Surah An-Nazi'at (سورة An-Nazi'at)

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🕋 Early Meccan · 610–615 CE📋 Revelation #79🟢 Hifz: Easy📗 Juz 30

Surah An-Nazi'at (Arabic: سورة An-Nazi'at, "Those who drag forth") is the 79 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 46 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah An-Nazi'at ("Those who drag forth") is chapter 79 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 46 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 79:1

وَالنّٰزِعٰتِ غَرۡقًاۙ‏

wal-nāziʿāti gharqan

By those [angels] who extract with violence

Verse 79:2

وَّالنّٰشِطٰتِ نَشۡطًاۙ‏

wal-nāshiṭāti nashṭan

And [by] those who remove with ease

Verse 79:3

وَّالسّٰبِحٰتِ سَبۡحًاۙ‏

wal-sābiḥāti sabḥan

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

Verse 79:4

فَالسّٰبِقٰتِ سَبۡقًاۙ‏

fal-sābiqāti sabqan

And those who race each other in a race

Verse 79:5

فَالۡمُدَبِّرٰتِ اَمۡرًاۘ‏

fal-mudabirāti amran

And those who arrange [each] matter

Verse 79:6

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُۙ‏

yawma tarjufu l-rājifatu

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation]

Verse 79:7

تَتۡبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُؕ‏

tatbaʿuhā l-rādifatu

There will follow it the subsequent [one]

Verse 79:8

قُلُوۡبٌ يَّوۡمَئِذٍ وَّاجِفَةٌۙ‏

qulūbun yawma-idhin wājifatun

Hearts, that Day, will tremble

Verse 79:9

اَبۡصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌۘ‏

abṣāruhā khāshiʿatun

Their eyes humbled

Verse 79:10

يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرۡدُوۡدُوۡنَ فِي الۡحَافِرَةِؕ‏

yaqūlūna a-innā lamardūdūna fī l-ḥāfirati

They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]

Verse 79:11

ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةًؕ‏

Even if we should be decayed bones

Verse 79:12

قَالُوۡا تِلۡكَ اِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۘ‏

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return

Verse 79:13

فَاِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌۙ‏

Indeed, it will be but one shout

Verse 79:14

فَاِذَا هُمۡ بِالسَّاهِرَةِؕ‏

And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface

Verse 79:15

هَلۡ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيۡثُ مُوۡسٰيۘ‏

Has there reached you the story of Moses

Verse 79:16

اِذۡ نَادٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ بِالۡوَادِ الۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًيۚ‏

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa

Verse 79:17

اِذۡهَبۡ اِلٰي فِرۡعَوۡنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰيؗۖ‏

Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed

Verse 79:18

فَقُلۡ هَلۡ لَّكَ اِلٰ٘ي اَنۡ تَزَكّٰيۙ‏

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

Verse 79:19

وَاَهۡدِيَكَ اِلٰي رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشٰيۚ‏

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]

Verse 79:20

فَاَرٰىهُ الۡاٰيَةَ الۡكُبۡرٰيؗۖ‏

And he showed him the greatest sign

Verse 79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰيؗۖ‏

But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed

Verse 79:22

ثُمَّ اَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعٰيؗۖ‏

Then he turned his back, striving

Verse 79:23

فَحَشَرَࣞ فَنَادٰيؗۖ‏

And he gathered [his people] and called out

Verse 79:24

فَقَالَ اَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الۡاَعۡلٰيؗۖ‏

And said, "I am your most exalted lord

Verse 79:25

فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَكَالَ الۡاٰخِرَةِ وَالۡاُوۡلٰيؕ‏

So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]

Verse 79:26

اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةً لِّمَنۡ يَّخۡشٰيؕࣖ‏

Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah]

Verse 79:27

ءَاَنۡتُمۡ اَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا اَمِ السَّمَآءُؕ بَنٰىهَاࣞ‏

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it

Verse 79:28

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوّٰىهَاۙ‏

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it

Verse 79:29

وَاَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَاَخۡرَجَ ضُحٰىهَاࣕ‏

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness

Verse 79:30

وَالۡاَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰىهَاؕ‏

And after that He spread the earth

Verse 79:31

اَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعٰىهَاࣕ‏

He extracted from it its water and its pasture

Verse 79:32

وَالۡجِبَالَ اَرۡسٰىهَاۙ‏

And the mountains He set firmly

Verse 79:33

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمۡ وَ لِاَنۡعَامِكُمۡؕ‏

As provision for you and your grazing livestock

Verse 79:34

فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الۡكُبۡرٰيؗۖ‏

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity

Verse 79:35

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مَا سَعٰيۙ‏

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove

Verse 79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ الۡجَحِيۡمُ لِمَنۡ يَّرٰي

And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see

Verse 79:37

فَاَمَّا مَنۡ طَغٰيۙ‏

So as for he who transgressed

Verse 79:38

وَاٰثَرَ الۡحَيٰوةَ الدُّنۡيَاۙ‏

And preferred the life of the world

Verse 79:39

فَاِنَّ الۡجَحِيۡمَ هِيَ الۡمَاۡوٰيؕ‏

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge

Verse 79:40

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ وَنَهَي النَّفۡسَ عَنِ الۡهَوٰيۙ‏

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination

Verse 79:41

فَاِنَّ الۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ الۡمَاۡوٰيؕ‏

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge

Verse 79:42

يَسۡـَٔلُوۡنَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَيَّانَ مُرۡسٰىهَاؕ‏

They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival

Verse 79:43

فِيۡمَ اَنۡتَ مِنۡ ذِكۡرٰىهَاؕ‏

In what [position] are you that you should mention it

Verse 79:44

اِلٰي رَبِّكَ مُنۡتَهٰىهَاؕ‏

To your Lord is its finality

Verse 79:45

اِنَّمَا٘ اَنۡتَ مُنۡذِرُ مَنۡ يَّخۡشٰىهَاؕ‏

You are only a warner for those who fear it

Verse 79:46

كَاَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوۡ٘ا اِلَّا عَشِيَّةً اَوۡ ضُحٰىهَاࣖ‏

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof