Al Nazaat

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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);

Transliteration

2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

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),

Transliteration

3 Waalssabihati sabhan

Shakir

3 And by those who float in space,

Yusuf Ali

4 Then press forward as in a race,

Transliteration

4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

Shakir

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

5 Faalmudabbirati amran

Shakir

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

Shakir

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

Yusuf Ali

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

Transliteration

7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

Shakir

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

Yusuf Ali

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

Transliteration

8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

Shakir

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

Shakir

9 Their eyes cast down.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

Shakir

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

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,

Transliteration

13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

Shakir

13 But it shall be only a single cry,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

Shakir

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

Yusuf Ali

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

Transliteration

15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

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: -

Transliteration

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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:

Transliteration

17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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)? -

Transliteration

18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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?'"

Transliteration

19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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.

Transliteration

20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

Shakir

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

Shakir

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

Shakir

22 Then he went back hastily.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

23 Fahashara fanada

Shakir

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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.

Transliteration

25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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).

Transliteration

26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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:

Transliteration

27 Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

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.

Transliteration

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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).

Transliteration

29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

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);

Transliteration

30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

Shakir

30 And the earth, He expanded it after that.

Yusuf Ali

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

Transliteration

31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

Transliteration

32 Waaljibala arsaha

Shakir

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

Yusuf Ali

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

Transliteration

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

Shakir

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

Shakir

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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, -

Transliteration

36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

Transliteration

37 Faamma man tagha

Shakir

37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

Yusuf Ali

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

Transliteration

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

Shakir

38 And prefers the life of this world,

Yusuf Ali

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

Transliteration

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

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,

Transliteration

40 Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

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.

Transliteration

41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

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?

Transliteration

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

43 Feema anta min thikraha

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

Transliteration

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

Shakir

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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!

Transliteration

46 Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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.