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Annotated Qur'an
Sura 79: Those Who Pull Out

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Qur'an 79:1[edit]

By those who snatch violently.

Qur'an 79:1 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:2[edit]

And those who remove gently.

Qur'an 79:2 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:3[edit]

And those who glide smoothly.

Qur'an 79:3 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:4[edit]

And those who race swiftly.

Qur'an 79:4 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:5[edit]

And those who regulate events.

Qur'an 79:5 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:6[edit]

On the Day when the Quake quakes.

Qur'an 79:6 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:7[edit]

And is followed by the Successor.

Qur'an 79:7 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:8[edit]

Hearts on that Day will be pounding.

Qur'an 79:8 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:9[edit]

Their sights downcast.

Qur'an 79:9 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:10[edit]

They say, “Are we to be restored to the original condition?

Qur'an 79:10 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:11[edit]

When we have become hollow bones?”

Qur'an 79:11 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:12[edit]

They say, “This is a losing proposition.”

Qur'an 79:12 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:13[edit]

But it will be only a single nudge.

Qur'an 79:13 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:14[edit]

And they will be awake.

Qur'an 79:14 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:15[edit]

Has the story of Moses reached you?

Qur'an 79:15 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:16[edit]

When His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa.

Qur'an 79:16 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:17[edit]

“Go to Pharaoh—he has transgressed.”

Qur'an 79:17 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:18[edit]

And say, “Do you care to be cleansed?

Qur'an 79:18 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:19[edit]

And I will guide you to your Lord, and you will turn reverent.”

Qur'an 79:19 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:20[edit]

He showed him the Greatest Miracle.

Qur'an 79:20 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:21[edit]

But he denied and defied.

Qur'an 79:21 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:22[edit]

Then turned his back, and tried.

Qur'an 79:22 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:23[edit]

And gathered and proclaimed.

Qur'an 79:23 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:24[edit]

He said, “I am your Lord, the most high.”

Qur'an 79:24 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:25[edit]

So God seized him with an exemplary punishment, in the last and in the first.

Qur'an 79:25 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:26[edit]

In this is a lesson for whoever fears.

Qur'an 79:26 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:27[edit]

Are you more difficult to create, or the heaven? He constructed it.

Qur'an 79:27 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:28[edit]

He raised its masses, and proportioned it.

Qur'an 79:28 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:29[edit]

And He dimmed its night, and brought out its daylight.

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Qur'an 79:30[edit]

And the earth after that He spread.

Qur'an 79:30 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:31[edit]

And from it, He produced its water and its pasture.

Qur'an 79:31 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:32[edit]

And the mountains, He anchored.

Qur'an 79:32 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:33[edit]

A source of enjoyment for you and for your animals.

Qur'an 79:33 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:34[edit]

But when the Great Cataclysm arrives.

Qur'an 79:34 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:35[edit]

A Day when man will remember what he has endeavored.

Qur'an 79:35 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:36[edit]

And Hell will be displayed to whoever sees.

Qur'an 79:36 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:37[edit]

As for him who was defiant.

Qur'an 79:37 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:38[edit]

And preferred the life of this world.

Qur'an 79:38 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:39[edit]

Then Hell is the shelter.

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Qur'an 79:40[edit]

But as for him who feared the Standing of his Lord, and restrained the self from desires.

Qur'an 79:40 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:41[edit]

Then Paradise is the shelter.

Qur'an 79:41 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:42[edit]

They ask you about the Hour, “When will it take place?”

Qur'an 79:42 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:43[edit]

You have no knowledge of it.

Qur'an 79:43 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:44[edit]

To your Lord is its finality.

Qur'an 79:44 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:45[edit]

You are just a warner for whoever dreads it.

Qur'an 79:45 Notes[edit]

Qur'an 79:46[edit]

On the Day when they witness it—as though they only stayed an evening, or its morning.