 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 The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.