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                        Abdul Majid Daryabadi
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
                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
                    By the angels who drag forth vehemently.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:2
                    وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:2
                    By the angels who release with gentle release.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:3
                    وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:3
                    By the angels who glide swimmingiy,  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:4
                    فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:4
                    And then they speed with foremost speed.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:5
                    فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:5
                    And then they manage the affair,  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:6
                    يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:6
                    A Day shall come whereon the quaking will quake,  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:7
                    تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:7
                    And there will follow it the next blast.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:8
                    قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:8
                    Hearts on that Day will be throbbing;  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:9
                    أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:9
                    Their looks will be downcast.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:10
                    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:10
                    They say: shall we indeed be restored to the first state,  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:11
                    أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:11
                    When we have become bones decayed!  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:12
                    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:12
                    They say: that then shall be a losing return.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:13
                    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:13
                    It will be only one scaring shout,  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:14
                    فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:14
                    And lo! they all shall appear on the surface.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:15
                    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:15
                    Hath there come Unto thee the story of Musa!  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:16
                    إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:16
                    Recall what time his Lord called Unto him in the holy vale of Tuwa.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:17
                    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:17
                    Saying:'go thou Unto Fir'awn; verily he hath waxen exorbitant.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:18
                    فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:18
                    Then say thou: 'wouldst thou to be purified?  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:19
                    وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:19
                    Then shall guide thee Unto thy Lord so that thou shalt fear.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:20
                    فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:20
                    Then he shewed him the great sign.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:21
                    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:21
                    Yet he belied and disobeyed.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:22
                    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:22
                    Then he turned back striving.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:23
                    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:23
                    Then he gathered and cried aloud,  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:24
                    فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:24
                    And he said: I am Your Lord, most high.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:25
                    فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:25
                    Wherefore Allah laid hold of him with the punishment of the Hereafter and of the present.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:26
                    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Verily herein is lesson for him who feareth.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:27
                    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:27
                    Are ye harder to create or the heaven which He hath builded?  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:28
                    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:28
                    He hath raised the height thereof and perfected it.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:29
                    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:29
                    And He made dark its night, and brought forth its sunshine.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:30
                    وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:30
                    And the earth!- thereafter He stretched it out.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:31
                    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:31
                    And he brought forth therefrom its water, and its pasture.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:32
                    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:32
                    And the mountains! - He established them firm:  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:33
                    مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    A provision for you and your cattle.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:34
                    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:34
                    Then when the Grand Calamity shall come  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:35
                    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:35
                    The Day whereon man shall rember whatsoever he had striven for.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:36
                    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:36
                    And the Scorch will be made apparent to any one who beholdeth.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:37
                    فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:37
                    Then as for him who waxed exorbitant,  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:38
                    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    And who chose the life of the world,  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:39
                    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:39
                    Verily the Scorch! that shall be his resort.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:40
                    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:40
                    And as for him who dreaded standing before his Lord, and restrained his soul from lust,  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:41
                    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:41
                    Verily the Garden! -that shall be his resort.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:42
                    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:42
                    They question thee of the Hour:'when will its arrival be?  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:43
                    فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:43
                    Wherein art thou concerred with the declaration thereof!  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:44
                    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:44
                    Unto thy Lord is the Knowledge of the limit fixed therefor.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:45
                    إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:45
                    Thou art but a warner Unto him who feareth.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:46
                    كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:46
                    On the Day whereon they behold it, it will appear to them as though they had not tarried save an evening or the morn thereof.  - Abdul Majid Daryabadi (English)