| | Shabbir Ahmed rendition of Surah Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out(an-Nazi`at)
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| 79:1 | | Consider those who dive to bring up. (Pearls from the ocean. People from repression) |
| 79:2 | | And move steadily in jubilation, releasing (the oppressed from bondage) |
| 79:3 | | And working hard, swimming in strides |
| 79:4 | | And then together racing to progress |
| 79:5 | | And thus taking charge of their matters |
| 79:6 | | The Day when the tremulous trembles |
| 79:7 | | To be followed by the jolter. (The oppressors are shaken up again and again) |
| 79:8 | | Some hearts throb on that Day |
| 79:9 | | Their eyes subdued |
| 79:10 | | They say, "What! Shall we ever be returned to the ditch of anonymity?" ('Hufrah' = Ditch = Not noteworthy = Lowly = Unremarkable = Insignificant) |
| 79:11 | | "Shall we ever weaken to skeletal strength?" |
| 79:12 | | And they say, "In that case, then, it would be an investment of loss!" |
| 79:13 | | But finally, it is a single swift call |
| 79:14 | | And, behold, they will be awakened |
| 79:15 | | Has the story of Moses reached you? (Such a Revolution occurred in his times (20:9-98)) |
| 79:16 | | When his Lord called him in the Sacred Valley of Revelation (18:60-64), (20:12) |
| 79:17 | | "Go to Pharaoh. Behold, he has crossed all bounds of decency." |
| 79:18 | | 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) |
| 79:19 | | Then I will guide you to your Lord so that you will have some idea of His awesome Glory." |
| 79:20 | | And then he presented to him the tremendous evidence of the Truth. (20:23) |
| 79:21 | | But he denied and haughtily rejected |
| 79:22 | | Then turned he away briskly |
| 79:23 | | Then gathered (his chiefs) and called (his people) |
| 79:24 | | And proclaimed, "I am your Lord, the Highest!" |
| 79:25 | | So Allah took him to task, and made him an example for the later generations and the ones who soon followed |
| 79:26 | | Behold, herein is indeed a lesson for him who fears (violating the Divine Law) |
| 79:27 | | What! Are you the more difficult to create or is the heaven that He built |
| 79:28 | | He raised high its canopy, and shaped it perfect |
| 79:29 | | And He made dark its night and its splendor He brings out |
| 79:30 | | 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)) |
| 79:31 | | And produced from it its own water and pasture |
| 79:32 | | And the mountains He firmly fixed |
| 79:33 | | A means of livelihood for you and your cattle |
| 79:34 | | And so, when there comes the Great Event |
| 79:35 | | On that Day man will remember all that he has ever done. (53:39), (56:63-73) |
| 79:36 | | 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)) |
| 79:37 | | Then, the one who rebelled against the Divine Laws |
| 79:38 | | And fell for instant gratifications, ('Hayat-id-duniya' = Life of this world = Short term = Instant gains = Disregard of the life to come) |
| 79:39 | | Behold, the (foot of) the Insurmountable Barrier will be his home |
| 79:40 | | But the one who feared standing before his Sustainer and restrained his selfish desire |
| 79:41 | | Behold, the Paradise will be his home |
| 79:42 | | They ask you of the Hour, "When will it come to pass?" |
| 79:43 | | Why? What do you have to tell them about it? (7:187), (33:63), (42:17) |
| 79:44 | | Unto your Lord is the culmination of it. (53:42) |
| 79:45 | | You are but a Warner unto him who stands in awe of it |
| 79:46 | | On the Day when they see it, it will be as if they had lived no longer than an evening or its morning |
