The Holy Qur'an: An-Naziat (Those Who Drag Forth)

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Legend: R = Revelational Circumstance | X = Abrogated | C = Commentary
E = Contradiction | Mc = Meccan Surah | Md = Medinan Surah | No. = Chronological Order

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

¹ By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;

² By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);

³ And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),

⁴ Then press forward as in a race,

⁵ Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),

⁶ One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,

⁷ Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):^E

⁸ Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

⁹ Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

¹⁰ They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?

¹¹ "What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"

¹² They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"

¹³ But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,

¹⁴ When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).

¹⁵ Has the story of Moses reached thee?

¹⁶ Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-

¹⁷ "Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

¹⁸ "And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?-

¹⁹ "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"

²⁰ Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

²¹ But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

²² Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah.

²³ Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,

²⁴ Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".

²⁵ But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.

²⁶ Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth ((Allah)).

²⁷ What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:^E

²⁸ On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.

²⁹ Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).

³⁰ And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);!^C

³¹ He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

³² And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;

³³ For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

³⁴ Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),

³⁵ The Day when Man shall remember (all) that he strove for,

³⁶ And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,

³⁷ Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

³⁸ And had preferred the life of this world,

³⁹ the Abode will be Hell-Fire;

⁴⁰ And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower Desires,

⁴¹ Their Abode will be the Garden.

⁴² They ask thee about the Hour, 'When will be its appointed time?'

⁴³ Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

⁴⁴ With thy Lord is the Limit fixed therefor.

⁴⁵ Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

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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