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                        Talal Itani
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
                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 those who snatch violently.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:2
                    وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:2
                    And those who remove gently.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:3
                    وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:3
                    And those who glide smoothly.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:4
                    فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:4
                    And those who race swiftly.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:5
                    فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:5
                    And those who regulate events.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:6
                    يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:6
                    On the Day when the Quake quakes.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:7
                    تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:7
                    And is followed by the Successor.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:8
                    قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:8
                    Hearts on that Day will be pounding.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:9
                    أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:9
                    Their sights downcast.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:10
                    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:10
                    They say, “Are we to be restored to the original condition?  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:11
                    أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:11
                    When we have become hollow bones?”  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:12
                    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:12
                    They say, “This is a losing proposition.”  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:13
                    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:13
                    But it will be only a single nudge.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:14
                    فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:14
                    And they will be awake.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:15
                    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:15
                    Has the story of Moses reached you?  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:16
                    إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
                
                
                
                
                
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                    When His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:17
                    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:17
                    “Go to Pharaoh—he has transgressed.”  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:18
                    فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:18
                    And say, “Do you care to be cleansed?  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:19
                    وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:19
                    And I will guide you to your Lord, and you will turn reverent.”  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:20
                    فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:20
                    He showed him the Greatest Miracle.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:21
                    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:21
                    But he denied and defied.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:22
                    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:22
                    Then turned his back, and tried.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:23
                    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:23
                    And gathered and proclaimed.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:24
                    فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:24
                    He said, “I am your Lord, the most high.”  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:25
                    فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:25
                    So God seized him with an exemplary punishment, in the last and in the first.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:26
                    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    In this is a lesson for whoever fears.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:27
                    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Are you more difficult to create, or the heaven? He constructed it.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    He raised its masses, and proportioned it.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:29
                    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    And He dimmed its night, and brought out its daylight.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:30
                    وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:30
                    And the earth after that He spread.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:31
                    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:31
                    And from it, He produced its water and its pasture.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:32
                    And the mountains, He anchored.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:33
                    مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:33
                    A source of enjoyment for you and for your animals.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:34
                    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    But when the Great Cataclysm arrives.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:35
                    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    A Day when man will remember what he has endeavored.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:36
                    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:36
                    And Hell will be displayed to whoever sees.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:37
                    فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:37
                    As for him who was defiant.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:38
                    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:38
                    And preferred the life of this world.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:39
                    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:39
                    Then Hell is the shelter.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    But as for him who feared the Standing of his Lord, and restrained the self from desires.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:41
                    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Then Paradise is the shelter.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:42
                    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:42
                    They ask you about the Hour, “When will it take place?”  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:43
                    فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    You have no knowledge of it.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:44
                    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:44
                    To your Lord is its finality.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:45
                    إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:45
                    You are just a warner for whoever dreads it.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:46
                    كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:46
                    On the Day when they witness it—as though they only stayed an evening, or its morning.  - Talal Itani (English)