Surah Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out (an-Nazi`at)

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1. The Great Commotion 79:1–26
2. The Great Calamity 79:27–46

Section titles from Maulana Muhammad Ali, table of contents.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

1 The Great Commotion

79:1

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

Abdel Haleem

By the forceful charger

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

79:2

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

Abdel Haleem

raring to go

Waalnnashitati nashtan

79:3

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

Abdel Haleem

sweeping ahead at full stretch

Waalssabihati sabhan

79:4

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

Abdel Haleem

to bring the matter to an end

Faalmudabbirati amran

79:6

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

Abdel Haleem

on the Day when the blast reverberate

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

79:7

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

Abdel Haleem

and the second blast follows

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

79:8

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

hearts will trembl

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

79:9

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

and eyes will be downcast

Absaruha khashiAAatun

79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

Abdel Haleem

They say, ‘What? shall we be brought back to life

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

79:11

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

Abdel Haleem

after we have turned into decayed bones?’ and they say

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

79:12

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

‘Such a return is impossible!’

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

79:13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

But all it will take is a single blast

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

79:14

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

Abdel Haleem

and they will be back above ground

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

79:15

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

Have you [Prophet] heard the story of Moses

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

79:16

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Abdel Haleem

His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

79:17

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

‘Go to Pharaoh, for he has exceeded all bounds

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

79:18

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Abdel Haleem

and ask him, “Do you want to purify yourself [of sin]

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

79:19

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

Do you want me to guide you to your Lord, so that you may hold Him in awe?” ’

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

79:20

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

Moses showed him the great sign

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

but he denied it and refused [the faith]

Fakaththaba waAAasa

79:22

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

He turned away and hastil

gathered his people, proclaiming

Fahashara fanada

79:24

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

‘I am your supreme lord,’

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

so God condemned him to punishment in the life to come as well as in this life

Faakhathahu Allahu nakala al-akhirati waal-oola

79:26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

there truly is a lesson in this for anyone who stands in awe of God

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

2 The Great Calamity

79:27

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

Abdel Haleem

Which is harder to create: you people or the sky that He built

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

79:28

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

Abdel Haleem

raising it high and perfecting it

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

79:29

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

Abdel Haleem

giving darkness to its night and bringing out its morning brightness

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

79:30

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

Abdel Haleem

and the earth, too, He spread out

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

79:31

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

Abdel Haleem

bringing waters and pastures out of it

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

79:32

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

Abdel Haleem

and setting firm mountains [in it]

Waaljibala arsaha

79:33

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

Abdel Haleem

for you and your animals to enjoy

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

79:34

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

When the great overwhelming event arrive

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

79:35

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

on the Day that man remembers what he has don

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

and Hell is there for all to see

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

79:37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

for anyone who has transgresse

Faamma man tagha

79:38

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

Abdel Haleem

and preferred the present lif

Waathara alhayata alddunya

79:39

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

Hell will be home

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

79:40

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

for anyone who feared the meeting with his Lord and restrained himself from base desires

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

79:41

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Abdel Haleem

Paradise will be home

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

79:42

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

Abdel Haleem

They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

79:43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

Abdel Haleem

saying, ‘When will it arrive?’, but how can you tell [them that]

Feema anta min thikraha

79:44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

Abdel Haleem

Its time is known only to your Lord

Ila rabbika muntahaha

79:45

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

Abdel Haleem

you are only sent to warn those who fear it

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

79:46

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

Abdel Haleem

On the Day they see it, it will seem they lingered [in this life] an evening [at most,] or its morning

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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Verses: 46
Revelation: Meccan
Juz: 30

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