079 : Those Who Drag Forth

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

 

79:2

 

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

 

79:3

 

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

 

79:4

 

Then press forward as in a race,

 

79:5

 

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

 

79:6

 

One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,

 

79:7

 

Followed by oft−repeated (commotions):

 

79:8

 

Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

 

79:9

 

Cast down will be (their owners') eyes. They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?

 

79:11

 

"What! − when we shall have become rotten bones?"

 

79:12

 

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

 

79:13

 

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

 

79:14

 

When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).

 

79:15

 

Has the story of Moses reached thee?

 

79:16

 

Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:−

 

79:17

 

"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

 

79:18

 

"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?−

 

79:19

 

"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'" Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

 

79:21

 

But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

 

79:22

 

Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).

 

79:23

 

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

 

79:24

 

Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".

 

79:25

 

But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, − in the Hereafter, as in this life.

 

79:26

 

Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).

 

79:27

 

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

 

79:28

 

On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.

 

79:29

 

Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light). And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);

 

79:31

 

He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

 

79:32

 

And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;−

 

79:33

 

For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

 

79:34

 

Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),−

 

79:35

 

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

 

79:36

 

And Hell−Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,−

 

79:37

 

Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

 

79:38

 

And had preferred the life of this world,

 

79:39

The Abode will be Hell−Fire; And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,

79:41

 

Their abode will be the Garden.

 

79:42

 

They ask thee about the Hour,−'When will be its appointed time?

 

79:43

 

Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

 

79:44

 

With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

 

79:45

 

Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

 

79:46

 

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

 

−− 079 : Those Who Drag Forth −−