Chapter 79 of the Quran

Surah An-Nazi'at (Those Who Drag Forth)

النازعات

Surah An-Nazi'at is the 79th chapter of the Holy Quran. It contains 46 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

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1. Ayah 1

   وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا

   By those [angels] who extract with violence

2. Ayah 2

   وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا

   And [by] those who remove with ease

3. Ayah 3

   وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا

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

4. Ayah 4

   فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا

   And those who race each other in a race

5. Ayah 5

   فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا

   And those who arrange [each] matter,

6. Ayah 6

   يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

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

7. Ayah 7

   تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

   There will follow it the subsequent [one].

8. Ayah 8

   قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

   Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

9. Ayah 9

   أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ

   Their eyes humbled.

10. Ayah 10

    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

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

11. Ayah 11

    أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً

    Even if we should be decayed bones?"

12. Ayah 12

    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

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

13. Ayah 13

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

    Indeed, it will be but one shout,

14. Ayah 14

    فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

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

15. Ayah 15

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

    Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

16. Ayah 16

    إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

    When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

17. Ayah 17

    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

    "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

18. Ayah 18

    فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

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

19. Ayah 19

    وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

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

20. Ayah 20

    فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    And he showed him the greatest sign,

21. Ayah 21

    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

    But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

22. Ayah 22

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

    Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].

23. Ayah 23

    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

    And he gathered [his people] and called out.

24. Ayah 24

    فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

    And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

25. Ayah 25

    فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

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

26. Ayah 26

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

    Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

27. Ayah 27

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

    Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

28. Ayah 28

    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

    He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

29. Ayah 29

    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

    And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

30. Ayah 30

    وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

    And after that He spread the earth.

31. Ayah 31

    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

    He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

32. Ayah 32

    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

    And the mountains He set firmly

33. Ayah 33

    مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

    As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

34. Ayah 34

    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

35. Ayah 35

    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

    The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

36. Ayah 36

    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

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

37. Ayah 37

    فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

    So as for he who transgressed

38. Ayah 38

    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    And preferred the life of the world,

39. Ayah 39

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

    Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

40. Ayah 40

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

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

41. Ayah 41

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

    Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

42. Ayah 42

    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

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

43. Ayah 43

    فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

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

44. Ayah 44

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

    To your Lord is its finality.

45. Ayah 45

    إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

    You are only a warner for those who fear it.

46. Ayah 46

    كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

    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.