Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — Dr Laleh Bakhtiar Translation

79:1

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

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By the ones who tear out vehemently,

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

79:2

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

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by the ones who draw out a drawing out,

Waalnnashitati nashtan

79:3

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

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by the ones who are swimmers, swimming,

Waalssabihati sabhan

79:4

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

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the ones who take the lead, taking the lead,

Faalssabiqati sabqan

79:5

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

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by the ones who manage a command,

Faalmudabbirati amran

79:6

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

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on a Day when the quake quakes,

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

79:7

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

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succeeds the one that comes close behind it,

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

79:8

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

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hearts beating painfully on that Day,

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

79:9

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

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their sight, that which is humble.

Absaruha khashiAAatun

79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

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They say: Will we be restored to our original state

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

79:11

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

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when we had been crumbled bones?

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

79:12

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

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They said: That is a return again of one who is a loser.

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

79:13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

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Truly, there will be but one scare.

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

79:14

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

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That is when they would be the ones awakening.

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

79:15

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

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Approached thee the discourse of Moses

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

79:16

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

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when his Lord cried out to him in the sanctified valley of Tuwa:

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

79:17

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

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Be thou gone to Pharaoh. Truly, he was defiant.

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

79:18

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

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And say: Wouldst thou purify thyself?

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

79:19

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

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And I will guide thee to thy Lord, then, thou wilt dread Him.

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

79:20

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

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And he caused him to see the greater sign.

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

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But Pharaoh denied and rebelled.

Fakaththaba waAAasa

79:22

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

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Again, Pharaoh drew back, hastening about.

Then, Pharaoh assembled them; then, proclaimed.

Fahashara fanada

79:24

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

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Then, Pharaoh said: I am your lofty lord.

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

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So God took him with an exemplary punishment for the last and for the first.

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

79:26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

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Truly, in that is a lesson for whoever dreads God.

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

79:27

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

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Is your constitution harder to create or the heaven which He built?

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

79:28

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

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He exalted its vault and shaped it

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

79:29

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

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and He made its night dark and brought out its forenoon.

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

79:30

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

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And, after that, He spread out the earth.

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

79:31

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

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He brought out from it its water and its pasture.

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 for your flocks.

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

79:34

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

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When the Greater Catastrophe would draw near,

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

79:35

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

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on that Day the human being will recollect for what he endeavored.

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

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Hellfire will be advanced for whoever sees.

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

79:37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

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As for whoever was defiant

Faamma man tagha

79:38

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

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and held this present life in greater favor,

Waathara alhayata alddunya

79:39

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

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then, truly, hellfire will be the place of shelter!

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

79:40

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

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And as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and prohibited desire from his soul,

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

79:41

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

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truly, the Garden will be the place of shelter!

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

79:42

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

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They ask thee about the Hour. When will it berth?

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

79:43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

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Then, what art thou about that thou remind of it?

Feema anta min thikraha

79:44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

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To thy Lord is the Utmost Boundary of it.

Ila rabbika muntahaha

79:45

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

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And thou art only one who warns to such a one whoever dreads it.

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

79:46

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

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It will be as though a Day they see it, they linger not in expectation but an evening or a forenoon.

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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