Al Nazaat

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

2 By the meteors rushing,

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

3 By the lone stars floating,

Shakir

3 And by those who float in space,

Yusuf Ali

4 Then press forward as in a race,

Pickthall

4 By the angels hastening,

Shakir

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

5 And those who govern the event,

Shakir

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

Shakir

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

Yusuf Ali

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

Pickthall

7 And the second followeth it,

Shakir

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

Yusuf Ali

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

Pickthall

8 On that day hearts beat painfully

Shakir

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

9 While eyes are downcast

Shakir

9 Their eyes cast down.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

Shakir

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

13 Surely it will need but one shout,

Shakir

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

14 And lo! they will be awakened.

Shakir

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

Yusuf Ali

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

Pickthall

15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

17 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

Shakir

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

21 But he denied and disobeyed,

Shakir

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

22 Then turned he away in haste,

Shakir

22 Then he went back hastily.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

23 Then gathered he and summoned

Shakir

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

30 And after that He spread the earth,

Shakir

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

Yusuf Ali

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

Pickthall

32 And He made fast the hills,

Shakir

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

Yusuf Ali

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

Pickthall

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Shakir

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

34 But when the great disaster cometh,

Shakir

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

Pickthall

37 Then, as for him who rebelled

Shakir

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

Yusuf Ali

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

Pickthall

38 And chose the life of the world,

Shakir

38 And prefers the life of this world,

Yusuf Ali

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

Pickthall

39 Lo! hell will be his home.

Shakir

39 Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

Pickthall

41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

Pickthall

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

Shakir

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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!

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.

Shakir

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.