Al Nazaat

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

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

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

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4 Then press forward as in a race,

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

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

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7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

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8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

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32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

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33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

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

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

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

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37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

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38 And had preferred the life of this world,

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39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

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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,

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41 Their abode will be the Garden.

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

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

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44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

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45 Thou art but a Warner for such as fear 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!