| | George Sale rendition of Surah Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out(an-Nazi`at)
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| 79:1 | | By the angels who tear forth the souls of some with violence |
| 79:2 | | and by those who draw forth the souls of others with gentleness |
| 79:3 | | by those who glide swimmingly through the air with the commands of God |
| 79:4 | | and those who precede and usher the righteous to paradise |
| 79:5 | | and those who subordinately govern the affairs of this world |
| 79:6 | | On a certain day, the disturbing blast of the trumpet shall disturb the universe |
| 79:7 | | and the subsequent blast shall follow it |
| 79:8 | | On that day men's hearts shall tremble |
| 79:9 | | Their looks shall be cast down |
| 79:10 | | The infidels say, shall we surely be made to return whence we came |
| 79:11 | | After we shall have become rotten bones, shall we be again raised to life |
| 79:12 | | They say, this then will be a return to loss |
| 79:13 | | Verily it will be but one sounding of the trumpet |
| 79:14 | | and behold, they shall appear alive on the face of the earth |
| 79:15 | | Hath not the story of Moses reached thee |
| 79:16 | | When his Lord called unto him in the holy valley Towa, saying |
| 79:17 | | go unto Pharaoh; for he is insolently wicked |
| 79:18 | | and say, hast thou a desire to become just and holy |
| 79:19 | | And I will direct thee unto thy Lord, that thou mayest fear to transgress |
| 79:20 | | And he shewed him the very great sign of the rod turned into a serpent |
| 79:21 | | But he charged Moses with imposture, and rebelled against God |
| 79:22 | | Then he turned back hastily |
| 79:23 | | and he assembled the magicians, and cried aloud, saying |
| 79:24 | | I am your supreme Lord |
| 79:25 | | Wherefore God chastised him with the punishment of the life to come, and also of this present life |
| 79:26 | | Verily herein is an example unto him who feareth to rebel |
| 79:27 | | Are ye more difficult to create, or the heaven which God hath built |
| 79:28 | | He hath raised the height thereof, and hath perfectly formed the same |
| 79:29 | | And He hath made the night thereof dark, and hath produced the light thereof |
| 79:30 | | After this, He stretched out the earth |
| 79:31 | | whence He caused to spring forth the water thereof, and the pasture thereof |
| 79:32 | | and He established the mountains |
| 79:33 | | for the use of yourselves, and of your cattle |
| 79:34 | | When the prevailing, the great day shall come |
| 79:35 | | on that day shall a man call to remembrance what he hath purposely done |
| 79:36 | | And hell shall be exposed to the view of the spectator |
| 79:37 | | And whoso shall have transgressed |
| 79:38 | | and shall have chosen this present life |
| 79:39 | | verily hell shall be his abode |
| 79:40 | | But whoso shall have dreaded the appearing before his Lord, and shall have refrained his soul from lust |
| 79:41 | | verily paradise shall be his abode |
| 79:42 | | They will ask thee concerning the last hour, when will be the fixed time thereof |
| 79:43 | | By what means canst thou give any information of the same |
| 79:44 | | Unto thy Lord belongeth the knowledge of the period thereof |
| 79:45 | | And thou art only a warner, who fearest the same |
| 79:46 | | The day whereon they shall see the same, it shall seem to them as though they had not tarried in the world longer than an evening, or a morning thereof |
