Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — Maulana Muhammad Ali Translation

79:1

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

By those yearning vehemently

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

79:2

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those going forth cheerfully

Waalnnashitati nashtan

79:3

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those running swiftly

Waalssabihati sabhan

79:4

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those that are foremost going ahead

Faalssabiqati sabqan

79:5

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those regulating the Affair

Faalmudabbirati amran

79:6

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The day when the quaking one shall quake -

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

79:7

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The consequence will follow it

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

79:8

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Hearts that day will palpitate

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

79:9

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Their eyes downcast

Absaruha khashiAAatun

79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

79:11

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

Maulana Muhammad Ali

What! After we are rotten bones

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

79:12

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They say: That would then be a return with loss

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

79:13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

It is only a single cry

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

79:14

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

When lo! they will be awakened

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

79:15

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Has not there come to thee the story of Moses

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

79:16

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Maulana Muhammad Ali

When his Lord called him in the holy valley, Tuwa

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

79:17

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Go to Pharaoh, surely he has rebelled

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

79:18

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And say: Wilt thou purify thyself

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

79:19

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And I will guide thee to thy Lord so that thou fear (Him)

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

79:20

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So he showed him the mighty sign

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But he denied and disobeyed

Fakaththaba waAAasa

79:22

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then he went back hastily

So he gathered and called out

Fahashara fanada

79:24

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then he said: I am your Lord, the most High

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

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

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

79:26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely there is in this a lesson for him who fears

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

79:27

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Are you the stronger in creation or the heaven? He made it

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

79:28

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He raised high its height, and made it perfect

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

79:29

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And He made dark its night and brought out its light

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

79:30

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the earth, He cast it after that

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

79:31

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He brought forth from it its water and its pasture

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

79:32

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the mountains, He made them firm

Waaljibala arsaha

79:33

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

A provision for you and for your cattle

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

79:34

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So when the great Calamity comes

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

79:35

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The day when man remembers all that he strove for

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And hell is made manifest to him who sees

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

79:37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then as for him who is inordinate

Faamma man tagha

79:38

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And prefers the life of this world

Waathara alhayata alddunya

79:39

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Hell is surely the abode

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

79:40

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And as for him who fears to stand before his Lord and restrains himself from low desires

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

79:41

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The Garden is surely the abode

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

79:42

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They ask thee about the Hour, When will that take place

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

79:43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

About which thou remindest

Feema anta min thikraha

79:44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

To thy Lord is the goal of it

Ila rabbika muntahaha

79:45

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Thou art only a warner to him who fears it

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

79:46

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

On the day when they see it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or a morning

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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