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Yusuf Ali |
Pickthal |
Shakir |
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By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence; |
By those who drag forth to destruction, |
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked, |
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By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed); |
By the meteors rushing, |
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed, |
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And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy), |
By the lone stars floating, |
And by those who float in space, |
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Then press forward as in a race, |
By the angels hastening, |
Then those who are foremost going ahead, |
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Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord), |
And those who govern the event, |
Then those who regulate the affair. |
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One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion, |
On the day when the first trump resoundeth. |
The day on which the quaking one shall quake, |
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Followed by oft-repeated (commotions): |
And the second followeth it, |
What must happen afterwards shall follow it. |
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Hearts that Day will be in agitation; |
On that day hearts beat painfully |
Hearts on that day shall palpitate, |
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Cast down will be (their owners') eyes. |
While eyes are downcast |
Their eyes cast down. |
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They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state? |
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state |
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state? |
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"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?" |
Even after we are crumbled bones? |
What! when we are rotten bones? |
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They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!" |
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding. |
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss. |
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But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry, |
Surely it will need but one shout, |
But it shall be only a single cry, |
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When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment). |
And lo! they will be awakened. |
When lo! they shall be wakeful. |
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Has the story of Moses reached thee? |
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses? |
Has not there come to you the story of Musa? |
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Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:- |
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa, |
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice, |
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"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds: |
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled - |
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate. |
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"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?- |
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)? |
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself: |
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"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'" |
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him). |
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear. |
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Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign. |
And he showed him the tremendous token. |
So he showed him the mighty sign. |
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And he will be in a life of Bliss, |
Then he will be in blissful state |
So he shall be in a life of pleasure, |
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In a Garden on high, |
In a high garden |
In a lofty garden, |
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The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near. |
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach. |
The fruits of which are near at hand: |
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"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!" |
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days. |
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by. |
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And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me! |
But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book |
And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O would that my book had never been given me: |
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"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)! |
And knew not what my reckoning! |
And I had not known what my account was: |
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"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me! |
Oh, would that it had been death! |
O would that it had made an end (of me): |
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"Of no profit to me has been my wealth! |
My wealth hath not availed me, |
My wealth has availed me nothing: |
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"My power has perished from me!"... |
My power hath gone from me. |
My authority is gone away from me. |
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(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him, |
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him |
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him, |
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"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire. |
And then expose him to hell-fire |
Then cast him into the burning fire, |
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"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits! |
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits. |
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits. |
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"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High. |
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous, |
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great, |
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"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent! |
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched. |
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor. |
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"So no friend hath he here this Day. |
Therefor hath he no lover here this day, |
Therefore he has not here today a true friend, |
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"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds, |
Nor any food save filth |
Nor any food except refuse, |
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"Which none do eat but those in sin." |
Which none but sinners eat. |
Which none but the wrongdoers eat. |
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So I do call to witness what ye see, |
But nay! I swear by all that ye see |
But nay! I swear by that which you see, |
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And what ye see not, |
And all that ye see not |
And that which you do not see. |
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That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger; |
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger. |
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Messenger, |
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Their abode will be the Garden. |
Lo! the Garden will be his home. |
Then surely the garden-- that is the abode. |
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They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time? |
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port? |
They ask you about the hour, when it will come. |
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Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof? |
Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof? |
About what! You are one to remind of it. |
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With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor. |
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof. |
To your Lord is the goal of it. |
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Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it. |
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it. |
You are only a warner to him who would fear it. |
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The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn! |
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof. |
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. |
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