IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir of Surah an-Nazi`at - Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out as rendered by
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
79:1
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence
79:2
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed)
79:3
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy)
79:4
Then press forward as in a race
79:5
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord)
79:6
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion
79:7
Followed by oft-repeated (commotions)
79:8
Hearts that Day will be in agitation
79:9
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes
79:10
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state
79:11
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
79:12
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
79:13
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry
79:14
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment)
79:15
Has the story of Moses reached thee
79:16
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:
79:17
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds
79:18
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?
79:19
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
79:20
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign
79:21
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance)
79:22
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against God)
79:23
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation
79:24
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High"
79:25
But God did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life
79:26
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (God)
79:27
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (God) hath constructed it
79:28
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection
79:29
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light)
79:30
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse)
79:31
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture
79:32
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;
79:33
For use and convenience to you and your cattle
79:34
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),
79:35
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for
79:36
And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,
79:37
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds
79:38
And had preferred the life of this world
79:39
The Abode will be Hell-Fire
79:40
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires
79:41
Their abode will be the Garden
79:42
They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time
79:43
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof
79:44
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor
79:45
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it
79:46
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn
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