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                        Mohammad Habib Shakir
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
                Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Abul Ala Maududi
Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Raza Khan
A. J. Arberry
Ali Quli Qarai
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Muhammad Sarwar
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Saheeh International
Talal Itani
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Wahiduddin Khan
                    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
                
                
                    In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
                
            
                    79:1
                    وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:1
                    I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:2
                    وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:2
                    And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:3
                    وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:3
                    And by those who float in space,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:4
                    فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:4
                    Then those who are foremost going ahead,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:5
                    فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:5
                    Then those who regulate the affair.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:6
                    يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:6
                    The day on which the quaking one shall quake,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:7
                    تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:7
                    What must happen afterwards shall follow it.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:8
                    قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:8
                    Hearts on that day shall palpitate,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:9
                    أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:9
                    Their eyes cast down.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:10
                    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:10
                    They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:11
                    أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:11
                    What! when we are rotten bones?  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:12
                    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:12
                    They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:13
                    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:13
                    But it shall be only a single cry,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:14
                    فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:14
                    When lo! they shall be wakeful.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:15
                    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Has not there come to you the story of Musa?  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:16
                    إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:16
                    When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:17
                    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:17
                    Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:18
                    فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:18
                    Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:19
                    وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:19
                    And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:20
                    فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:20
                    So he showed him the mighty sign.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:21
                    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:21
                    But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:22
                    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:22
                    Then he went back hastily.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:23
                    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:23
                    Then he gathered (men) and called out.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:24
                    فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:26
                    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:28
                    He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:29
                    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:29
                    And He made dark its night and brought out its light.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:30
                    وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    And the earth, He expanded it after that.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:31
                    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:32
                    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    And the mountains, He made them firm,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:33
                    مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    A provision for you and for your cattle.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:34
                    But when the great predominating calamity comes;  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:35
                    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:35
                    The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:36
                    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:36
                    And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:37
                    فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Then as for him who is inordinate,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    And prefers the life of this world,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Then surely the hell, that is the abode.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:41
                    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Then surely the garden-- that is the abode.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:42
                    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:42
                    They ask you about the hour, when it will come.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:43
                    فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    About what! You are one to remind of it.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:44
                    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    To your Lord is the goal of it.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:45
                    إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    You are only a warner to him who would fear it.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:46
                    On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.  - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)