79. An-Naazi'aat سُورَةُ النَّازِعَاتِ

Yusuf AliBy the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence

Saheeh InternationalBy those [angels] who extract with violence

Yusuf AliBy those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed)

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] those who remove with ease

Yusuf AliAnd by those who glide along (on errands of mercy)

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

Yusuf AliThen press forward as in a race

Saheeh InternationalAnd those who race each other in a race

Yusuf AliThen arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord)

Saheeh InternationalAnd those who arrange [each] matter

Yusuf AliOne Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion

Saheeh InternationalOn the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation]

Yusuf AliFollowed by oft-repeated (commotions)

Saheeh InternationalThere will follow it the subsequent [one]

Yusuf AliHearts that Day will be in agitation

Saheeh InternationalHearts, that Day, will tremble

Yusuf AliCast down will be (their owners') eyes

Saheeh InternationalTheir eyes humbled

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

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

Yusuf AliWhat! - when we shall have become rotten bones

Saheeh InternationalEven if we should be decayed bones

Yusuf AliThey say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss

Saheeh InternationalThey say, "That, then, would be a losing return

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

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, it will be but one shout

Yusuf AliWhen, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment)

Saheeh InternationalAnd suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface

Yusuf AliHas the story of Moses reached thee

Saheeh InternationalHas there reached you the story of Moses

Yusuf AliBehold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa

Saheeh InternationalWhen his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa

Yusuf AliGo thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds

Saheeh InternationalGo to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed

Yusuf AliAnd say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)

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

Yusuf AliAnd that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him

Saheeh InternationalAnd let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]

Yusuf AliThen did (Moses) show him the Great Sign

Saheeh InternationalAnd he showed him the greatest sign

Yusuf AliBut (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance)

Saheeh InternationalBut Pharaoh denied and disobeyed

Yusuf AliFurther, he turned his back, striving hard (against God)

Saheeh InternationalThen he turned his back, striving

Yusuf AliThen he collected (his men) and made a proclamation

Saheeh InternationalAnd he gathered [his people] and called out

Yusuf AliSaying, "I am your Lord, Most High

Saheeh InternationalAnd said, "I am your most exalted lord

Yusuf AliBut God did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life

Saheeh InternationalSo Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]

Yusuf AliVerily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (God)

Saheeh InternationalIndeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah]

Yusuf AliWhat! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (God) hath constructed it

Saheeh InternationalAre you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it

Yusuf AliOn high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection

Saheeh InternationalHe raised its ceiling and proportioned it

Yusuf AliIts night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light)

Saheeh InternationalAnd He darkened its night and extracted its brightness

Yusuf AliAnd the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse)

Saheeh InternationalAnd after that He spread the earth

Yusuf AliHe draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture

Saheeh InternationalHe extracted from it its water and its pasture

Yusuf AliAnd the mountains hath He firmly fixed

Saheeh InternationalAnd the mountains He set firmly

Yusuf AliFor use and convenience to you and your cattle

Saheeh InternationalAs provision for you and your grazing livestock

Yusuf AliTherefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event)

Saheeh InternationalBut when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity

Yusuf AliThe Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for

Saheeh InternationalThe Day when man will remember that for which he strove

Yusuf AliAnd Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see

Saheeh InternationalAnd Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see

Yusuf AliThen, for such as had transgressed all bounds

Saheeh InternationalSo as for he who transgressed

Yusuf AliAnd had preferred the life of this world

Saheeh InternationalAnd preferred the life of the world

Yusuf AliThe Abode will be Hell-Fire

Saheeh InternationalThen indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge

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

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

Yusuf AliTheir abode will be the Garden

Saheeh InternationalThen indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge

Yusuf AliThey ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time

Saheeh InternationalThey ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival

Yusuf AliWherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof

Saheeh InternationalIn what [position] are you that you should mention it

Yusuf AliWith thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor

Saheeh InternationalTo your Lord is its finality

Yusuf AliThou art but a Warner for such as fear it

Saheeh InternationalYou are only a warner for those who fear it

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

Saheeh InternationalIt 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