Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — Shabbir Ahmed Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Great Commotion

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

Consider those who dive to bring up. (Pearls from the ocean. People from repression)

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

And move steadily in jubilation, releasing (the oppressed from bondage)

Waalnnashitati nashtan

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

And working hard, swimming in strides

Waalssabihati sabhan

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

And then together racing to progress

Faalssabiqati sabqan

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

And thus taking charge of their matters

Faalmudabbirati amran

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

The Day when the tremulous trembles

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

To be followed by the jolter. (The oppressors are shaken up again and again)

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Some hearts throb on that Day

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

Their eyes subdued

Absaruha khashiAAatun

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

They say, "What! Shall we ever be returned to the ditch of anonymity?" ('Hufrah' = Ditch = Not noteworthy = Lowly = Unremarkable = Insignificant)

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

"Shall we ever weaken to skeletal strength?"

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

And they say, "In that case, then, it would be an investment of loss!"

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

But finally, it is a single swift call

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

And, behold, they will be awakened

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Has the story of Moses reached you? (Such a Revolution occurred in his times (20:9-98))

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

When his Lord called him in the Sacred Valley of Revelation (18:60-64), (20:12)

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

"Go to Pharaoh. Behold, he has crossed all bounds of decency."

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

And ask him, "Are you willing to be a better person?" ('Zaku' = Grow in goodness = Develop the 'Self' = Get rid of evil behavior = Attain purity = Improve in conduct = Prime the 'Self' for actualization)

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Then I will guide you to your Lord so that you will have some idea of His awesome Glory."

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

And then he presented to him the tremendous evidence of the Truth. (20:23)

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

But he denied and haughtily rejected

Fakaththaba waAAasa

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Then turned he away briskly

Thumma adbara yasAAa

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Then gathered (his chiefs) and called (his people)

Fahashara fanada

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

And proclaimed, "I am your Lord, the Highest!"

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

So Allah took him to task, and made him an example for the later generations and the ones who soon followed

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Behold, herein is indeed a lesson for him who fears (violating the Divine Law)

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

2 The Great Calamity

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

What! Are you the more difficult to create or is the heaven that He built

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

He raised high its canopy, and shaped it perfect

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

And He made dark its night and its splendor He brings out

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

And after that He made the earth shoot out from the Cosmic Nebula and made it spread out egg-shaped. ('Dahaha' entails all the meanings rendered (21:30), (41:11))

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

And produced from it its own water and pasture

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

And the mountains He firmly fixed

Waaljibala arsaha

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

A means of livelihood for you and your cattle

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

And so, when there comes the Great Event

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

On that Day man will remember all that he has ever done. (53:39), (56:63-73)

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

And the Insurmountable Barrier will stand before him who finds it before him (he failed to prime his 'Self' for the felicitous development in the Hereafter (29:54), (39:48), (82:16))

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Then, the one who rebelled against the Divine Laws

Faamma man tagha

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

And fell for instant gratifications, ('Hayat-id-duniya' = Life of this world = Short term = Instant gains = Disregard of the life to come)

Waathara alhayata alddunya

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Behold, the (foot of) the Insurmountable Barrier will be his home

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

But the one who feared standing before his Sustainer and restrained his selfish desire

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Behold, the Paradise will be his home

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

They ask you of the Hour, "When will it come to pass?"

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

Why? What do you have to tell them about it? (7:187), (33:63), (42:17)

Feema anta min thikraha

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

Unto your Lord is the culmination of it. (53:42)

Ila rabbika muntahaha

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

You are but a Warner unto him who stands in awe of it

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

On the Day when they see it, it will be as if they had lived no longer than an evening or its morning

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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