Chap 79: THOSE WHO DRAG FORTH, SOUL-SNATCHERS (79:0)

By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence; (79:1)

By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed); (79:2)

And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy), (79:3)

Then press forward as in a race, (79:4)

Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord), (79:5)

One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion, (79:6)

Followed by oft-repeated (commotions): (79:7)

Hearts that Day will be in agitation; (79:8)

Cast down will be (their owners') eyes (79:9)

They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state? (79:10)

"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?" (79:11)

They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!" (79:12)

But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry, (79:13)

When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment) (79:14)

Has the story of Moses reached thee? (79:15)

Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:- (79:16)

"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds: (79:17)

"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?- (79:18)

"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'" (79:19)

Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign (79:20)

But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance); (79:21)

Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against God) (79:22)

Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation, (79:23)

Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High" (79:24)

But God did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life (79:25)

Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (God) (79:26)

What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (God) hath constructed it: (79:27)

On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection (79:28)

Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light) (79:29)

And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse); (79:30)

He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture; (79:31)

And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;- (79:32)

For use and convenience to you and your cattle (79:33)

Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),- (79:34)

The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for, (79:35)

And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,- (79:36)

Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds, (79:37)

And had preferred the life of this world, (79:38)

The Abode will be Hell-Fire; (79:39)

And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires, (79:40)

Their abode will be the Garden (79:41)

They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time? (79:42)

Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof? (79:43)

With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor (79:44)

Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it (79:45)

The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn! (79:46)

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