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Abul Ala Maududi

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
79:1 وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا
79:1
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
By those (angels) that pluck out the soul from depths,
79:2 وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا
79:2
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and gently take it away;
79:3 وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا
79:3
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and by those that speedily glide along (the cosmos),
79:4 فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا
79:4
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and vie with the others (in carrying out their Lord's behests);
79:5 فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
79:5
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and then manage the affairs of the Universe (according to their Lord's commands).
79:6 يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
79:6
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
The Day when the quaking will cause a violent convulsion,
79:7 تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
79:7
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and will be followed by another quaking.
79:8 قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
79:8
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
On that Day some hearts shall tremble (with fright),
79:9 أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ
79:9
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and their eyes shall be downcast with dread.
79:10 يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
79:10
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
They say: “Shall we indeed be restored to life,
79:11 أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
79:11
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
even after we have been reduced to bones, hollow and rotten?”
79:12 قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
79:12
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
They say: “That will then be a return with a great loss!”
79:13 فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
79:13
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Surely they will need no more than a single stern blast,
79:14 فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
79:14
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and lo, they will all be in the open plain.
79:15 هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
79:15
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Has Moses' story reached you?
79:16 إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
79:16
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
79:17 ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
79:17
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and directed him: “Go to Pharaoh, he has rebelled,
79:18 فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
79:18
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and say to him: 'Are you willing to be purified,
79:19 وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
79:19
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
that I may direct you to your Lord and then you hold Him in awe?'”
79:20 فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
79:20
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Then Moses (went to Pharaoh and) showed him the Great Sign;
79:21 فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
79:21
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
but he denied it as false and disobeyed,
79:22 ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
79:22
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and then he turned back to have recourse to his craftiness,
79:23 فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
79:23
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and gathered his people and declared:
79:24 فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
79:24
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
“I am the supreme lord of you all.”
79:25 فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
79:25
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Thereupon Allah seized him for the chastisement of the World to Come as well as of the present.
79:26 إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
79:26
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Surely there is a great lesson in it for whoever would fear (Allah).
79:27 ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
79:27
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Is it harder to create you or the heaven? But Allah built it,
79:28 رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
79:28
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and raised its vault high and proportioned it;
79:29 وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
79:29
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and covered its night with darkness and brought forth from it its day;
79:30 وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
79:30
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and thereafter spread out the earth,
79:31 أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
79:31
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and brought out of it its water and its pasture,
79:32 وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
79:32
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and firmly fixed in it mountains;
79:33 مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
79:33
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
all this as provision for you and your cattle.
79:34 فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
79:34
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
But when the great calamity will come about
79:35 يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
79:35
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
on the Day when man will recall all his strivings,
79:36 وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
79:36
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and Hell will be brought in sight for anyone to see:
79:37 فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
79:37
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
then he who transgressed
79:38 وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
79:38
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and preferred the life of this world,
79:39 فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
79:39
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
most surely his abode shall be Hell.
79:40 وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
79:40
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
But he who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained himself from evil desires,
79:41 فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
79:41
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
most surely his abode shall be Paradise.
79:42 يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
79:42
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
They ask you about the Hour: “When will it be?”
79:43 فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
79:43
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
What concern do you have to speak about that?
79:44 إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
79:44
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Its knowledge rests with your Lord.
79:45 إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
79:45
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
You are only a warner to him who has a fear of it.
79:46 كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
79:46
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
On the Day they see it, they will feel as though they had stayed (in the grave) no more than one evening or one morning.