Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — Muhammad Asad Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Great Commotion

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

CONSIDER those [stars] that rise only to set

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

and move [in their orbits] with steady motion

Waalnnashitati nashtan

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

and float [through space] with floating serene

Waalssabihati sabhan

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

and yet overtake [one another] with swift overtaking

Faalssabiqati sabqan

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

and thus they fulfil the [Creator's] behest

Faalmudabbirati amran

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

[HENCE, think of] the Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world]

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

to be followed by further [convulsions]

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

On that Day will [men's] hearts be throbbing

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

[and] their eyes downcast..

Absaruha khashiAAatun

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

[And yet,] some say, "What! Are we indeed to be restored to our former state –

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

even though we may have become [a heap of] crumbling bones?"

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

[And] they add, "That, then, would be a return with loss!"

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

[But,] then, that [Last Hour] will be [upon them of a sudden, as if it were] but a single accusing cry

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

and then, lo, they will be fully awakened [to the truth]

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

HAS THE STORY of Moses ever come within thy ken

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Lo! His Sustainer called out to him in the twice-hallowed valley

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

"Go unto Pharaoh - for, verily, he has transgressed all bounds of what is right

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

and say [unto him], 'Art thou desirous of attaining to purity

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

[If so,] then I shall guide thee towards [a cognition of] thy Sustainer, so that [henceforth] thou wilt stand in awe [of Him].’"

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

And thereupon he [went to Pharaoh and] made him aware of the great wonder [of God's grace]

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

But [Pharaoh] gave him the lie and rebelliously rejected [all guidance]

Fakaththaba waAAasa

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

and brusquely turned his back [on Moses]

Thumma adbara yasAAa

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

and then he gathered [his great ones], and called [unto his people]

Fahashara fanada

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

and said, "I am your Lord All-Highest!"

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

And thereupon God took him to task, [and made him] a warning example in the life to come as well as in this world

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

In this, behold, there is a lesson indeed for all who stand in awe [of God]

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

2 The Great Calamity

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

[O MEN!] Are you more difficult to create than the heaven which He has built

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

High has He reared its vault and formed it in accordance with what it was meant to be

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

and He has made dark its night and brought forth its light of day

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

And after that, the earth: wide has He spread its expanse

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

and has caused its waters to come out of it, and its pastures

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

and has made the mountains firm

Waaljibala arsaha

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

[all this] as a means of livelihood for you and your animals

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

AND SO, when the great overwhelming event [of, resurrection] comes to pass –

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

on that Day man will [clearly] remember all that he has ever wrought

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

and the blazing fire [of hell] will be lad open before all who [are destined to] see it

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

For, unto him who shall have transgressed the bounds of what is right

Faamma man tagha

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

and preferred the life of this world [to the good of his soul]

Waathara alhayata alddunya

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

that blazing fire will truly be the goal

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

But unto him who shall have stood in fear of his Sustainer's Presence, and held back his inner self from base desires

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

paradise will truly be the goal

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

THEY WILL ASK thee [O Prophet] about the Last Hour: "When will it come to pass?"

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

[But] how couldst thou tell anything about it

Feema anta min thikraha

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

[seeing that] with thy Sustainer alone rests the beginning and the end [of all knowledge] thereof

Ila rabbika muntahaha

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

Thou art but [sent] to warn those who stand in awe of it

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

On the Day when they behold it, [it will seem to them] as if they had tarried [in this world] no longer than one evening or [one night, ending with] its morn

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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