Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Translation

79:1

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And (by) the pluckers drowning, (i.e., Angels plucking the disbelievers)

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

79:2

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And (by) the brisk (angels acting) briskly

Waalnnashitati nashtan

79:3

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And (by) the swimmers swimming (serenely), (Or: gliding; horses racing; celestial bodies racing)

Waalssabihati sabhan

79:4

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then (by) the outstrippers outstripping (smoothly)

Faalssabiqati sabqan

79:5

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then (by) the directors (conducting) according to His Command

Faalmudabbirati amran

79:6

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

On the Day when the (first) commotion commoves

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

79:7

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Followed by the subsequent (commotion)

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

79:8

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Hearts upon that Day will be agitated

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

79:9

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Their beholdings (i.e., eyesights) will be submissive

Absaruha khashiAAatun

79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

They will say, "will we surely be turned back to our former state? (Some interpret the Arabic to mean "in the grave" or "gravediggers")

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

79:11

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Even when we are decayed bones?"

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

79:12

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

They will say, "Lo, that then would be a losing recurrence!"

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

79:13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Yet, surely it shall be only one scaring (Cry)

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

79:14

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then, only then, are they wakeful (for Judgment) (i.e. for Hell or watchful place)

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

79:15

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Has there come up to you the discourse of Musu (Moses)

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

79:16

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

As his Lord called out to him in the supremely holy valley, Tuwa

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

79:17

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

"Go to Firaawn; (Pharaoh) surely he has grown tyrannical (Or: inordinate)

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

79:18

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So say (to him), Would you (be ready) to cleanse yourself

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

79:19

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And that I should guide you to your Lord, then you will be apprehensive of (Him)?"

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

79:20

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So he (Moses) showed him (Pharaoh) the greatest sign

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Yet he (Pharaoh) cried lies and disobeyed

Fakaththaba waAAasa

79:22

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Thereafter he withdrew in a (hasty) endeavor

Thumma adbara yasAAa

79:23

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So he mustered and called out

Fahashara fanada

79:24

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then he said, "I am your lord, most exalted!"

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then Allah took him (away) with the torture of the Hereafter and the First (life)

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

79:26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Surely in that is indeed a lesson for him who is apprehensive

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

79:27

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Are you harder in creation than the heaven? He built it

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

79:28

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

He raised up its vault, then He molded it

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

79:29

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And He bedimmed its night and brought out its forenoon

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

79:30

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the earth, after that He flattened it (for life)

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

79:31

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

There from He brought out its water, and its pasture

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

79:32

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the mountains He made steady, (i.e., made them anchorages)

Waaljibala arsaha

79:33

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

An enjoyment for you and your cattle

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

79:34

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So when the Greatest Catastrophe comes

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

79:35

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

On the Day when man will remind himself (of) whatever he has endeavored (to achieve)

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And Hell-Fire is brought forth for whoever sees

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

79:37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then, as for him who was inordinate

Faamma man tagha

79:38

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And preferred the present life, (Literally: lowly life, i.e., the life of this world)

Waathara alhayata alddunya

79:39

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then surely Hell-Fire will be the (only) abode

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

79:40

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And as for him who feared the station of his Lord (i.e., punishment from his lord) and forbade the self (its) prejudices

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

79:41

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then surely the Garden will be the (only) abode

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

79:42

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

They ask you about the Hour: when will it have its berthing? (Literally: anchorage; i.e., when will it be)

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

79:43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Wherein are you (concerned) with the Reminding of it

Feema anta min thikraha

79:44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

To your Lord is the ultimate (knowledge) of it

Ila rabbika muntahaha

79:45

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Surely you are only the warner of him who is apprehensive of it

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

79:46

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

It will be as if, on the Day they see it, they have not lingered except for a nightfall or its forenoon

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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