ok on
that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will
cry: "Would that I were dust!"

S: Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day
when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the
unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!

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Chapter 79:

AN-NAZIAT (THOSE WHO DRAG FORTH, SOUL-SNATCHERS)
Total Verses: 46 Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

079.001
Y: By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;

P: By those who drag forth to destruction,

S: I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,

079.002
Y: By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);

P: By the meteors rushing,

S: And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,

079.003
Y: And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),

P: By the lone stars floating,

S: And by those who float in space,

079.004
Y: Then press forward as in a race,

P: By the angels hastening,

S: Then those who are foremost going ahead,

079.005
Y: Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),

P: And those who govern the event,

S: Then those who regulate the affair.

079.006
Y: One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent
commotion,

P: On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

S: The day on which the quaking one shall quake,

079.007
Y: Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):

P: And the second followeth it,

S: What must happen afterwards shall follow it.

079.008
Y: Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

P: On that day hearts beat painfully

S: Hearts on that day shall palpitate,

079.009
Y: Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

P: While eyes are downcast

S: Their eyes cast down.

079.010
Y: They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former
state?"

P: (Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

S: They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?

079.011
Y: "What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"

P: Even after we are crumbled bones?

S: What! when we are rotten bones?

079.012
Y: They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"

P: They say: Then that would be a vain procee