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79 An-Nāzi`āt ٱلنَّازِعَات

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
79:1 وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا
79:1
Ahmed Ali (English) :
I CALL TO WITNESS those who dive and drag,
79:2 وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا
79:2
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And those who undo the bonds gently,
79:3 وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا
79:3
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And those who glide swimmingly,
79:4 فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا
79:4
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Then outpace the others swiftly
79:5 فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
79:5
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And direct affairs by command,
79:6 يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
79:6
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The day the convulsive (first blast) shatters convulsively
79:7 تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
79:7
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Followed by the second blast,
79:8 قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
79:8
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Hearts will pound loudly on that day,
79:9 أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ
79:9
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Eyes be lowered in submission.
79:10 يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
79:10
Ahmed Ali (English) :
They say: "Shall we go back to our original state
79:11 أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
79:11
Ahmed Ali (English) :
After having turned to carious bones?"
79:12 قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
79:12
Ahmed Ali (English) :
They say: "Then this returning will be a dead loss."
79:13 فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
79:13
Ahmed Ali (English) :
It will only be a single blast,
79:14 فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
79:14
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And they will wake up suddenly.
79:15 هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
79:15
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Has the story of Moses come to you
79:16 إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
79:16
Ahmed Ali (English) :
When his Lord called to him in Tuwa's holy vale?
79:17 ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
79:17
Ahmed Ali (English) :
"Go to the Pharaoh who has become refractory,
79:18 فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
79:18
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And say: 'Would you like to grow (in virtue)?
79:19 وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
79:19
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Then I will guide you to your Lord that you may come to fear Him.'"
79:20 فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
79:20
Ahmed Ali (English) :
So he showed him the greater sign;
79:21 فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
79:21
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But (the Pharaoh) disavowed and disobeyed.
79:22 ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
79:22
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Then he turned away, deliberating,
79:23 فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
79:23
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And assembled (his council) and proclaimed,
79:24 فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
79:24
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Saying: "I am alone your lord, the highest of them all."
79:25 فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
79:25
Ahmed Ali (English) :
So God seized him for the punishment of the Hereafter and this world.
79:26 إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
79:26
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Truly there is a lesson in this for those who fear (the consequences).
79:27 ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
79:27
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Are you more difficult to create or the heavens? He built it,
79:28 رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
79:28
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Raised it high, proportioned it,
79:29 وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
79:29
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Gave darkness to its night, and brightness to its day;
79:30 وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
79:30
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And afterwards spread out the earth.
79:31 أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
79:31
Ahmed Ali (English) :
He brought out its water and its pastures from it,
79:32 وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
79:32
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And stabilized the mountains
79:33 مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
79:33
Ahmed Ali (English) :
As convenience for you and your cattle.
79:34 فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
79:34
Ahmed Ali (English) :
When the great calamity comes,
79:35 يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
79:35
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The day when man remembers all that he had done,
79:36 وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
79:36
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And Hell made visible to him who can see,
79:37 فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
79:37
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Then he who had been rebellious
79:38 وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
79:38
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And who preferred the life of the world,
79:39 فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
79:39
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Will surely have Hell for his abode.
79:40 وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
79:40
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But he who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained his self from vain desires,
79:41 فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
79:41
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Will surely have Paradise for abode.
79:42 يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
79:42
Ahmed Ali (English) :
They ask you: "When will the Hour be? When is its time fixed?"
79:43 فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
79:43
Ahmed Ali (English) :
What do you have to do with explaining it?
79:44 إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
79:44
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The extent of its knowledge goes to your Lord.
79:45 إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
79:45
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Your duty is only to warn him who fears it.
79:46 كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
79:46
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The day they see it, it will seem they had stayed in the world but only an evening or its turning into dawn.