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79. THE PLUCKERS (AL-NAZI‘AT)

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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By [the winds] that pluck out to your Lord, so that you should
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vehemently and those that blow fear Him?”’ 20 Moses showed
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gently, and by [the clouds] that him the great sign, 21 but he
swim serenely and 4 by those denied it and refused [the faith].
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that outstrip them suddenly, and 22 Then he quickly turned his
by those who regulate events. back. 23 And he summoned all
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On the Day when a violent his people, and proclaimed, ‘I
convulsion will convulse [the am your supreme Lord,’ 25 but
world], 7 to be followed by God seized him and meted out to
further [convulsions], 8 hearts him the chastisement of both the
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will be throbbing, while eyes next world and the present:
will be downcast. 10 They say, 26 surely there is in this a lesson
‘What? shall we be brought back for the God-fearing.
to life, 11 even after we have 27 [O Men!] Are you more
turned into decayed bones?’ difficult to create than the heaven
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and they say, ‘That indeed which He has built, by raising
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would be a losing return.’ But its vault high and fashioning it
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all it will take is a single blast, flawlessly, and making its night
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and behold! They will all come dark and bringing forth its
out in the open. morning light, 30 and the earth
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Have you heard the story of which He spread out, after that
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Moses? His Lord called out to bringing forth from it its water
him by the sacred valley of Tuwa: and its pasture land, 32 and
17 [saying], ‘Go to Pharaoh, he making the mountains firm:
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has exceeded all bounds, and 33 [all this] as a means of
say, “Will you reform yourself? sustenance for you and your
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Do you want me to guide you animals?