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