Chapter[ 79: AN-NAZIAT (THOSE WHO DRAG FORTH, SOUL-SNATCHERS)
Verses[ 46 ] Revealed[ MAKKA
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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
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Y: By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
P: By those who drag forth to destruction,
S: I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
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Y: By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
P: By the meteors rushing,
S: And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
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Y: And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
P: By the lone stars floating,
S: And by those who float in space,
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Y: Then press forward as in a race,
P: By the angels hastening,
S: Then those who are foremost going ahead,
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Y: Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
P: And those who govern the event,
S: Then those who regulate the affair.
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Y: One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent
commotion,
P: On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
S: The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
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Y: Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):
P: And the second followeth it,
S: What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
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Y: Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
P: On that day hearts beat painfully
S: Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
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Y: Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
P: While eyes are downcast
S: Their eyes cast down.
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Y: They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former
state?"
P: (Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
S: They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
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Y: "What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
P: Even after we are crumbled bones?
S: What! when we are rotten bones?
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Y: They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
P: They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
S: They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
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Y: But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
P: Surely it will need but one shout,
S: But it shall be only a single cry,
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Y: When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
P: And lo! they will be awakened.
S: When lo! they shall be wakeful.
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Y: Has the story of Moses reached thee?
P: Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?
S: Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
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Y: Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-
P: How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
S: When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
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Y: "Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:"
P: (Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
S: Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
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Y: "And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from
sin)'?"-
P: And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?
S: Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
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Y: "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
P: Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
S: And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
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Y: Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
P: And he showed him the tremendous token.
S: So he showed him the mighty sign.
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Y: But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
P: But he denied and disobeyed,
S: But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
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Y: Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
P: Then turned he away in haste,
S: Then he went back hastily.
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Y: Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
P: Then gathered he and summoned
S: Then he gathered (men) and called out.
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Y: Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
P: And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
S: Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
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Y: But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the
Hereafter, as in this life.
P: So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life)
and for the former.
S: So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the
former life.
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Y: Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth
(Allah).
P: Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
S: Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
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Y: What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)?
(Allah) hath constructed it:
P: Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?
S: Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
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Y: On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and
perfection.
P: He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
S: He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
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Y: Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He
bring out (with light).
P: And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn
thereof.
S: And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
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Y: And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
P: And after that He spread the earth,
S: And the earth, He expanded it after that.
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Y: He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
P: And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
S: He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
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Y: And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-
P: And He made fast the hills,
S: And the mountains, He made them firm,
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Y: For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
P: A provision for you and for your cattle.
S: A provision for you and for your cattle.
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Y: Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-
P: But when the great disaster cometh,
S: But when the great predominating calamity comes;
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Y: The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
P: The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
S: The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
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Y: And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,-
P: And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
S: And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
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Y: Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
P: Then, as for him who rebelled
S: Then as for him who is inordinate,
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Y: And had preferred the life of this world,
P: And chose the life of the world,
S: And prefers the life of this world,
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Y: The Abode will be Hell-Fire;
P: Lo! hell will be his home.
S: Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
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Y: And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their
Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
P: But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his
soul from lust,
S: And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and
forbids the soul from low desires,
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Y: Their abode will be the Garden.
P: Lo! the Garden will be his home.
S: Then surely the garden-- that is the abode.
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Y: They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time?
P: They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?
S: They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
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Y: Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
P: Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof?
S: About what! You are one to remind of it.
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Y: With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
P: Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
S: To your Lord is the goal of it.
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Y: Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
P: Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
S: You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
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Y: The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single
evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
P: On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried
for an evening or the morn thereof.
S: 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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