The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/79. Those Who Yearn

79. Those Who Yearn (Al-Nazi'at)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

By those yearning vehemently! 

And those going forth cheerfully! 

And those running swiftly! 

And those that are foremost going ahead! 

And those regulating the Affair! 

The day when the quaking one shall quake -- 

The consequence will follow it. 

Hearts that day will palpitate, 

<section begin="79:9"/>Their eyes downcast. <section end="79:9"/>

<section begin="79:10"/>They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (out) first state? <section end="79:10"/>

<section begin="79:11"/>What! After we are rotten bones? <section end="79:11"/>

<section begin="79:12"/>They say; That would then be a return with loss. <section end="79:12"/>

<section begin="79:13"/>It is only a single cry, <section end="79:13"/>

<section begin="79:14"/>When lo! they will be awakened. <section end="79:14"/>

<section begin="79:15"/>Has not there come to thee the story of Moses, <section end="79:15"/>

<section begin="79:16"/>When his Lord called him in the holy valley, Tuwa? <section end="79:16"/>

<section begin="79:17"/>Go to Pharaoh, surely he has rebelled. <section end="79:17"/>

<section begin="79:18"/>And say: Wilt thou purify thyself? <section end="79:18"/>

<section begin="79:19"/>And I will guide thee to thy Lord so that thou fear (Him). <section end="79:19"/>

<section begin="79:20"/>So he showed him the mighty sign; <section end="79:20"/>

<section begin="79:21"/>But he denied and disobeyed. <section end="79:21"/>

<section begin="79:22"/>Then he went back hastily, <section end="79:22"/>

<section begin="79:23"/>So he gathered and called out. <section end="79:23"/>

<section begin="79:24"/>Then he said: I am your Lord, the most High. <section end="79:24"/>

<section begin="79:25"/>So Allah seized him with the punishment of the Hereafter and of this life. <section end="79:25"/>

<section begin="79:26"/>Surely there is in this a lesson for him who fears. <section end="79:26"/>

<section begin="79:27"/>Are you the stronger in creation or the heaven? He made it. <section end="79:27"/>

<section begin="79:28"/>He raised high its height, and made it perfect, <section end="79:28"/>

<section begin="79:29"/>And He made dark its night and brought out its light. <section end="79:29"/>

<section begin="79:30"/>And the earth, He cast It after that. <section end="79:30"/>

<section begin="79:31"/>He brought forth from it its water and its pasture. <section end="79:31"/>

<section begin="79:32"/>And the mountains, He made them firm, <section end="79:32"/>

<section begin="79:33"/>A provision for you and for your cattle. <section end="79:33"/>

<section begin="79:34"/>So when the great Calamity comes; <section end="79:34"/>

<section begin="79:35"/>The day when man remembers all that he strove for, <section end="79:35"/>

<section begin="79:36"/>And hell is made manifest to him who sees. <section end="79:36"/>

<section begin="79:37"/>Then as for him who is inordinate, <section end="79:37"/>

<section begin="79:38"/>And prefers the life of this world, <section end="79:38"/>

<section begin="79:39"/>Hell is surely the abode. <section end="79:39"/>

<section begin="79:40"/>And as for him who fears to stand before his Lord and restrains himself from low desires, <section end="79:40"/>

<section begin="79:41"/>The Garden is surely the abode. <section end="79:41"/>

<section begin="79:42"/>They ask thee about the Hour, When will that take place, <section end="79:42"/>

<section begin="79:43"/>About which thou remindest? <section end="79:43"/>

<section begin="79:44"/>To thy Lord is the goal of it. <section end="79:44"/>

<section begin="79:45"/>Thou art only a warner to him who fears it. <section end="79:45"/>

<section begin="79:46"/>On the day when they see it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or a morning. <section end="79:46"/>