Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — Al Muntakhab Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Great Commotion

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

By the angels who violently disembody the souls of those who die captivated by disbelief and discord

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

and by the angels who tenderly disembody the souls of those who are with Allah in accord

Waalnnashitati nashtan

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

and by the angels who convey an act of Allah's mercy, vouchsafed to His creatures

Waalssabihati sabhan

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

Then they press forward competing to be foremost

Faalssabiqati sabqan

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

Then they execute the Allah's commands, and conduct the affairs

Faalmudabbirati amran

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

The day shall come when the trumpet is sounded and the universe goes into a violent convulsion

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

To be followed by the second sound when all shall go in extreme commotion

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

All hearts are then in extreme agitation

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

All eyes are cast down in humble modesty and utter humiliation

Absaruha khashiAAatun

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

Yet people in their doubt, wonder whether after interment they could be restored to their former state

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

They cannot perceive how! "when bones disintegrate!"

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

"Should this be true", they say, "it will mean immeasurable loss and condign punishment"

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

Indeed all it takes is only one single rallying cry,

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

and there they declare themselves on the surface of the earth

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Have you heard O Muhammad of the narrative of Mussa

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

When Allah, his Creator, called him while he was in the sacred valley of Tuwa

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

"Go to Pharaoh", Allah said, "for he has gone beyond all limits and all bounds he transgressed"

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Say to him: "Would you like to follow a path that leads you to righteousness and purity?"

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

"I will guide you to the path of Allah your Creator, and thus you will find your innermost thoughts and being have become sensible of Him and your secret feelings will urge you to pay your duty to Him ."

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Then Mussa, showed him the great act featuring Allah's Omnipotence and Authority

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

But Pharaoh refused to admit the truth and favoured disobedience

Fakaththaba waAAasa

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

He turned his back to contend the truth with falsehood

Thumma adbara yasAAa

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

He thronged the place with an audience and made a proclamation to satisfy his day dream

Fahashara fanada

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

He said: "I am your lord supreme"

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

But Allah punished him in requital as a caution against further transgression and made of him an example in this world, and worse shall his punishment be in Day of Judgement and adjudication

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Indeed, in this event there is an instructive example to those who fear Allah and dread His indignation

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

2 The Great Calamity

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

Are you people the more difficult to create, or the heaven which He constructed?

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

He lifted it up so high and its vast dimensions did He perfect and with celestial bodies did He complete it and its realms did He actuate

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

Its night did He darken and the day did He pervade with light and illuminate

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

and the earth did He prepare for life at a later date.

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

He exteriorized its water and out of it did He spring its vegetation

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

and the mountains He set and anchored for stabilization,

Waaljibala arsaha

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

All being instrumental in supplying provisions for you and for your cattle

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Then when the calamitous eventful event comes to pass

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Man will then remember all he did

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

and Hell is brought in view for all to see

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Then he who had transgressed

Faamma man tagha

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

and chose to give himself to the life of this world and its vanities

Waathara alhayata alddunya

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Hell, for him, is the abode

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

But he who feared the moment of audience of his Creator and endeavoured to make his pious principles and his words together accord, and restrained himself from vanities and discord.

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Paradise, for him, is certainly the abode

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

They ask you O Muhammad as to when is the time of this proclaimed Hour

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

But how could you satisfy their query when you yourself do not know

Feema anta min thikraha

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

It is only with Allah your Creator, that the knowledge of the appointed time rests

Ila rabbika muntahaha

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

You are only there as a spectacle and a warning to him who fears it and on the wings of righteousness he rode sublime

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

On the day they eye-witness the Event, it appears to them in retrospect as if it were only an afternoon or a forenoon that they actually spent

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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