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An-Nazi'at · Those who drag forth

46 ayahs Madani Pages 583–584 Juz 30
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy those who drag forth to destruction,

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وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the meteors rushing,

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وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the lone stars floating,

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فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the angels hastening,

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فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who govern the event,

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يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn the day when the first trump resoundeth.

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تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the second followeth it,

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قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn that day hearts beat painfully

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أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhile eyes are downcast

10
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يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

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أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEven after we are crumbled bones?

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قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.

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فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSurely it will need but one shout,

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فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! they will be awakened.

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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHath there come unto thee the history of Moses?

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إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHow his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,

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ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -

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فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?

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وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).

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فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he showed him the tremendous token.

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فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut he denied and disobeyed,

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ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen turned he away in haste,

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فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen gathered he and summoned

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فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."

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فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.

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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.

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ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAre ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?

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رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe raised the height thereof and ordered it;

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وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

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وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd after that He spread the earth,

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أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

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وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd He made fast the hills,

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مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA provision for you and for your cattle.

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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut when the great disaster cometh,

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يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,

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وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,

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فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen, as for him who rebelled

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وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd chose the life of the world,

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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! hell will be his home.

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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,

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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! the Garden will be his home.

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يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?

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فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhy (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof?

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إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallUnto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.

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إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.

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كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٤٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).