Al Nazaat
Chapter 79, 46 verses
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Saheeh International
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Yusuf Ali
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Shakir
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Pickthall
Saheeh International
By those [angels] who extract with violence
Yusuf Ali
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
Shakir
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction,
Saheeh International
And [by] those who remove with ease
Yusuf Ali
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
Shakir
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
Pickthall
By the meteors rushing,
Saheeh International
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Yusuf Ali
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
Shakir
And by those who float in space,
Pickthall
By the lone stars floating,
Saheeh International
And those who race each other in a race
Yusuf Ali
Then press forward as in a race,
Shakir
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
Pickthall
By the angels hastening,
Saheeh International
And those who arrange [each] matter,
Yusuf Ali
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
Shakir
Then those who regulate the affair.
Pickthall
And those who govern the event,
Saheeh International
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
Yusuf Ali
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
Shakir
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
Pickthall
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
Saheeh International
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Yusuf Ali
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
Shakir
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
Pickthall
And the second followeth it,
Saheeh International
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Yusuf Ali
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Shakir
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
Pickthall
On that day hearts beat painfully
Saheeh International
Their eyes humbled.
Yusuf Ali
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Shakir
Their eyes cast down.
Pickthall
While eyes are downcast
Saheeh International
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Yusuf Ali
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
Shakir
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
Pickthall
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
Saheeh International
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Yusuf Ali
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
Shakir
What! when we are rotten bones?
Pickthall
Even after we are crumbled bones ?
Saheeh International
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Yusuf Ali
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
Shakir
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
Pickthall
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
Saheeh International
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
Yusuf Ali
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
Shakir
But it shall be only a single cry,
Pickthall
Surely it will need but one shout,
Saheeh International
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Yusuf Ali
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
Shakir
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
Pickthall
And lo! they will be awakened.
Saheeh International
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Yusuf Ali
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Shakir
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Pickthall
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?
Saheeh International
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Yusuf Ali
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
Shakir
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
Pickthall
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Saheeh International
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Yusuf Ali
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Shakir
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
Pickthall
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Saheeh International
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Yusuf Ali
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Shakir
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
Pickthall
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
Saheeh International
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
Yusuf Ali
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
Shakir
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
Pickthall
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
Saheeh International
And he showed him the greatest sign,
Yusuf Ali
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
Shakir
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Pickthall
And he showed him the tremendous token.
Saheeh International
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
Yusuf Ali
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
Shakir
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Pickthall
But he denied and disobeyed,
Saheeh International
Then he turned his back, striving.
Yusuf Ali
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Shakir
Then he went back hastily.
Pickthall
Then turned he away in haste,
Saheeh International
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Yusuf Ali
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Shakir
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Pickthall
Then gathered he and summoned
Saheeh International
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Yusuf Ali
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
Shakir
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
Pickthall
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Saheeh International
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Yusuf Ali
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
Shakir
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Pickthall
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
Saheeh International
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Yusuf Ali
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Shakir
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Pickthall
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Saheeh International
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
Yusuf Ali
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Shakir
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Pickthall
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built ?
Saheeh International
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
Yusuf Ali
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
Shakir
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
Pickthall
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
Saheeh International
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Yusuf Ali
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
Shakir
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Pickthall
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
Saheeh International
And after that He spread the earth.
Yusuf Ali
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
Shakir
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
Pickthall
And after that He spread the earth,
Saheeh International
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
Yusuf Ali
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
Shakir
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
Pickthall
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
Saheeh International
And the mountains He set firmly
Yusuf Ali
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
Shakir
And the mountains, He made them firm,
Pickthall
And He made fast the hills,
Saheeh International
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
Yusuf Ali
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Shakir
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Pickthall
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Saheeh International
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
Yusuf Ali
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
Shakir
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
Pickthall
But when the great disaster cometh,
Saheeh International
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
Yusuf Ali
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
Shakir
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
Pickthall
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
Saheeh International
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Yusuf Ali
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
Shakir
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
Pickthall
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Saheeh International
So as for he who transgressed
Yusuf Ali
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Shakir
Then as for him who is inordinate,
Pickthall
Then, as for him who rebelled
Saheeh International
And preferred the life of the world,
Yusuf Ali
And had preferred the life of this world,
Shakir
And prefers the life of this world,
Pickthall
And chose the life of the world,
Saheeh International
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Yusuf Ali
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Shakir
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Pickthall
Lo! hell will be his home.
Saheeh International
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
Yusuf Ali
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
Shakir
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
Pickthall
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
Saheeh International
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Yusuf Ali
Their abode will be the Garden.
Shakir
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Pickthall
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
Saheeh International
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Yusuf Ali
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
Shakir
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Pickthall
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port ?
Saheeh International
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Yusuf Ali
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
Shakir
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Pickthall
Why (ask they) ? What hast thou to tell thereof ?
Saheeh International
To your Lord is its finality.
Yusuf Ali
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
Shakir
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Pickthall
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
Saheeh International
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
Yusuf Ali
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
Shakir
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
Pickthall
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
Saheeh International
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.
Yusuf Ali
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
Shakir
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.
Pickthall
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.