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1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

1 I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,

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

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

2 And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,

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

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

3 And by those who float in space,

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

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

4 Then press forward as in a race,

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

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

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

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

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

9 Their eyes cast down.

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

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

10 They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?

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

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

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

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

12 They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.

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

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

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

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

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

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

15 Has not there come to you the story of Musa?

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

16 When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,

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

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

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

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

18 Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:

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

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

19 And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.

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

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

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

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

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

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

22 Then he went back hastily.

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

23 Fahashara fanada

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

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

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

24 Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.

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

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

25 So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.

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

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

26 Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.

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

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

27 Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.

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

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

28 He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.

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

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

29 And He made dark its night and brought out its light.

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

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

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

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

31 He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

32 Waaljibala arsaha

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

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

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

35 The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,

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

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

36 And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees

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

37 Faamma man tagha

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

38 And prefers the life of this world,

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

40 And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,

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 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

41 Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

42 They ask you about the hour, when it will come.

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

43 Feema anta min thikraha

43 About what! You are one to remind of it.

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

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

45 You are only a warner to him who would fear it.

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

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

46 On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of 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!