Al Nazaat

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

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);

Saheeh International

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

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),

Saheeh International

3 And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

Shakir

3 And by those who float in space,

Yusuf Ali

4 Then press forward as in a race,

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4 And those who race each other in a race

Shakir

4 Then those who are foremost going ahead,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

Shakir

5 Then those who regulate the affair.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

6 On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

Shakir

6 The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

Yusuf Ali

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

Saheeh International

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

Shakir

7 What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

Yusuf Ali

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

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8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

Shakir

8 Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

Yusuf Ali

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

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9 Their eyes humbled.

Shakir

9 Their eyes cast down.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

10 They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

Shakir

11 What! when we are rotten bones?

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

12 They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."

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,

Saheeh International

13 Indeed, it will be 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).

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14 And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

Shakir

14 When lo! they shall be wakeful.

Yusuf Ali

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

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15 Has there reached you the story 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: -

Saheeh International

16 When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley 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:

Saheeh International

17 "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

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)? -

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18 And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

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?'"

Saheeh International

19 And let me guide you to your Lord so you would 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.

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20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

Shakir

20 So he showed him the mighty sign.

Yusuf Ali

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

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21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

Shakir

21 But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

Yusuf Ali

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

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22 Then he turned his back, striving.

Shakir

22 Then he went back hastily.

Yusuf Ali

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

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23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

Shakir

23 Then he gathered (men) and called out.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

24 And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

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.

Saheeh International

25 So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].

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).

Saheeh International

26 Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].

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:

Saheeh International

27 Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

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.

Saheeh International

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned 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).

Saheeh International

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

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);

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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;

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31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

Saheeh International

32 And the mountains He set firmly

Shakir

32 And the mountains, He made them firm,

Yusuf Ali

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

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33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

Shakir

33 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

Shakir

34 But when the great predominating calamity comes;

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

35 The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

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, -

Saheeh International

36 And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

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37 So as for he who transgressed

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37 Then as for him who is inordinate,

Yusuf Ali

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

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38 And preferred the life of the world,

Shakir

38 And prefers the life of this world,

Yusuf Ali

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

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39 Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

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,

Saheeh International

40 But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

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.

Saheeh International

41 Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

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?

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42 They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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43 In what [position] are you that you should mention it?

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

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44 To your Lord is its finality.

Shakir

44 To your Lord is the goal of it.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

45 You are only a warner for those who fear 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!

Saheeh International

46 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.

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.