وَالنّٰزِعٰتِ غَرْقًا ۟ۙوَالنّٰزِعٰتِ غَرۡقًا
By [the winds] that pluck out vehemently
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَّالنّٰشِطٰتِ نَشْطًا ۟ۙوَّالنّٰشِطٰتِ نَشۡطًا
and those that blow gently,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَّالسّٰبِحٰتِ سَبْحًا ۟ۙوَّالسّٰبِحٰتِ سَبۡحًا
and by [the clouds] that swim serenely and
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَالسّٰبِقٰتِ سَبْقًا ۟ۙفَالسّٰبِقٰتِ سَبۡقًا
by those that outstrip them suddenly,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَالْمُدَبِّرٰتِ اَمْرًا ۟ۘفَالۡمُدَبِّرٰتِ اَمۡرًا ۘ
and by those who regulate events.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
یَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ ۟ۙيَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
On the Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world],
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ۟ؕتَتۡبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ
to be followed by further [convulsions],
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
قُلُوْبٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّاجِفَةٌ ۟ۙقُلُوۡبٌ يَّوۡمَئِذٍ وَّاجِفَةٌ
hearts will be throbbing,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
اَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ ۟ۘاَبۡصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
while eyes will be downcast.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
یَقُوْلُوْنَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرْدُوْدُوْنَ فِی الْحَافِرَةِ ۟ؕيَقُوۡلُوۡنَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرۡدُوۡدُوۡنَ فِى الۡحَـافِرَةِ ؕ
They say, ‘What? shall we be brought back to life,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً ۟ؕءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
even after we have turned into decayed bones?’
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
قَالُوْا تِلْكَ اِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ۟ۘقَالُوۡا تِلۡكَ اِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
and they say, ‘That indeed would be a losing return.’
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَاِنَّمَا هِیَ زَجْرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ ۟ۙفَاِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجۡرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ
But all it will take is a single blast,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَاِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ۟ؕفَاِذَا هُمۡ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ؕ
and behold! They will all come out in the open.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
Tafseer of 79:1–14
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.