Category: An-Nazi`at

By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence;

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

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

then speed headlong to carry out the commands of Allah,

and those who regulate the affairs of the world!

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

The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be raised up),

(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
Meaning:-
Anxiety: a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease.

Their eyes cast down.

The unbelievers say: “Shall we really be restored to our former state (life),

“Even after we are crumbled bones?”

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

They should know that it shall be only a single shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet),

When, behold, they find themselves over the earth alive after their death,

Have you heard the story of Musa (Moses)?

When His Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,

and said: “Go to Fir’on (Pharaoh) for he has indeed transgressed:- all bounds,
Meaning:-
Transgress: to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.

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

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

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

But [Fir’aun (Pharaoh)] denied and disobeyed;

Then he quickly turned back,

And he gathered [his people] and called out

And proclaimed: “I (Fir’on) am your Lord the Highest.”

Consequently, Allah seized him for punishment, both in the Hereafter and in this life.

Surely in this there is a lesson for the Godfearing.

O mankind, is your creation harder than the heaven that He built?

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

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

“And we have made the earth egg shaped
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
(Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha)
Note:- The Arabic word Dahaha means egg shaped. It also means an expanse. Dahaha is derived from Duhiya which specifically refers to the egg of an ostrich which is geospherical in shape, exactly like the shape of the earth.

Most of the translators used Dahaha as spread in their translations

then from it He brought forth its water and its pasture,
Meaning:-
Pasture: grassland, plants, vegetation

And the mountains He set firmly

and made them beneficial for you and your cattle.

When the great disaster will strike,

the Day when man will call to mind all that he had striven for.
Meaning:-
Strive: make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.

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

So as for he who transgressed
Meaning:-
Transgress: to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.

And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
Meaning:-
Lust: illicit sexual desire, a passionate or overmastering desire.

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] home.

But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires, and lusts.
Meaning:-
Lust: illicit sexual desire, a passionate or overmastering desire.

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] home.

They ask you (O Muhammad) about the Hour, – when will be its appointed time?

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

Only your Lord knows when it will come.

You (O Muhammad) are only a warner for those who fear it,

On that Day when they shall see it, they shall feel as if they had stayed in this world only one evening or one morning.