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النازعات46 āyāt · 23 tafsīrs
وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
Al-Mukhtasar
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1. Allah takes an oath on the angels who pull out the souls of the disbelievers with severity and harshness.
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retaliated againSt the other, ‘Be duSt!’. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [79:1] By those that wreil, [by] the angels who wreSt the souls of disbelievers, violently; [79:2] by those that draw out, [by] the angels who draw out the souls of believers, gently; [79:3] by those that glide serenely, [by] the angels who descend from the heavens with His command, exalted be He; [79:4] by those that race forward, [by] the angels who race forward to Paradise with the souls of believers;
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2. And He also takes an oath on the angels who gently remove the souls of the believers with ease and smoothness.
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وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
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3. He also takes an oath on the angels who float from the heavens to the earth, by the command of Allah.
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فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
Al-Mukhtasar
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4. And He also takes an oath on the angels who compete with one another to carry out the command of Allah.
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فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
Al-Mukhtasar
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5. He also takes an oath on the angels who execute the decree of Allah that He has commanded them to, i.e. the angels appointed to the deeds of the servants. He takes an oath on all that, that He will definitely resurrect them for accounting and requital.
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y those that race forward, [by] the angels who race forward to Paradise with the souls of believers; [79:5] and by those that direct the affair, [by] the angels who direct the affairs of this world, that is to say, they descend with the directions for it [from God] (the re^Jronse to all of these oath clauses has been omitted, understood to be [something like], la-tub‘athunna yd kuffara Makka, ‘you shall certainly be resurrecfted, O disbelievers of Mecca!’, which is also the operator of [the following clause]): [79:6] the day when the Tremor quakes, that is to say, the firs't blaSt, as a re…
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Al-Mukhtasar
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6. On the day when the earth will tremble upon the first blowing of the horn.
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تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
7. The second blow will follow it.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
be shaken violently (thus it [the subject] has been described in terms of the effeCt it produces), [79:7] and is followed by the Aftershock, the second blaSt; between the two [blasts] is a SJ?an of forty years (the sentence [tatba uhd’l-rddifatu] is a circumstantial qualifier referring to al-rdjifa, ‘the Tremor’, in other words, the ‘day’ can [adverbially] accommodate both blaSts and other events, and so for this reason it can also properly function as the adverbial qualifier for the Resurrection that will take place after the second [blaSt]); [79:8] on that day hearts will be trembling,…
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Al-Mukhtasar
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8. The hearts of some people will be fearful on that day.
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أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
Al-Mukhtasar
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9. The effects of humiliation will be apparent on their faces.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
ng, frightened and anxious, [79:9] their eyes humbled, abjeCt, because of the terror that they see. [79:10] They, those of the [mentioned] hearts and eyes, will say, mockingly and in rejection of the Res¬ urrection: ‘Are we indeed (read a-inna pronouncing both hamzas, or by not pronouncing the second, and inserting an alif between them in both cases, and in both instances) being restored as before? Shall we be restored to life after death ( al-hafira is a noun signifying the ‘firSt part’ of anything, from which is derived the expression rajaafi hdfiratihi to mean that so and so ‘returned…
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Al-Mukhtasar
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10. They would say: “Will we be returned to life after we have died?”
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أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
Al-Mukhtasar
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11. “When we will become decomposed, empty bones, will we be returned then?!”
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قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
Al-Mukhtasar
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12. They say: “If we are returned, that return will be a loss, and the person returning will be defrauded.”
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ones?’ ( nakhira : a variant reading has ndkhira, ‘decayed and withered’), will we have life again? [79:12] They will say, ‘That, return of ours to life, then, if it were true, woidd be a ruinous return!’. [79:13] God, exalted be He, says: But it, the Aftershock, which will be followed by the Resurrection, will be only a single blaft, and so when it is blaSted: [79:14] behold, then, they, all creatures, will be upon the surface of the earth, alive, after having been dead inside it. [79:15] Have you, O Muhammad (s), received the ilory of Moses (hadithu Musa operates [the clause that foll…
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13. The matter of the resurrection is easy. It will only be a single scream from the angel appointed to blow.
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فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
Al-Mukhtasar
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14. Then suddenly, everyone will be alive on the face of the earth, after they were dead within it.
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هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
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15. O Messenger! Has the news of Moses, his Lord and enemy, Pharaoh, come to you?
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إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Al-Mukhtasar
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16. When his Lord may He be glorified called out to him at the blessed valley of Tuwa.
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اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
Al-Mukhtasar
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17. Among the things He said to him was: “Go to Pharaoh; indeed, he has trespassed the limits of oppression and arrogance.”
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
a? — this is the name of the valley (it maybe read with nunation, Tuwan, or without) — and He said: [79:17] ‘Go to Pharaoh; he has indeed become rebellious, he has exceeded [all] bounds with his disbelief, [79:18] and say, “Would you — I call you [to] — purify yourself (tazakka: a variant reading has tazzakka, where the original second ta [of tatazakka ] has been assimilated with the zdy), to purge yourself of idolatry, by bearing witness that there is no god but God, [79:19] and allow me to guide you to your Lord, to show you how to know Him ( marifa ) by way of proofs, so that you may…
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18. “Then say to him: “O Pharaoh! Do you want to purify yourself from disbelief and sins?”
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وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Al-Mukhtasar
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19. “I will guide you to your Lord who has created you and provided for you so that you can fear Him and act according to His pleasure, together with refraining from things that cause His wrath.”
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فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Al-Mukhtasar
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20. Moses (peace be upon him) then showed him the great miracle that proved he was a Messenger from his Lord, i.e. the Hand and the Staff.
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فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
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21. Pharaoh did not do anything except reject these signs, and disobeyed the instruction Moses (peace be upon him) gave to him.
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the greatest sign, from among His nine signs, namely, the [glowing] hand or the [slithering] Staff. [79:21] But he. Pharaoh, denied, Moses, and disobeyed, God, exalted be He. [79:22] Then he turned his back, to faith, going about in haSte, throughout the land causing corruption. [79:23] Then he gathered, he assembled the sorcerers and his armies, and proclaimed, [79:24] and said, ‘I am your moil high lord!’, above whom is no other lord. [79:25] So God seized him.…
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Al-Mukhtasar
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22. He then turned away from bringing faith in what Moses had brought.
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فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
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23. And turned his attention to mobilising his armies to overpower Moses. He called out to his people, saying:
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فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
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24. “I am your highest Lord; you are not to be obedient to anyone except me.”
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فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
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25. So Allah seized him and punished him in the world by drowning him in the sea, and He will punish him in the afterlife by entering him into the severest punishment.
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إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Al-Mukhtasar
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26. Indeed, in My punishing of Pharaoh in the world and the afterlife, there is admonition for the one who fears Allah, because it is he who benefits from the admonitions.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
than me’ [Q. 28:38] — and between the two [claims made by Pharaoh] was an interval of forty years. [79:26] Assuredly in that, which is mentioned, there is a moral for him who fears, God, exalted be He. [79:27] Are you (read a-antum pronouncing both hamzas, or by substituting an alif for the second one, not pronouncing it and inserting an alif between the one not pronounced and the former, or without [this insertion]), namely, [you] the deniers of the Resurrection, harder to create or the heaven which He has built?, harder to create ( bandha: an explication of the manner of [its] creation)…
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27. O rejectors of the resurrection! Is your origination, or the origination of the heavens that He has created, harder for Allah?
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رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
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28. He raised the peak of the heaven vertically, and made it smooth: there is no break, crack or defect in it.
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en which He has built?, harder to create ( bandha: an explication of the manner of [its] creation). [79:28] He made it rise high — an explication of the manner of [its] construction; in other words, He made its vertical extension high; it is also said that samkahd means ‘its ceiling’ — and levelled it: He made it even, flawless, [79:29] and darkened its night, and brought forth its day: He exposed the light of its sun (‘night’ has been annexed to it [the heaven] because it represents its shade, and likewise the ‘sun, because it repre¬ sents its light); [79:30] and after that He Spread o…
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29. And He darkened its night when the sun set, while manifesting its light when it rose.
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وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
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30. As for the earth after He created the heavens, He spread it out and placed within it its benefits.
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أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
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31. He extracted water from it in the form of flowing springs, and made plants grow on it which the livestock graze.
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وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
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32. And He made the mountains stand firm on the earth.
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gurative), [79:32] and has set firm the mountains, on the face of the earth so that it Stays Still, [79 : 33] as a [source of] sustenance (an objeCt denoting reason for an implied [verbal clause], in other words, fa’ala dhalika mut’atan or tamtfan, ‘He did this to provide [a source of] sustenance’) for you and your flocks {an dm is the plural of na'am, which are camels, cows and sheep). [79:34] So when the Greatest Catastrophe befalls — the second blaSt — [79 : 35] the day when man will remember (yawma yatadhakkaru’l-insanu substitutes for idha, ‘when’) his efforts, in the [life of the]…
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33. O people! All that is for your benefit, and for the benefit of your livestock. So whoever created all that, is not incapable of recreating you anew.
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فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
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34. So when the second blowing will come, which will cover everything with its terror, and the judgement will occur.
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يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
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35. On the day when it will come, the human will remember what deeds he sent forth: whether good or bad.
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وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
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36. And hell will be brought and unveiled clearly for all to see.
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فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
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37. As for the one who transgressed the limits into deviance.
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وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
38. And gave priority to the temporary worldly life over the everlasting afterlife.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
every on-looker (the response [79 : 37] as for him who was rebellious, [who] disbelieved, [79:38] and preferred the life of this world, by pursuing [carnal] desires, [79:39] Hell-fire will indeed be the abode, his abode. [79:40] But as for him who feared the fiance before his Lord, his standing before Him, and forbade the, evil-bidding, soul from [pursuing] desire, that leads to perdition as a result of [that persons] lusting after [carnal] desires, [79:41] Paradise will indeed be the abode-, in sum the regionse [to idha, ‘when’, verse 34] is that the disobedient one will be in the Fire…
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39. Then indeed, the hellfire is his abode he will take shelter towards.
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
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40 & 41. And as for the one who feared his standing before his Lord and stopped himself from following his desires that were made impermissible by Allah, then Paradise is his abode he will take shelter towards.
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فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
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40 & 41. And as for the one who feared his standing before his Lord and stopped himself from following his desires that were made impermissible by Allah, then Paradise is his abode he will take shelter towards.
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يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
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42. O Messenger! These rejectors of the resurrection ask you: “When will the Hour occur?”
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
‘when’, verse 34] is that the disobedient one will be in the Fire and the obedient one in Paradise. [79:42] They, that is, the disbelievers of Mecca, will ask you about the Hour: when will it set in?, when will it come to pass and when will it begin? [79:43] What have you to do with the mention of it?, in other words, you have no knowledge of it in order to mention it. [79:44] With your Lord it belongs ultimately, ultimate knowledge of it [lies with Him]; none other than Him has any knowledge of it. [79:45] You are only a Warner for, your warning will only benefit, the one who fears it.
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43. You do not have any knowledge regarding it that you can mention to them; nor is it befitting of your duty to, because your duty is only to prepare for it.
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will it set in?, when will it come to pass and when will it begin? [79:43] What have you to do with the mention of it?, in other words, you have no knowledge of it in order to mention it. [79:44] With your Lord it belongs ultimately, ultimate knowledge of it [lies with Him]; none other than Him has any knowledge of it. [79:45] You are only a Warner for, your warning will only benefit, the one who fears it.
Open in library →إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
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44. The total knowledge of the Hour is with your Lord alone.
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إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
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45. You are only a warner to the one who fears the Hour, because he is the one who benefits from your warning.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
dge of it. [79:45] You are only a Warner for, your warning will only benefit, the one who fears it. [79 : 46] The day they see it, it will be as if they had only tarried, in their graves , for an evening or the morning thereof, that is to say, [as if only] one evening of a day or its morning (the annexation of duha, ‘morning’, to ‘ ashiyya, ‘evening’, is valid, on the basis of their contiguity, since both constitute either side of the day; the annexation has also allowed for the word to fall in harmony with the end- rhyme of the verses). In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Mercifu…
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46. It is as if on the day they see the Hour for themselves, they will not have remained in their worldly lives except for a single evening or morning.
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