Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out — Yusuf Ali Orig 1938 Translation

79:1

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence

WaalnnaziAAati gharqan

79:2

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed)

Waalnnashitati nashtan

79:3

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy)

Waalssabihati sabhan

79:4

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Then press forward as in a race

Faalssabiqati sabqan

79:5

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord)

Faalmudabbirati amran

79:6

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

79:7

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Followed by oft-repeated (commotions)

TatbaAAuha alrradifatu

79:8

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Hearts that Day will be in agitation

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun

79:9

أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Cast down will be (their owners') eyes

Absaruha khashiAAatun

79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

79:11

أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"

A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

79:12

قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

79:13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun

79:14

فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment)

Fa-itha hum bialssahirati

79:15

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Has the story of Moses reached thee

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

79:16

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

79:17

اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

79:18

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

79:19

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

79:20

فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance)

Fakaththaba waAAasa

79:22

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against God)

Thumma adbara yasAAa

79:23

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation

Fahashara fanada

79:24

فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High"

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

But God did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life

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

79:26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (God)

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

79:27

أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (God) hath constructed it

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

79:28

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

79:29

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light)

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

79:30

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse)

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

79:31

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture

Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

79:32

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;

Waaljibala arsaha

79:33

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

For use and convenience to you and your cattle

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

79:34

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),

Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

79:35

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

79:37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds

Faamma man tagha

79:38

وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And had preferred the life of this world

Waathara alhayata alddunya

79:39

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

The Abode will be Hell-Fire

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

79:40

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires

Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

79:41

فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Their abode will be the Garden

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

79:42

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time

Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

79:43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof

Feema anta min thikraha

79:44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor

Ila rabbika muntahaha

79:45

إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it

Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

79:46

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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