Al Nazaat

Saheeh International

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

Saheeh International

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

Pickthall

2 By the meteors rushing,

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2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

3 By the lone stars floating,

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3 Waalssabihati sabhan

Saheeh International

4 And those who race each other in a race

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4 By the angels hastening,

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4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

Saheeh International

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

Pickthall

5 And those who govern the event,

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5 Faalmudabbirati amran

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

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6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

Saheeh International

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

Pickthall

7 And the second followeth it,

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7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

Saheeh International

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

Pickthall

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

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8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

Saheeh International

9 Their eyes humbled.

Pickthall

9 While eyes are downcast

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9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

Saheeh International

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

Pickthall

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

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11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

Saheeh International

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

Pickthall

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

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13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

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14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

Saheeh International

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

Pickthall

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

Saheeh International

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

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20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

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20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

Saheeh International

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

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21 But he denied and disobeyed,

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21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

Saheeh International

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

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22 Then turned he away in haste,

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22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

Saheeh International

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

Pickthall

23 Then gathered he and summoned

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23 Fahashara fanada

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

Saheeh International

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

Pickthall

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

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28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

Saheeh International

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

Pickthall

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

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29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

Saheeh International

30 And after that He spread the earth.

Pickthall

30 And after that He spread the earth,

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30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

Saheeh International

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

Pickthall

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

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31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

Saheeh International

32 And the mountains He set firmly

Pickthall

32 And He made fast the hills,

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32 Waaljibala arsaha

Saheeh International

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

Pickthall

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

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33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

Saheeh International

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

Pickthall

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

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34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

Saheeh International

37 So as for he who transgressed

Pickthall

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

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37 Faamma man tagha

Saheeh International

38 And preferred the life of the world,

Pickthall

38 And chose the life of the world,

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38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

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39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

Saheeh International

40 But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

Pickthall

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

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40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

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41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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43 Feema anta min thikraha

Saheeh International

44 To your Lord is its finality.

Pickthall

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

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44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

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45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

Saheeh International

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.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha