Holy Quran Verses

Holy Quran Verses from Pickthall's Translation

Surah Naazi-'aat: Those Who Drag Forth

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

079.001	By those who drag forth to destruction,
079.002	By the meteors rushing,
079.003	By the lone stars floating,
079.004	By the angels hastening,
079.005	And those who govern the event,
079.006	On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
079.007	And the second followeth it,
079.008	On that day hearts beat painfully
079.009	While eyes are downcast
079.010	(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
079.011	Even after we are crumbled bones?
079.012	They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
079.013	Surely it will need but one shout,
079.014	And lo! they will be awakened.
079.015	Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?
079.016	How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
079.017	(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
079.018	And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?
079.019	Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
079.020	And he showed him the tremendous token.
079.021	But he denied and disobeyed,
079.022	Then turned he away in haste,
079.023	Then gathered he and summoned
079.024	And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
079.025	So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
079.026	Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
079.027	Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?
079.028	He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
079.029	And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
079.030	And after that He spread the earth,
079.031	And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
079.032	And He made fast the hills,
079.033	A provision for you and for your cattle.
079.034	But when the great disaster cometh,
079.035	The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
079.036	And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
079.037	Then, as for him who rebelled
079.038	And chose the life of the world,
079.039	Lo! hell will be his home.
079.040	But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
079.041	Lo! the Garden will be his home.
079.042	They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?
079.043	Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof?
079.044	Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
079.045	Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
079.046	On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.

Let us pray (Sura 20, Ayat 114) 'Ya Rabbi Zidni Ilma!' ('O Lord! Increase me in knowledge.') and seek spiritual help (ta'yid) to understand our great faith.

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