Sura 79: The Snatchers (Al-Naaze`aat)
Number of verses: 48
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1. The (angels who)
snatch (the souls of the disbelievers) forcibly.
2. And those who gently
take (the souls of the believers) joyfully.
3. And those floating
everywhere.
4. Eagerly racing with
one another -
5. to carry out various
commands.
6. The day the quake
quakes.
7. Followed by the second
blow.
8. Certain minds will be
terrified.
9. Their eyes will be
subdued.
10. They will say,
"We have been recreated from the grave!
11. "How did this
happen after we had turned into rotten bones?"
12. They had said,
"This is an impossible recurrence."
13. All it takes is one
nudge.
14. Whereupon they get
up.
15. Have you known
about the history of Moses?
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16. His Lord called
him at the holy valley of Tuwaa.
17. "Go to Pharaoh;
he has transgressed."
18. Tell him, "Would
you not reform?
19. "Let me guide
you to your Lord, that you may turn reverent."
20. He then showed him
the great miracle.
21. But he disbelieved
and rebelled.
22. Then he turned away
in a hurry.
23. He summoned and
proclaimed.
24. He said, "I am
your lord; most high."
25. Consequently, GOD
committed him to the retribution in the Hereafter, as well as in
the first life.
26. This is a lesson for
the reverent.
27. Are you more
difficult to create than the heaven? He constructed it.
28. He raised its masses,
and perfected it.
29. He made its night
dark, and brightened its morn.
30. He made the earth
egg-shaped.
31. From it, He
produced its own water and pasture.
32. He established the
mountains.
33. All this to provide
life support for you and your animals.
34. Then, when the
great blow comes.
35. That is the Day when
the human will remember everything he did.
36. Hell will be brought
into existence.
37. As for the one who
transgressed.
38. Who was preoccupied
with this life.
39. Hell will be the
abode.
40. As for the one who
reverenced the majesty of his Lord, and enjoined the self from
sinful lusts.
41. Paradise will be the
abode.
42. They ask you about
the Hour, and when it will take place!
43. It is not you
(Muhammad) who is destined to announce its time.
44. Your
Lord decides its fate.
45. Your mission is to
warn those who expect it.
46. The Day they see it,
they will feel as if they lasted one evening or half a day.
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*79:30 The Arabic word
"dahhaahaa'' is derived from "Dahhyah'' which means
"egg.''
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