Translations of the Qur - Yusufali - 79. Sayfa

 

Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 79:

 

AN-NAZIAT (THOSE WHO DRAG FORTH, SOUL-SNATCHERS)

 

Total Verses: 46

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

 

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

 

079.001

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

PICKTHAL: By those who drag forth to destruction,

SHAKIR: I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,

 

079.002

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

PICKTHAL: By the meteors rushing,

SHAKIR: And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,

 

079.003

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

PICKTHAL: By the lone stars floating,

SHAKIR: And by those who float in space,

 

079.004

YUSUFALI: Then press forward as in a race,

PICKTHAL: By the angels hastening,

SHAKIR: Then those who are foremost going ahead,

 

079.005

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

PICKTHAL: And those who govern the event,

SHAKIR: Then those who regulate the affair.

 

079.006

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

PICKTHAL: On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

SHAKIR: The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

 

079.007

YUSUFALI: Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):

PICKTHAL: And the second followeth it,

SHAKIR: What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

 

079.008

YUSUFALI: Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

PICKTHAL: On that day hearts beat painfully

SHAKIR: Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

 

079.009

YUSUFALI: Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

PICKTHAL: While eyes are downcast

SHAKIR: Their eyes cast down.

 

079.010

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

PICKTHAL: (Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

SHAKIR: They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?

 

079.011

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

PICKTHAL: Even after we are crumbled bones?

SHAKIR: What! when we are rotten bones?

 

079.012

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

PICKTHAL: They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.

SHAKIR: They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.

 

079.013

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

PICKTHAL: Surely it will need but one shout,

SHAKIR: But it shall be only a single cry,

 

079.014

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

PICKTHAL: And lo! they will be awakened.

SHAKIR: When lo! they shall be wakeful.

 

079.015

YUSUFALI: Has the story of Moses reached thee?

PICKTHAL: Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?

SHAKIR: Has not there come to you the story of Musa?

 

079.016

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

PICKTHAL: How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,

SHAKIR: When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,

 

079.017

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

PICKTHAL: (Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -

SHAKIR: Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.

 

079.018

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

PICKTHAL: And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?

SHAKIR: Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:

 

079.019

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

PICKTHAL: Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).

SHAKIR: And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.

 

079.020

YUSUFALI: Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

PICKTHAL: And he showed him the tremendous token.

SHAKIR: So he showed him the mighty sign.

 

079.021

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

PICKTHAL: But he denied and disobeyed,

SHAKIR: But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.

 

079.022

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

PICKTHAL: Then turned he away in haste,

SHAKIR: Then he went back hastily.

 

079.023

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

PICKTHAL: Then gathered he and summoned

SHAKIR: Then he gathered (men) and called out.

 

079.024

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

PICKTHAL: And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."

SHAKIR: Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.

 

079.025

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

PICKTHAL: So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.

SHAKIR: So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.

 

079.026

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

PICKTHAL: Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.

SHAKIR: Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.

 

079.027

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

PICKTHAL: Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?

SHAKIR: Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.

 

079.028

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

PICKTHAL: He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

SHAKIR: He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.

 

079.029

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

PICKTHAL: And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

SHAKIR: And He made dark its night and brought out its light.

 

079.030

YUSUFALI: And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);

PICKTHAL: And after that He spread the earth,

SHAKIR: And the earth, He expanded it after that.

 

079.031

YUSUFALI: He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

PICKTHAL: And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

SHAKIR: He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.

 

079.032

YUSUFALI: And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-

PICKTHAL: And He made fast the hills,

SHAKIR: And the mountains, He made them firm,

 

079.033

YUSUFALI: For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

PICKTHAL: A provision for you and for your cattle.

SHAKIR: A provision for you and for your cattle.

 

079.034

YUSUFALI: Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-

PICKTHAL: But when the great disaster cometh,

SHAKIR: But when the great predominating calamity comes;

 

079.035

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

PICKTHAL: The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,

SHAKIR: The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,

 

079.036

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

PICKTHAL: And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,

SHAKIR: And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees

 

079.037

YUSUFALI: Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

PICKTHAL: Then, as for him who rebelled

SHAKIR: Then as for him who is inordinate,

 

079.038

YUSUFALI: And had preferred the life of this world,

PICKTHAL: And chose the life of the world,

SHAKIR: And prefers the life of this world,

 

079.039

YUSUFALI: The Abode will be Hell-Fire;

PICKTHAL: Lo! hell will be his home.

SHAKIR: Then surely the hell, that is the abode.

 

079.040

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

PICKTHAL: But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,

SHAKIR: And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,

 

079.041

YUSUFALI: Their abode will be the Garden.

PICKTHAL: Lo! the Garden will be his home.

SHAKIR: Then surely the garden-- that is the abode.

 

079.042

YUSUFALI: They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time?

PICKTHAL: They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?

SHAKIR: They ask you about the hour, when it will come.

 

079.043

YUSUFALI: Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

PICKTHAL: Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof?

SHAKIR: About what! You are one to remind of it.

 

079.044

YUSUFALI: With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.

PICKTHAL: Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.

SHAKIR: To your Lord is the goal of it.

 

079.045

YUSUFALI: Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

PICKTHAL: Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.

SHAKIR: You are only a warner to him who would fear it.

 

079.046

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

PICKTHAL: On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.

SHAKIR: On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.

 

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