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Sūra 79: Nāzi’āt, or Those Who Tear Out

Section 2 (27-46)


27. Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

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


28. RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

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


29. Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

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


30. Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

30. And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);


31. Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha

31. He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;


32. Waaljibala arsaha

32. And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-


33. MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

33. For use and convenience to you and your cattle.


34. Fa-itha jaati alttammatu alkubra

34. Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-


35. Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu ma saAAa

35. The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,


36. Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

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


37. Faamma man tagha

37. Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,


38. Waathara alhayata alddunya

38. And had preferred the life of this world,


39. Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

39. The Abode will be Hell-Fire;


40. Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa

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


41. Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

41. Their abode will be the Garden.


42. Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha

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


43. Feema anta min thikraha

43. Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?


44. Ila rabbika muntahaha

44. With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.


45. Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha

45. Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.


46. Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

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


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