Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — George Sale Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Great Commotion

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

By the angels who tear forth the souls of some with violence

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

and by those who draw forth the souls of others with gentleness

Waalnnashitati nashtan

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

by those who glide swimmingly through the air with the commands of God

Waalssabihati sabhan

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

and those who precede and usher the righteous to paradise

Faalssabiqati sabqan

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

and those who subordinately govern the affairs of this world

Faalmudabbirati amran

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

On a certain day, the disturbing blast of the trumpet shall disturb the universe

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

and the subsequent blast shall follow it

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

On that day men's hearts shall tremble

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

Their looks shall be cast down

Absaruha khashiAAatun

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

The infidels say, shall we surely be made to return whence we came

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

After we shall have become rotten bones, shall we be again raised to life

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

They say, this then will be a return to loss

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

Verily it will be but one sounding of the trumpet

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

and behold, they shall appear alive on the face of the earth

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Hath not the story of Moses reached thee

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

When his Lord called unto him in the holy valley Towa, saying

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

go unto Pharaoh; for he is insolently wicked

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

and say, hast thou a desire to become just and holy

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

And I will direct thee unto thy Lord, that thou mayest fear to transgress

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

And he shewed him the very great sign of the rod turned into a serpent

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

But he charged Moses with imposture, and rebelled against God

Fakaththaba waAAasa

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Then he turned back hastily

Thumma adbara yasAAa

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

and he assembled the magicians, and cried aloud, saying

Fahashara fanada

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

I am your supreme Lord

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

Wherefore God chastised him with the punishment of the life to come, and also of this present life

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Verily herein is an example unto him who feareth to rebel

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

2 The Great Calamity

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

Are ye more difficult to create, or the heaven which God hath built

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

He hath raised the height thereof, and hath perfectly formed the same

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

And He hath made the night thereof dark, and hath produced the light thereof

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

After this, He stretched out the earth

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

whence He caused to spring forth the water thereof, and the pasture thereof

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

and He established the mountains

Waaljibala arsaha

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

for the use of yourselves, and of your cattle

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

When the prevailing, the great day shall come

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

on that day shall a man call to remembrance what he hath purposely done

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

And hell shall be exposed to the view of the spectator

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

And whoso shall have transgressed

Faamma man tagha

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

and shall have chosen this present life

Waathara alhayata alddunya

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

verily hell shall be his abode

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

But whoso shall have dreaded the appearing before his Lord, and shall have refrained his soul from lust

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

verily paradise shall be his abode

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

They will ask thee concerning the last hour, when will be the fixed time thereof

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

By what means canst thou give any information of the same

Feema anta min thikraha

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

Unto thy Lord belongeth the knowledge of the period thereof

Ila rabbika muntahaha

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

And thou art only a warner, who fearest the same

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

The day whereon they shall see the same, it shall seem to them as though they had not tarried in the world longer than an evening, or a morning thereof

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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