The Pluckers (Al-Nazi‘at)
Verses 1-14 GROUP_1556 79.1-14
1
وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
By [the winds] that pluck out vehemently
2
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
and those that blow gently,
3
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
and by [the clouds] that swim serenely and
4
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
by those that outstrip them suddenly,
5
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
and by those who regulate events.
6
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
On the Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world],
7
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
to be followed by further [convulsions],
8
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
hearts will be throbbing,
9
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
while eyes will be downcast.
10
يَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
They say, ‘What? shall we be brought back to life,
11
أَئِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
even after we have turned into decayed bones?’
12
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
and they say, ‘That indeed would be a losing return.’
13
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
But all it will take is a single blast,
14
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
and behold! They will all come out in the open.
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Commentary
(a) Every year we experience periods of calm weather followed by gales bringing clouds and rainstorms. Soon it is clearly visible that where the land was desolate, a new world has sprung up. This event of nature indicates the possibility of the Hereafter. This shows in symbolic fashion that the emergence of the Hereafter from the present world is just as possible as the emergence of lush green foliage from dry barren land.