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

2 By the meteors rushing,

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

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

3 By the lone stars floating,

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

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

4 By the angels hastening,

4 And those who race each other in a race

4 Then press forward as in a race,

5 And those who govern the event,

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

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

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

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

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

7 And the second followeth it,

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

9 While eyes are downcast

9 Their eyes humbled.

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

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

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

11 "What! - when we shall have become rotten 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 verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

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

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

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

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 Behold, thy Lord did call to 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 thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

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, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -

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 thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

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

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

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

22 Then turned he away in haste,

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

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

23 Then gathered he and summoned

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

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

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

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

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

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

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

30 And after that He spread the earth,

30 And after that He spread the earth.

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

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

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

32 And He made fast the hills,

32 And the mountains He set firmly

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

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

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 (all) that 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 placed in full view for (all) to see, -

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

37 So as for he who transgressed

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

38 And chose the life of the world,

38 And preferred the life of the world,

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

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

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

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

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

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

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

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

44 To your Lord is its finality.

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

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

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

45 Thou art but a Warner for such as 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 tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!