The Qur'an, 79. an-Nazi`at
79. an-Nazi`at: Those Who Pull Out
1 By those who drag forth to
destruction,
2 By the meteors rushing,
3 By the lone stars floating,
4 By the angels hastening,
5 And those who govern the event,
6 On the day when the first
trump resoundeth.
7 And the second followeth it,
8 On that day hearts beat painfully
9 While eyes are downcast
10 (Now) they are saying: Shall
we really be restored to our first state
11 Even after we are crumbled
bones ?
12 They say: Then that would
be a vain proceeding.
13 Surely it will need but one
shout,
14 And lo! they will be awakened.
15 Hath there come unto thee
the history of Moses ?
16 How his Lord called him in
the holy vale of Tuwa,
17 (Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh
- Lo! he hath rebelled -
18 And say (unto him): Hast
thou (will) to grow (in grace) ?
19 Then I will guide thee to
thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
20 And he showed him the tremendous
token.
21 But he denied and disobeyed,
22 Then turned he away in haste,
23 Then gathered he and summoned
24 And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh)
am your Lord the Highest."
25 So Allah seized him (and
made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
26 Lo! herein is indeed a lesson
for him who feareth.
27 Are ye the harder to create,
or is the heaven that He built ?
28 He raised the height thereof
and ordered it;
29 And He made dark the night
thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
30 And after that He spread
the earth,
31 And produced therefrom the
water thereof and the pasture thereof,
32 And He made fast the hills,
33 A provision for you and for
your cattle.
34 But when the great disaster
cometh,
35 The day when man will call
to mind his (whole) endeavour,
36 And hell will stand forth
visible to him who seeth,
37 Then, as for him who rebelled
38 And chose the life of the
world,
39 Lo! hell will be his home.
40 But as for him who feared
to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
41 Lo! the Garden will be his
home.
42 They ask thee of the Hour:
when will it come to port ?
43 Why (ask they) ? What hast
thou to tell thereof ?
44 Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge
of) the term thereof.
45 Thou art but a warner unto
him who feareth it.
46 On the day when they behold
it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.
