Al Nazaat

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

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence.

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

2 By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).

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

3 And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).

4 Then press forward as in a race,

4 And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).

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

5 And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).

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

6 On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).

7 Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):

7 The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).

8 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

8 (Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.

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

9 Their eyes will be downcast.

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

10 They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?

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

11 "Even after we are crumbled bones?"

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

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

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

13 But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).

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

14 When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,

15 Has the story of Moses reached thee?

15 Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?

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

16 When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,

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

17 Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).

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

18 And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"

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

19 "And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"

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

20 Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).

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

21 But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.

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

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

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

23 Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,

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

24 Saying: "I am your lord, most high."

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

25 So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]

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

26 Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.

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

27 Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?

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

28 He raised its height, and has perfected it.

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

29 Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)

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

30 And after that He spread the earth,

31 He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

31 And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

32 And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -

32 And the mountains He has fixed firmly,

33 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

33 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.

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

34 But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -

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

35 The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.

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

36 And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.

37 Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

37 Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).

38 And had preferred the life of this world,

38 And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),

39 The Abode will be Hell - Fire;

39 Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

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

40 But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.

41 Their abode will be the Garden.

41 Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

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

42 They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?

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

43 You have no knowledge to say anything about it.

44 With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

44 To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?

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

45 You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,

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!

46 The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.