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

1 The Great Commotion

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

By the intensely powerful (force; Mars),

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

And the (force) that takes with ease (Sun),

Waalnnashitati nashtan

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

And the (forces) that swim (in their orbits; Saturn – Jupiter),

Waalssabihati sabhan

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

And the (forces) that race ahead (Mercury – Venus),

Faalssabiqati sabqan

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

And the administrators of the command (the forces that reveal; the Moon). (That these verses denote the planets is the construal of Hasan al-Basri and Imam Razi, a perspective I also share.)

Faalmudabbirati amran

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

At that time the convulsion (of death; earthquake) will convulse.

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

Followed by a subsequent one (resurrection; commencement of a new life with the new spirit-body).

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

The minds (of some) will be shocked at that time!

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

Their vision will be confounded and crushed!

Absaruha khashiAAatun

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

Yet still they say, “Will we really be returned to our former state (back to life, after having become dust); is resurrection really true?”

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

“Even after we have become decayed and scattered bones?”

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

“That, then, (the continuation of life in this state) will be a return in loss.”

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

Whereas, it is but one command!

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

And behold they will instantly find themselves on an open expanse!

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Did the news of Moses reach you?

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

How his Rabb called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

“Go to Pharaoh! Indeed, he has transgressed!”

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

“And say, ‘How about becoming cleansed and purified?’”

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

“How about I guide you to your Rabb? You will be in awe (of His might)!”

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Then he showed him the great miracle!

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

But (Pharaoh) denied and rebelled.

Fakaththaba waAAasa

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Then turned his back and ran.

Thumma adbara yasAAa

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Then he gathered (his people) and called out:

Fahashara fanada

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

“I am your Rabb, the most supreme!” (Pharaoh, who had attained the ancient knowledge of the reality, chose to use this in favor of his bodily existence and bodily pursuits rather than using it to observe the comprehensiveness of consciousness upon existence, and thus fell to the state of the inciting self. This is why, rather than conveying the knowledge of the reality to him and calling him to believe in Allah, Moses warns him by calling him to believe in the ‘Rabb of the worlds.’ In other words, he invites him to believe in the Names, which are manifest throughout, and administer the entire existence, rather than experiencing his understanding of this unity through his corporeality.)

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

So Allah seized him with an exemplary suffering of the eternal life to come and what is before it (the world).

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Indeed, there is a lesson in this for those who are in awe!

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

2 The Great Calamity

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

Is your creation harder or the creation of the heaven? (Which Allah also) constructed!

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it (formed it with the qualities to fulfill its function).

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

He darkened its night and brightened its day.

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

Then He spread the earth and furnished it.

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

Then extracted its water and its pasture.

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

And the mountains, He set them firmly as if anchored.

Waaljibala arsaha

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

So that you and your cattle (animals) may benefit from it.

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

But when the overwhelming calamity (the experience of death) begins,

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Man will remember at that time the results of his deeds!

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

And Hell will be (openly) exposed to those who see (without the limitation of the eye)!

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

For he who transgressed without bounds,

Faamma man tagha

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

And chose to live in pursuit of worldly pleasures;

Waathara alhayata alddunya

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Indeed, the place (state) of burning will be his abode!

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

But as for he who feared the position of his Rabb and protected himself from things whose results will be useless in the eternal life,

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Indeed, Paradise will be his very abode.

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

They ask you about that Hour: when is its arrival?

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

But who are you to have this knowledge?

Feema anta min thikraha

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

To your Rabb is its finality.

Ila rabbika muntahaha

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

You are only a warner to those who are in awe of it!

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

The day they see it, it will be as though they had not remained (in the world), except for a time of sunset or twilight.

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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