سُورَةُ النَّازِعَاتِ
An-Naazi'aat
Those who drag forth · Meccan · 46 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا ﴿1﴾
Wan naazi 'aati gharqa
79:1By those [angels] who wrest [the soul] violently,
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا ﴿2﴾
Wan naa shi taati nashta
79:2by those who draw [it] out gently,
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا ﴿3﴾
Wass saabi-haati sabha
79:3by those who swim smoothly,
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا ﴿4﴾
Fass saabi qaati sabqa
79:4by those who, racing, take the lead,
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا ﴿5﴾
Fal mu dab-bi raati amra
79:5by those who direct the affairs [of creatures]:
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ﴿6﴾
Yawma tarjufur raajifa
79:6the day when the Quaker quakes
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ﴿7﴾
Tatba'u har raadifa
79:7and is followed by the Successor,
قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ ﴿8﴾
Quloobuny-yau maaiziw-waaji-fa
79:8hearts will be trembling on that day,
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ ﴿9﴾
Absaa ruhaa khashi'ah
79:9bearing a humbled look.
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ﴿10﴾
Ya qoo loona a-inna lamar doo doona fil haafirah
79:10They will say, ‘Are we being returned to our earlier state?
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ ﴿11﴾
Aizaa kunna 'izaa man-nakhirah
79:11What, even after we have been decayed bones?!’
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ ﴿12﴾
Qaalu tilka izan karratun khaasirah.
79:12They will say, ‘This is, then, a ruinous return!’
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ ﴿13﴾
Fa inna ma hiya zajratuw-waahida
79:13Yet it will be only a single shout,
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ﴿14﴾
Faizaa hum biss saahirah
79:14and behold, they will be awake.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ﴿15﴾
Hal ataaka hadeethu Musaa
79:15Did you receive the story of Moses,
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿16﴾
Iz nadaahu rabbuhu bil waadil-muqad dasi tuwa
79:16when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa?
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿17﴾
Izhab ilaa fir'auna innahu taghaa.
79:17[And said,] ‘Go to Pharaoh, for indeed he has rebelled,
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿18﴾
Faqul hal laka ilaa-an tazakka.
79:18and say, ‘‘Would you purify yourself?
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ﴿19﴾
Wa ahdi yaka ila rabbika fatakh sha
79:19I will guide you to your Lord, that you may fear [Him]?’’ ’
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿20﴾
Fa araahul-aayatal kubra.
79:20Then he showed him the greatest sign.
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ﴿21﴾
Fa kazzaba wa asaa.
79:21But he denied, and disobeyed.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿22﴾
Thumma adbara yas'aa.
79:22Then he turned back, walking swiftly,
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ﴿23﴾
Fa hashara fanada.
79:23and gathered [the people] and proclaimed,
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿24﴾
Faqala ana rabbu kumul-a'laa.
79:24saying, ‘I am your exalted lord!’
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ﴿25﴾
Fa-akha zahul laahu nakalal aakhirati wal-oola.
79:25So Allah seized him with the punishment of this life and the Hereafter.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ﴿26﴾
Inna fee zaalika la'ibratal limaiy-yaksha
79:26There is indeed a moral in that for someone who fears!
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ﴿27﴾
A-antum a shaddu khalqan amis samaa-u banaaha.
79:27Is your creation more prodigious or that of the heaven He has built?
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿28﴾
Raf'a sam kaha fasaw waaha
79:28He raised its vault and fashioned it,
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿29﴾
Wa aghtasha lailaha wa akhraja duhaaha.
79:29and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ﴿30﴾
Wal arda b'ada zaalika dahaaha.
79:30Thereafter He spread out the earth,
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ﴿31﴾
Akhraja minha maa-aha wa mar 'aaha.
79:31brought forth from it its water and pastures,
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ﴿32﴾
Wal jibala arsaaha.
79:32setting firm the mountains,
مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ﴿33﴾
Mataa'al lakum wali an 'aamikum.
79:33as a [place of] sustenance for you and your livestock.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿34﴾
Fa-izaa jaaa'atit taaam matul kubraa.
79:34When the Greatest Catastrophe befalls
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ﴿35﴾
Yauma Yata zakkarul insaanu ma sa'aa.
79:35—the day when man will remember his endeavours
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ﴿36﴾
Wa burrizatil-jaheemu limany-yaraa.
79:36and hell is brought into view for those who can see—
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ﴿37﴾
Fa ammaa man taghaa.
79:37as for him who has been rebellious
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿38﴾
Wa aasaral hayaatad dunyaa
79:38and preferred the life of this world,
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿39﴾
Fa innal jaheema hiyal maawaa.
79:39his refuge will indeed be hell.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ﴿40﴾
Wa ammaa man khaafa maqaama Rabbihee wa nahan nafsa 'anil hawaa
79:40But as for him who is awed to stand before his Lord and restrains his soul from [following] desires,
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿41﴾
Fa innal jannata hiyal maawaa
79:41his refuge will indeed be paradise.
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ﴿42﴾
Yas'aloonaka 'anis saa'ati ayyaana mursaahaa
79:42They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it set in,
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ﴿43﴾
Feema anta min zikraahaa
79:43considering your frequent mention of it?”
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ﴿44﴾
Ilaa Rabbika muntahaa haa
79:44Its outcome is with your Lord.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ﴿45﴾
Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa
79:45You are only a warner for those who are afraid it.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿46﴾
Ka annahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasooo illaa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa
79:46The day they see it, it shall be as if they had not stayed [in the world] except for an evening or forenoon.