Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — Arthur John Arberry Translation

79:1

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

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By those that pluck out vehementl

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

79:2

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

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and those that draw out violently

Waalnnashitati nashtan

79:3

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

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by those that swim serenel

Waalssabihati sabhan

79:4

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

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and those that outstrip suddenl

Faalssabiqati sabqan

79:5

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

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by those that direct an affair

Faalmudabbirati amran

79:6

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

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Upon the day when the first blast shiver

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

79:7

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

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and the second blast follows it

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

79:8

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

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hearts upon that day shall be athro

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

79:9

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

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and their eyes shall be humbled

Absaruha khashiAAatun

79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

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They shall say, 'What, are we being restored as we were before

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

79:11

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

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What, when we are bones old and wasted?

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

79:12

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

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They shall say, 'That then were a losing return!

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

79:13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

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But it shall be only a single scare

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

79:14

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

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and behold, they are awakened

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

79:15

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

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Hast thou received the story of Moses

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

79:16

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

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When his Lord called to him in the holy valley, Towa

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

79:17

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

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'Go to Pharaoh; he has waxed insolent

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

79:18

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

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And say, "Hast thou the will to purify thyself

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

79:19

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

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and that I should guide thee to thy Lord, then thou shalt fear?"

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

79:20

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

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So he showed him the great sign

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

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but he cried lies, and rebelled

Fakaththaba waAAasa

79:22

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

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then he turned away hastily

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

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and proclaimed, and he said, 'I am your Lord, the Most High!

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

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So God seized him with the chastisement of the Last World and the First

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

79:26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

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Surely in that is a lesson for him who fears

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

79:27

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

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What, are you stronger in constitution or the heaven He built

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

79:28

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

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He lifted up its vault, and levelled it

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

79:29

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

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and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

79:30

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

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and the earth-after that He spread it out

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

79:31

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

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therefrom brought forth its waters and its pastures

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

79:32

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

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and the mountains He set firm

Waaljibala arsaha

79:33

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

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an enjoyment for you and your flocks

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

79:34

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

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Then, when the Great Catastrophe come

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

79:35

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

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upon the day when man shall remember what he has striven

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

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and Hell is advanced for whoever sees

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

79:37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

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then as for him who was insolen

Faamma man tagha

79:38

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

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and preferred the present life

Waathara alhayata alddunya

79:39

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

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surely Hell shall be the refuge

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

79:40

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

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But as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and forbade the soul its caprice

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

79:41

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

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surely Paradise shall be the refuge

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

79:42

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

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They will question thee concerning the Hour, when it shall berth

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

79:43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

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What art thou about, to mention it

Feema anta min thikraha

79:44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

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Unto thy Lord is the final end of it

Ila rabbika muntahaha

79:45

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

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Thou art only the warner of him who fears it

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

79:46

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

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It shall be as if; on the day they see it, they have but tarried for an evening, or its forenoon

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

Surah 79. Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out (an-Nazi`at)

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