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The Meanings of the Holy Qur'ánBy Abdullah Yusufali
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79: Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-Snatchers
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By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
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By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
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And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
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Then press forward as in a race,
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Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
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One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent
commotion,
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Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):
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Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
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Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
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They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former
state?
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"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
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They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
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But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
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When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
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Has the story of Moses reached thee?
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Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-
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"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
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"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from
sin)?-
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"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
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Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
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But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
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Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against God).
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Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
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Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
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But God did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the
Hereafter, as in this life.
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Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (God).
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What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (God)
hath constructed it:
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On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and
perfection.
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Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring
out (with light).
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And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
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He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
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And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-
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For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
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Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-
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The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
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And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,-
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Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
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And had preferred the life of this world,
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The Abode will be Hell-Fire;
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And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their
Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
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Their abode will be the Garden.
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They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time?
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Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
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With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
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Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
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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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