Al Nazaat

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

1 WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

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

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

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2 Waalnnashitati nashtan

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2 By the meteors rushing,

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

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3 Waalssabihati sabhan

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3 By the lone stars floating,

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4 Then press forward as in a race,

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4 Faalssabiqati sabqan

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4 By the angels hastening,

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

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5 Faalmudabbirati amran

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5 And those who govern the event,

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

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6 Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

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6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

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7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

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7 TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

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7 And the second followeth it,

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8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

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8 Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

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8 On that day hearts beat painfully

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

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9 Absaruha khashiAAatun

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9 While eyes are downcast

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

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10 Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

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

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

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11 Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

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11 Even after we are crumbled bones ?

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

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12 Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

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

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

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13 Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

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13 Surely it will need but one shout,

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

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14 Faitha hum bialssahirati

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14 And lo! they will be awakened.

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15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

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15 Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

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15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses ?

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

Transliteration

16 Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

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

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

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17 Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

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

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

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18 Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

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

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

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19 Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

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

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

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20 Faarahu alayata alkubra

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20 And he showed him the tremendous token.

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

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21 Fakaththaba waAAasa

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21 But he denied and disobeyed,

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

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22 Thumma adbara yasAAa

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22 Then turned he away in haste,

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

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23 Fahashara fanada

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23 Then gathered he and summoned

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

Transliteration

24 Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

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

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

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25 Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

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

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

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26 Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

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

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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

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

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

Transliteration

28 RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

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

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29 Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

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

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

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30 Waalarda baAAda thalika dahaha

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30 And after that He spread the earth,

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31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

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31 Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

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

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32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

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32 Waaljibala arsaha

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32 And He made fast the hills,

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33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

Transliteration

33 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

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33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

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

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34 Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra

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34 But when the great disaster cometh,

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

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35 Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saAAa

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

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

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36 Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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

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37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

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37 Faamma man tagha

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37 Then, as for him who rebelled

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38 And had preferred the life of this world,

Transliteration

38 Waathara alhayata alddunya

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38 And chose the life of the world,

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39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

Transliteration

39 Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa

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39 Lo! hell will be his home.

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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

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

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41 Their abode will be the Garden.

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41 Fainna aljannata hiya almawa

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41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.

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

Transliteration

42 Yasaloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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

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

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43 Feema anta min thikraha

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

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44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

Transliteration

44 Ila rabbika muntahaha

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

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

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45 Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

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

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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

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.