Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — Bilal Muhammad 2018 Translation

79:1

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

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By those who tear it out with violence

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

79:2

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

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By those who gently draw it out

Waalnnashitati nashtan

79:3

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

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And by those who glide along

Waalssabihati sabhan

79:4

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

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Then press forward as in a race

Faalssabiqati sabqan

79:5

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

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And plan to do it

Faalmudabbirati amran

79:6

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

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One day all that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

79:7

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

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Followed by repeated commotions

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

79:8

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

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Hearts that day will be in agitation

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

79:9

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

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Their eyes will be caste down

Absaruha khashiAAatun

79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

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They say, “What, will we indeed be returned to our former state

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

79:11

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

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“What, when we will have become decayed bones?

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

79:12

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

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They say, “It would, in that case, be a return with loss.

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

79:13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

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But indeed, it will be but a single cry

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

79:14

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

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When behold, they will be in the awakening

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

79:15

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

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Has the story of Moses reached you

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

79:16

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

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Behold, your Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

79:17

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

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“Go to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

79:18

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

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“And say to him, ‘Do you want to be purified

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

79:19

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

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“And that I guide you to your Lord, so you can fear Him?

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

79:20

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

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Then Moses showed him the great sign

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

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But he rejected it and did not follow

Fakaththaba waAAasa

79:22

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

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Further, he turned his back, striving hard

Then he gathered them and made a proclamation

Fahashara fanada

79:24

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

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Saying, “I am your Lord, Most High”

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

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But God punished him, and made an example of him, in the hereafter, and in the present life

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

79:26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

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Indeed in this is an instructive warning for whoever is conscious of God

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

79:27

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

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What, are you more difficult to create or the heaven? God has constructed it

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

79:28

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

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And on high has He raised its canopy, and He has given it order and perfection

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

79:29

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

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Its night does He endow with darkness, and its splendor does He bring out

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

79:30

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

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And the earth, moreover, has He extended

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

79:31

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

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He draws out from there its moisture and its pasture

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

79:32

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

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And the mountains has He firmly fixed

Waaljibala arsaha

79:33

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

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For use and convenience for you and your livestock

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

79:34

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

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Therefore, when there comes the great overwhelming event

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

79:35

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

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The day when humanity will remember all that they strove for

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

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And hellfire will be placed in full view, for all to see

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

79:37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

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Then for those who transgressed all bounds

Faamma man tagha

79:38

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

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And had preferred the life of the present

Waathara alhayata alddunya

79:39

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

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The abode will be hellfire

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

79:40

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

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And for those who had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord, and have restrained their soul from lower desires

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

79:41

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

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Their abode will be the garden

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

79:42

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

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They ask you about the Hour, “When will its appointed time be?

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

79:43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

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Are you concerned with the declaration of it

Feema anta min thikraha

79:44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

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With your Lord is the finale

Ila rabbika muntahaha

79:45

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

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You are only a warner for those who fear it

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

79:46

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

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The day they see it, it will be as if they had stayed but a single evening, or until the following morn

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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