An-Naazi'aat

Sahih International

By those [angels] who extract with violence

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

By those who drag forth to destruction,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

Sahih International

And [by] those who remove with ease

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

By the meteors rushing,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

By the lone stars floating,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

Sahih International

And those who race each other in a race

Yusuf Ali

Then press forward as in a race,

Pickthall

By the angels hastening,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

Sahih International

And those who arrange [each] matter,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And those who govern the event,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

Sahih International

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

Yusuf Ali

Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):

Pickthall

And the second followeth it,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

Sahih International

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

Yusuf Ali

Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

Pickthall

On that day hearts beat painfully

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Sahih International

Their eyes humbled.

Yusuf Ali

Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

Pickthall

While eyes are downcast

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

Sahih International

Even if we should be decayed bones?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Even after we are crumbled bones?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَخِرَةً

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

Sahih International

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Surely it will need but one shout,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And lo! they will be awakened.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَإِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

Sahih International

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

Yusuf Ali

Has the story of Moses reached thee?

Pickthall

Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Sahih International

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَقُلْ هَلْ لَكَ إِلَىٰ أَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ

Sahih International

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Sahih International

And he showed him the greatest sign,

Yusuf Ali

Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

Pickthall

And he showed him the tremendous token.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Sahih International

But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

But he denied and disobeyed,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Sahih International

Then he turned his back, striving.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Then turned he away in haste,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Sahih International

And he gathered [his people] and called out

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Then gathered he and summoned

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَىٰ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا

Sahih International

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

Sahih International

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

Sahih International

And after that He spread the earth.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And after that He spread the earth,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

Sahih International

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

Yusuf Ali

He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

Pickthall

And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

Sahih International

And the mountains He set firmly

Yusuf Ali

And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-

Pickthall

And He made fast the hills,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

Sahih International

As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

Yusuf Ali

For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

Pickthall

A provision for you and for your cattle.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

Sahih International

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

But when the great disaster cometh,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَنْ يَرَىٰ

Sahih International

So as for he who transgressed

Yusuf Ali

Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

Pickthall

Then, as for him who rebelled

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَأَمَّا مَنْ طَغَىٰ

Sahih International

And preferred the life of the world,

Yusuf Ali

And had preferred the life of this world,

Pickthall

And chose the life of the world,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

Sahih International

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

Yusuf Ali

The Abode will be Hell-Fire;

Pickthall

Lo! hell will be his home.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

Sahih International

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

Yusuf Ali

Their abode will be the Garden.

Pickthall

Lo! the Garden will be his home.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فِيمَ أَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرَاهَا

Sahih International

To your Lord is its finality.

Yusuf Ali

With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهَاهَا

Sahih International

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

Yusuf Ali

Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

Pickthall

Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَخْشَاهَا

Sahih International

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.

Yusuf Ali

The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!

Pickthall

On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا