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                        Ali Quli Qarai
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
                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 [angels] who wrest [the soul] violently,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:2
                    وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:2
                    by those who draw [it] out gently,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:3
                    وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:3
                    by those who swim smoothly,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:4
                    فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:4
                    by those who, racing, take the lead,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:5
                    فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:5
                    by those who direct the affairs [of creatures]:  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:6
                    يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:6
                    the day when the Quaker quakes  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:7
                    تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:7
                    and is followed by the Successor,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:8
                    قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:8
                    hearts will be trembling on that day,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:9
                    أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:9
                    bearing a humbled look.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:10
                    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:10
                    They will say, ‘Are we being returned to our earlier state?  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:11
                    أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:11
                    What, even after we have been decayed bones?!’  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:12
                    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:12
                    They will say, ‘This is, then, a ruinous return!’  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:13
                    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:13
                    Yet it will be only a single shout,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:14
                    فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:14
                    and behold, they will be awake.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:15
                    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:15
                    Did you receive the story of Moses,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:16
                    إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
                
                
                
                
                
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                    when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa?  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:17
                    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:17
                    [And said,] ‘Go to Pharaoh, for indeed he has rebelled,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:18
                    فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:18
                    and say, ‘‘Would you purify yourself?  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:19
                    وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:19
                    I will guide you to your Lord, that you may fear [Him]?’’ ’  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:20
                    فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:20
                    Then he showed him the greatest sign.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:21
                    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:21
                    But he denied, and disobeyed.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:22
                    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:22
                    Then he turned back, walking swiftly,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:23
                    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:23
                    and gathered [the people] and proclaimed,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:24
                    فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    saying, ‘I am your exalted lord!’  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:25
                    فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    So Allah seized him with the punishment of this life and the Hereafter.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:26
                    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    There is indeed a moral in that for someone who fears!  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Is your creation more prodigious or that of the heaven He has built?  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    He raised its vault and fashioned it,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:29
                    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:29
                    and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:30
                    وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Thereafter He spread out the earth,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    brought forth from it its water and pastures,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:32
                    setting firm the mountains,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:33
                    مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    as a [place of] sustenance for you and your livestock.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    When the Greatest Catastrophe befalls  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:35
                    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    —the day when man will remember his endeavours  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:36
                    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    and hell is brought into view for those who can see—  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:37
                    فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    as for him who has been rebellious  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    and preferred the life of this world,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    his refuge will indeed be hell.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    But as for him who is awed to stand before his Lord and restrains his soul from [following] desires,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    his refuge will indeed be paradise.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:42
                    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:42
                    They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it set in,  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:43
                    فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:43
                    considering your frequent mention of it?”  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:44
                    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:44
                    Its outcome is with your Lord.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:45
                    إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:45
                    You are only a warner for those who are afraid it.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    79:46
                    The day they see it, it shall be as if they had not stayed [in the world] except for an evening or forenoon.  - Ali Quli Qarai (English)