Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — Aisha Bewley Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Great Commotion

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

By those who pluck out harshly,

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

and those who draw out gently,

Waalnnashitati nashtan

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

and those who glide serenely,

Waalssabihati sabhan

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

and those who outrun easily,

Faalssabiqati sabqan

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

and those who direct affairs.

Faalmudabbirati amran

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

On the Day the first blast shudders,

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

and the second blast follows it,

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

hearts that Day will be pounding

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

and eyes will be cast down.

Absaruha khashiAAatun

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

They will say, ´Are we to be restored to how we were?

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

when we have become perished, worm-eaten bones?´

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

They say, ´That will clearly be a losing restoration!´

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

There will be but one Great Blast,

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

and at once they will be on the surface, wide awake!

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Has the story of Musa reached you:

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa?

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

´Go to Pharaoh — he has overstepped the limits —

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

and say: "Do you resolve to purify yourself.

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

I will guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him?"´

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Then he showed him the Great Sign.

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

But he denied it and disobeyed,

Fakaththaba waAAasa

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

and then he hastily backed away.

Thumma adbara yasAAa

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

But then he rallied and called out,

Fahashara fanada

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

saying, ´I am your Lord Most High!´

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

So Allah made an example of him seizing him with punishment in the next World and this world.

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

There is certainly instruction in that for those who fear.

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

2 The Great Calamity

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

Are you stronger in structure or is heaven? He built it.

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

He raised its vault high and made it level.

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

He darkened its night and brought forth its morning light.

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

After that He smoothed out the earth

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

and brought forth from it its water and its pastureland

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

and made the mountains firm,

Waaljibala arsaha

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

for you and for your livestock to enjoy.

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

When the Great Calamity comes:

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

that Day man will remember what he has striven for

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

and the Blazing Fire will be displayed for all who can see.

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

As for him who overstepped the bounds

Faamma man tagha

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

and preferred the life of this world,

Waathara alhayata alddunya

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

the Blazing Fire will be his refuge.

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

But as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and forbade the lower self its appetites,

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

the Garden will be his refuge.

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

They ask you about the Hour: ´When will it come?´

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

What are you doing mentioning it?

Feema anta min thikraha

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

Its coming is your Lord´s affair.

Ila rabbika muntahaha

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

You are only the warner of those who fear it.

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

On the Day they see it, it will be as if they had only lingered for the evening or the morning of a single day.

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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