# Surah 79

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> Surah 79
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> Al Nazi'at (Those Who Tear Out)
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> In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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> 1.  By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
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> 2.  By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
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> 3.  And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
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> 4.  Then press forward as in a race,
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> 5.  Then arrange to do (the commands of their Lord)--
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> 6.  One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
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> 7.  Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):
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> 8.  Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
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> 9.  Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
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> 10.  They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?"--
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> 11.  "What!--when we shall have become rotten bones?"
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> 12.  They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
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> 13.  But verily, it will be but a single (compelling) Cry.
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> 14.  When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
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> 15.  Has the story of Moses reached thee?
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> 16.  Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley to Tuwa--
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> 17.  "Go thou to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds.
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> 18.  "And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?--
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> 19.  "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?' "
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> 20.  Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
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> 21.  But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
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> 22.  Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
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> 23.  Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
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> 24.  Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High."
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> 25.  But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him--in the Hereafter, as in this life.
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> 26.  Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah):
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> 27.  What! are ye the more difficult to create of the heaven (above)?  (Allah) hath constructed it:
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> 28.  On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
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> 29.  Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendor doth He bring out (with light).
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> 30.  And the earth, moreover; hath He extended (to a wide expanse):
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> 31.  He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
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> 32.  And the mountains hath He firmly fixed--
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> 33.  For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
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> 34.  Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event)--
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> 35.  The Day when Man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
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> 36.  And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see--
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> 37.  Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
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> 38.  And had preferred the life of this world,
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> 39.  The Abode will be Hell-Fire;
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> 40.  And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower Desires,
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> 41.  Their abode will be the Garden.
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> 42.  They ask thee about the Hour--'When will be its appointed time?'
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> 43.  Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
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> 44.  With they Lord is the Limit fixed therefor.
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> 45.  Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
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> 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!
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> — *Surah 79*