79

Those who drag forth

79:1

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا
By those ˹angels˺ stripping out ˹evil souls˺ harshly,
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79:2

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا
and those pulling out ˹good souls˺ gently,
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79:3

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا
and those gliding ˹through heavens˺ swiftly,
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79:4

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا
and those taking the lead vigorously,
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79:5

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا
and those conducting affairs ˹obediently˺!
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79:6

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
˹Consider˺ the Day ˹when˺ the quaking Blast will come to pass,
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79:7

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
followed by a second Blast.
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79:8

قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ
˹The deniers’˺ hearts on that Day will be trembling ˹in horror˺,
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79:9

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ
with their eyes downcast.
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79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ
˹But now˺ they ask ˹mockingly˺, “Will we really be restored to our former state,
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79:11

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ
even after we have been reduced to decayed bones?”
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79:12

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ
Adding, “Then such a return would be a ˹total˺ loss ˹for us˺!”
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79:13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
But indeed, it will take only one ˹mighty˺ Blast,
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79:14

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
and at once they will be above ground.
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79:15

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Has the story of Moses reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
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79:16

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
His Lord called him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwa,
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79:17

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
˹commanding,˺ “Go to Pharaoh, for he has truly transgressed ˹all bounds˺.
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79:18

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say, ‘Would you ˹be willing to˺ purify yourself,
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79:19

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
and let me guide you to your Lord so that you will be in awe ˹of Him˺?’”
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79:20

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
Then Moses showed him the great sign,
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79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
but he denied and disobeyed ˹Allah˺,
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79:22

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
then turned his back, striving ˹against the truth˺.
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79:23

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Then he summoned ˹his people˺ and called out,
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79:24

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
saying, “I am your lord, the most high!”
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79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
So Allah overtook him, making him an example in this life and the next.
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79:26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
Surely in this is a lesson for whoever stands in awe of ˹Allah˺.
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79:27

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Which is harder to create: you or the sky? He built it,
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79:28

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
raising it high and forming it flawlessly.
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79:29

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
He dimmed its night, and brought forth its daylight.
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79:30

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
As for the earth, He spread it out as well,
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79:31

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
bringing forth its water and pastures
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79:32

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا
and setting the mountains firmly ˹upon it˺—
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79:33

مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals.
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79:34

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
But, when the Supreme Disaster comes to pass—
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79:35

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
the Day every person will remember all ˹their˺ striving,
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79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
and the Hellfire will be displayed for all to see—
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79:37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
then as for those who transgressed
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79:38

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
and preferred the ˹fleeting˺ life of this world,
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79:39

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
the Hellfire will certainly be ˹their˺ home.
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79:40

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
And as for those who were in awe of standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from ˹evil˺ desires,
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79:41

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Paradise will certainly be ˹their˺ home.
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79:42

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا
They ask you ˹O Prophet˺ regarding the Hour, “When will it be?”
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79:43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ
But it is not for you to tell its time.
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79:44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
That knowledge rests with your Lord ˹alone˺.
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79:45

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا
Your duty is only to warn whoever is in awe of it.
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79:46

كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا
On the Day they see it, it will be as if they had stayed ˹in the world˺ no more than one evening or its morning.
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