| | T.B.Irving rendition of Surah Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out(an-Nazi`at)
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| 79:1 | | By those who snatch [men´s souls] away at their last gasp |
| 79:2 | | and others who act more nimbly |
| 79:3 | | as well as those floating by, |
| 79:4 | | and still others racing past, |
| 79:5 | | to regulate some matter! |
| 79:6 | | Someday a rumbling will be felt; |
| 79:7 | | another will follow on its heels! |
| 79:8 | | Hearts will be pounding on that day; |
| 79:9 | | their sight will be downcast. |
| 79:10 | | They will say: "Will we be restored to our original state |
| 79:11 | | once we are crumbled bones?" |
| 79:12 | | They say: ´That would then be a losing proposition! |
| 79:13 | | There would only be a single rebuke |
| 79:14 | | and then they would never be able to sleep again! |
| 79:15 | | Has Moses´ story ever come to you, |
| 79:16 | | when his Lord called to him by the sacred valley of Tuwa? |
| 79:17 | | "Go off to Pharaoh; he has acted arrogantly. |
| 79:18 | | SAY: ´Would you care to be purified |
| 79:19 | | and for me to guide you to your Lord so you may [learn to] dread [Him]?"´ |
| 79:20 | | He showed him the greatest sign. |
| 79:21 | | Yet he denied and defied it; |
| 79:22 | | then he turned away to try his best. |
| 79:23 | | He summoned, and called out, |
| 79:24 | | and said: "I am your supreme Lord!" |
| 79:25 | | God seized him as an example in (both) the Hereafter and from the First [life]. |
| 79:26 | | In that there lies a lesson for anyone who dreads [retribution]. |
| 79:27 | | Were you harder to create, or the sky He has raised? |
| 79:28 | | He has lifted its canopy up and smoothed it off. |
| 79:29 | | He darkens its night and brings forth its morning glow; |
| 79:30 | | and the earth has He spread out besides, |
| 79:31 | | and produced its water and its pasturage from it. |
| 79:32 | | The mountains has He anchored |
| 79:33 | | as an enjoyment for you and for your livestock. |
| 79:34 | | When the greatest calamity comes along, |
| 79:35 | | on the day when everyman will remember whatever he has tried to accomplish, |
| 79:36 | | and Hades will loom forth for anyone to see, |
| 79:37 | | anyone who has acted arrogantly |
| 79:38 | | and preferred worldly life |
| 79:39 | | will have Hades for a dwelling place. |
| 79:40 | | Anyone who has been afraid to stand before his Lord and restrained himself from passion, |
| 79:41 | | will have the Garden for a dwelling place. |
| 79:42 | | They will ask you about the Hour: "When will it come to pass? |
| 79:43 | | Why are you reminding us about it?" |
| 79:44 | | It lies up to your Lord to set it. |
| 79:45 | | You are merely a warner for anyone who dreads it; |
| 79:46 | | just as some day they shall see they have hung around for only an evening, or its morning glow. |
