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79. An-Naziat - Those Who Pull Out
| 1 | I CALL TO WITNESS those who dive and drag, |
| 2 | And those who undo the bonds gently, |
| 3 | And those who glide swimmingly, |
| 4 | Then outpace the others swiftly |
| 5 | And direct affairs by command, |
| 6 | The day the convulsive (first blast) shatters convulsively |
| 7 | Followed by the second blast, |
| 8 | Hearts will pound loudly on that day, |
| 9 | Eyes be lowered in submission. |
| 10 | They say: "Shall we go back to our original state |
| 11 | After having turned to carious bones?" |
| 12 | They say: "Then this returning will be a dead loss." |
| 13 | It will only be a single blast, |
| 14 | And they will wake up suddenly. |
| 15 | Has the story of Moses come to you |
| 16 | When his Lord called to him in Tuwa's holy vale? |
| 17 | "Go to the Pharaoh who has become refractory, |
| 18 | And say: 'Would you like to grow (in virtue)? |
| 19 | Then I will guide you to your Lord that you may come to fear Him.'" |
| 20 | So he showed him the greater sign; |
| 21 | But (the Pharaoh) disavowed and disobeyed. |
| 22 | Then he turned away, deliberating, |
| 23 | And assembled (his council) and proclaimed, |
| 24 | Saying: "I am alone your lord, the highest of them all." |
| 25 | So God seized him for the punishment of the Hereafter and this world. |
| 26 | Truly there is a lesson in this for those who fear (the consequences). |
| 27 | Are you more difficult to create or the heavens? He built it, |
| 28 | Raised it high, proportioned it, |
| 29 | Gave darkness to its night, and brightness to its day; |
| 30 | And afterwards spread out the earth. |
| 31 | He brought out its water and its pastures from it, |
| 32 | And stabilized the mountains |
| 33 | As convenience for you and your cattle. |
| 34 | When the great calamity comes, |
| 35 | The day when man remembers all that he had done, |
| 36 | And Hell made visible to him who can see, |
| 37 | Then he who had been rebellious |
| 38 | And who preferred the life of the world, |
| 39 | Will surely have Hell for his abode. |
| 40 | But he who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained his self from vain desires, |
| 41 | Will surely have Paradise for abode. |
| 42 | They ask you: "When will the Hour be? When is its time fixed?" |
| 43 | What do you have to do with explaining it? |
| 44 | The extent of its knowledge goes to your Lord. |
| 45 | Your duty is only to warn him who fears it. |
| 46 | The day they see it, it will seem they had stayed in the world but only an evening or its turning into dawn. |