Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — Ahmed Ali Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Great Commotion

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

I CALL TO WITNESS those who dive and drag

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

And those who undo the bonds gently

Waalnnashitati nashtan

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

And those who glide swimmingly

Waalssabihati sabhan

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

Then outpace the others swiftl

Faalssabiqati sabqan

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

And direct affairs by command

Faalmudabbirati amran

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

The day the convulsive (first blast) shatters convulsivel

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

Followed by the second blast

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Hearts will pound loudly on that day

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

Eyes be lowered in submission

Absaruha khashiAAatun

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

They say: "Shall we go back to our original stat

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

After having turned to carious bones?"

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

They say: "Then this returning will be a dead loss."

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

It will only be a single blast

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

And they will wake up suddenly

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Has the story of Moses come to yo

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

When his Lord called to him in Tuwa's holy vale

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

"Go to the Pharaoh who has become refractory

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

And say: 'Would you like to grow (in virtue)

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Then I will guide you to your Lord that you may come to fear Him.'"

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

So he showed him the greater sign

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

But (the Pharaoh) disavowed and disobeyed

Fakaththaba waAAasa

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Then he turned away, deliberating

Thumma adbara yasAAa

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

And assembled (his council) and proclaimed

Fahashara fanada

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

Saying: "I am alone your lord, the highest of them all."

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

So God seized him for the punishment of the Hereafter and this world

Faakhathahu Allahu nakala al-akhirati waal-oola</u

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Truly there is a lesson in this for those who fear (the consequences)

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

2 The Great Calamity

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

Are you more difficult to create or the heavens? He built it

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

Raised it high, proportioned it

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

Gave darkness to its night, and brightness to its day

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

And afterwards spread out the earth

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

He brought out its water and its pastures from it

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

And stabilized the mountain

Waaljibala arsaha

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

As convenience for you and your cattle

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

When the great calamity comes

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

The day when man remembers all that he had done

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

And Hell made visible to him who can see

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Then he who had been rebelliou

Faamma man tagha

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

And who preferred the life of the world

Waathara alhayata alddunya

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Will surely have Hell for his abode

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

But he who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained his self from vain desires

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Will surely have Paradise for abode

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

They ask you: "When will the Hour be? When is its time fixed?"

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

What do you have to do with explaining it

Feema anta min thikraha

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

The extent of its knowledge goes to your Lord

Ila rabbika muntahaha

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

Your duty is only to warn him who fears it

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

The day they see it, it will seem they had stayed in the world but only an evening or its turning into dawn

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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