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

1 The Great Commotion

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

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By those [angels] who wrest [the soul] violently

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

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by those who draw [it] out gently

Waalnnashitati nashtan

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

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by those who swim smoothly

Waalssabihati sabhan

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

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by those who take the lead, racing

Faalssabiqati sabqan

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

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by those who direct the affairs [of creatures]

Faalmudabbirati amran

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

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the day when the Quaker quake

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

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and is followed by the Successor

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

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hearts will be trembling on that day

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

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bearing a humbled look

Absaruha khashiAAatun

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

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They will say, ‘Are we being returned to our earlier state

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

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What, when we have been decayed bones?!’

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

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They will say, ‘This, then, is a ruinous return!

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

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Yet it will be only a single shout

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

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and behold, they will be awake

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

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Did you receive the story of Moses

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

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

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

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[And said,] ‘Go to Pharaoh, for indeed he has rebelled

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

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and say, ‘‘Would you purify yourself

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

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I will guide you to your Lord, that you may fear [Him]?’’ ’

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

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Then he showed him the greatest sign

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

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But he denied, and disobeyed

Fakaththaba waAAasa

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

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Then he turned back, walking swiftly

Thumma adbara yasAAa

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

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and mustered [the people] and proclaimed

Fahashara fanada

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

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saying, ‘I am your exalted lord!’

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

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So Allah seized him with the punishment of this life and the Hereafter

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

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There is indeed a moral in that for someone who fears

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

2 The Great Calamity

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

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Is it you whose creation is more prodigious or the sky which He has built

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

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He raised its vault, and fashioned it

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

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and darkened its night, and brought forth its day

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

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and after that He spread out the earth

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

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and brought forth from it its water and pastures

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

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and set firm the mountains

Waaljibala arsaha

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

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as a [place of] sustenance for you and your livestock

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

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When the Greatest Catastrophe befalls

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

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the day when man will remember his endeavours

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

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and hell is brought into view for one who sees

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

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as for him who was rebelliou

Faamma man tagha

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

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and preferred the life of this world

Waathara alhayata alddunya

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

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his refuge will indeed be hell

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

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But as for him who is awed to stand before his Lord and forbids the soul from [following] desire

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

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his refuge will indeed be paradise

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

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They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it set in

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

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considering your frequent mention of it?”

Feema anta min thikraha

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

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Its outcome is with your Lord

Ila rabbika muntahaha

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

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You are only a warner for those who fear it

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

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The day they see it, it shall be as if they had not stayed [in the world] except for an evening or forenoon

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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