Holy Quran Verses

Holy Quran Verses from Yusufali's Translation

Surah Naazi-'aat: Those Who Drag Forth

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

079.001	By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
079.002	By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
079.003	And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
079.004	Then press forward as in a race,
079.005	Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
079.006	One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
079.007	Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):
079.008	Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
079.009	Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
079.010	They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
079.011	"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
079.012	They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
079.013	But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
079.014	When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
079.015	Has the story of Moses reached thee?
079.016	Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-
079.017	"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
079.018	"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?-
079.019	"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
079.020	Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
079.021	But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
079.022	Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against God).
079.023	Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
079.024	Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
079.025	But God did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
079.026	Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (God).
079.027	What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (God) hath constructed it:
079.028	On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
079.029	Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
079.030	And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
079.031	He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
079.032	And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-
079.033	For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
079.034	Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-
079.035	The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
079.036	And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,-
079.037	Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
079.038	And had preferred the life of this world,
079.039	The Abode will be Hell-Fire;
079.040	And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
079.041	Their abode will be the Garden.
079.042	They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time?
079.043	Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
079.044	With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
079.045	Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
079.046	The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!

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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