Chapter 79
Surah Naziat (Those Who Tear Out)
79.21
surah 79 - verse 21
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| Arberry | but he cried lies, and rebelled, |
| Maududi | but he denied it as false and disobeyed, |
| Pickthall | But he denied and disobeyed, |
| Sahih | But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed. |
| Yusuf Ali | But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance); |
79.22
surah 79 - verse 22
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| Arberry | then he turned away hastily, |
| Maududi | and then he turned back to have recourse to his craftiness, |
| Pickthall | Then turned he away in haste, |
| Sahih | Then he turned his back, striving. |
| Yusuf Ali | Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah). |
79.23
surah 79 - verse 23
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| Arberry | then he mustered |
| Maududi | and gathered his people and declared: |
| Pickthall | Then gathered he and summoned |
| Sahih | And he gathered [his people] and called out |
| Yusuf Ali | Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation, |
79.24
surah 79 - verse 24
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| Arberry | and proclaimed, and he said, 'I am your Lord, the Most High!' |
| Maududi | “I am the supreme lord of you all.” |
| Pickthall | And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest." |
| Sahih | And said, "I am your most exalted lord." |
| Yusuf Ali | Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High". |
79.25
surah 79 - verse 25
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| Arberry | So God seized him with the chastisement of the Last World and the First. |
| Maududi | Thereupon Allah seized him for the chastisement of the World to Come as well as of the present. |
| Pickthall | So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former. |
| Sahih | So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]. |
| Yusuf Ali | But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life. |
79.26
surah 79 - verse 26
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| Arberry | Surely in that is a lesson for him who fears! |
| Maududi | Surely there is a great lesson in it for whoever would fear (Allah). |
| Pickthall | Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth. |
| Sahih | Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah]. |
| Yusuf Ali | Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah). |
79.27
surah 79 - verse 27
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| Arberry | What, are you stronger in constitution or the heaven He built? |
| Maududi | Is it harder to create you or the heaven? But Allah built it, |
| Pickthall | Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built? |
| Sahih | Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it. |
| Yusuf Ali | What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it: |
79.28
surah 79 - verse 28
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| Arberry | He lifted up its vault, and levelled it, |
| Maududi | and raised its vault high and proportioned it; |
| Pickthall | He raised the height thereof and ordered it; |
| Sahih | He raised its ceiling and proportioned it. |
| Yusuf Ali | On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection. |
79.29
surah 79 - verse 29
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| Arberry | and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon; |
| Maududi | and covered its night with darkness and brought forth from it its day; |
| Pickthall | And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof. |
| Sahih | And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness. |
| Yusuf Ali | Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light). |
79.30
surah 79 - verse 30
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| Arberry | and the earth-after that He spread it out, |
| Maududi | and thereafter spread out the earth, |
| Pickthall | And after that He spread the earth, |
| Sahih | And after that He spread the earth. |
| Yusuf Ali | And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse); |
79.31
surah 79 - verse 31
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| Arberry | therefrom brought forth its waters and its pastures, |
| Maududi | and brought out of it its water and its pasture, |
| Pickthall | And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof, |
| Sahih | He extracted from it its water and its pasture, |
| Yusuf Ali | He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture; |
79.32
surah 79 - verse 32
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| Arberry | and the mountains He set firm, |
| Maududi | and firmly fixed in it mountains; |
| Pickthall | And He made fast the hills, |
| Sahih | And the mountains He set firmly |
| Yusuf Ali | And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;- |
79.33
surah 79 - verse 33
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| Arberry | an enjoyment for you and your flocks. |
| Maududi | all this as provision for you and your cattle. |
| Pickthall | A provision for you and for your cattle. |
| Sahih | As provision for you and your grazing livestock. |
| Yusuf Ali | For use and convenience to you and your cattle. |
79.34
surah 79 - verse 34
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| Arberry | Then, when the Great Catastrophe comes |
| Maududi | But when the great calamity will come about |
| Pickthall | But when the great disaster cometh, |
| Sahih | But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity - |
| Yusuf Ali | Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),- |
79.35
surah 79 - verse 35
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| Arberry | upon the day when man shall remember what he has striven, |
| Maududi | on the Day when man will recall all his strivings, |
| Pickthall | The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour, |
| Sahih | The Day when man will remember that for which he strove, |
| Yusuf Ali | The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for, |
79.36
surah 79 - verse 36
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| Arberry | and Hell is advanced for whoever sees, |
| Maududi | and Hell will be brought in sight for anyone to see: |
| Pickthall | And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth, |
| Sahih | And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see - |
| Yusuf Ali | And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,- |
79.37
surah 79 - verse 37
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| Arberry | then as for him who was insolent |
| Maududi | then he who transgressed |
| Pickthall | Then, as for him who rebelled |
| Sahih | So as for he who transgressed |
| Yusuf Ali | Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds, |
79.38
surah 79 - verse 38
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| Arberry | and preferred the present life, |
| Maududi | and preferred the life of this world, |
| Pickthall | And chose the life of the world, |
| Sahih | And preferred the life of the world, |
| Yusuf Ali | And had preferred the life of this world, |
79.39
surah 79 - verse 39
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| Arberry | surely Hell shall be the refuge. |
| Maududi | most surely his abode shall be Hell. |
| Pickthall | Lo! hell will be his home. |
| Sahih | Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge. |
| Yusuf Ali | The Abode will be Hell-Fire; |
79.40
surah 79 - verse 40
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| Arberry | But as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and forbade the soul its caprice, |
| Maududi | But he who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained himself from evil desires, |
| Pickthall | But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust, |
| Sahih | But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination, |
| Yusuf Ali | And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires, |