# 79. Surah An-Nazi'at

> سورة النازعات — Those who drag forth · 46 verses · Mushaf page: 583

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat
- **Translation:** Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

_In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful._

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

## Verse 1

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقاًۙ

WannaziAAati gharqa

By those who remove by drowning

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-1.md_

## Verse 2

وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطاًۙ

Wannashitati nashta

And those who draw forth by extracting!

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-2.md_

## Verse 3

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحاًۙ

Wassabihati sabha

By those ever-swimming,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-3.md_

## Verse 4

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقاًۙ

Fassabiqati sabqa

And the foremost vanguard,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-4.md_

## Verse 5

فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ اَمْراًۢ

Falmudabbirati amra

And the arrangers of a matter!

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-5.md_

## Verse 6

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُۙ

Yawma tarjufu arrajifa

On the day the convulsion convulses

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-6.md_

## Verse 7

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُۜ

TatbaAAuha arradifa

There will follow it the second.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-7.md_

## Verse 8

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌۙ

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifa

Hearts, that day, will tremble,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-8.md_

## Verse 9

اَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌۢ

Absaruha khashiAAa

Their eyes humbled.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-9.md_

## Verse 10

يَقُولُونَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِۜ

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona feealhafira

(They say: “Are we to be returned to our former state,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-10.md_

## Verse 11

ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَاماً نَخِرَةًۜ

A-itha kunna AAithamannakhira

Even when we are decayed bones?”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-11.md_

## Verse 12

قَالُوا تِلْكَ اِذاً كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۢ

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasira

They say: “That, then, would be a losing return!”)

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-12.md_

## Verse 13

فَاِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌۙ

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahida

And there will be but one cry

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-13.md_

## Verse 14

فَاِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِۜ

Fa-itha hum bissahira

And then will they be awakened.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-14.md_

## Verse 15

هَلْ اَتٰيكَ حَد۪يثُ مُوسٰىۢ

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

Has there come to thee the account of Moses?

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-15.md_

## Verse 16

اِذْ نَادٰيهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًىۚ

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bilwadialmuqaddasi tuwa

When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwa:

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-16.md_

## Verse 17

اِذْهَبْ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهُ طَغٰىۘ

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

“Go thou to Pharaoh; he has transgressed.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-17.md_

## Verse 18

فَقُلْ هَلْ لَكَ اِلٰٓى اَنْ تَزَكّٰىۙ

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

“And say thou: ‘Wouldst thou purify thyself,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-18.md_

## Verse 19

وَاَهْدِيَكَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشٰىۚ

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

“‘And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shalt fear?’”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-19.md_

## Verse 20

فَاَرٰيهُ الْاٰيَةَ الْـكُبْرٰىۘ

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

And he showed him the greatest proof,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-20.md_

## Verse 21

فَـكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰىۘ

Fakaththaba waAAasa

But he denied and opposed.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-21.md_

## Verse 22

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ يَسْعٰىۘ

Thumma adbara yasAAa

Then turned he away in haste,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-22.md_

## Verse 23

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٰىۘ

Fahashara fanada

And gathered and called,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-23.md_

## Verse 24

فَقَالَ اَنَا۬ رَبُّكُمُ الْاَعْلٰىۘ

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

And said: “I am your most high Lord.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-24.md_

## Verse 25

فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَكَالَ الْاٰخِرَةِ وَالْاُو۫لٰىۜ

Faakhathahu Allahu nakalaal-akhirati wal-oola

So God seized him in exemplary punishment of the latter and the former.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-25.md_

## Verse 26

اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشٰىۜ۟

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan limanyakhsha

In that is a lesson for him who fears.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-26.md_

## Verse 27

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقاً اَمِ السَّمَٓاءُۜ بَنٰيهَا۠

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami assamaobanaha

Are you harder in creation, or the sky? He built it;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-27.md_

## Verse 28

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوّٰيهَاۙ

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

He raised the ceiling thereof, and fashioned it;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-28.md_

## Verse 29

وَاَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَاَخْرَجَ ضُحٰيهَاۖ

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

And He made dark its night, and brought forth its morning.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-29.md_

## Verse 30

وَالْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰيهَاۜ

Wal-arda baAAda thalikadahaha

And the earth, after that, He spread it out;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-30.md_

## Verse 31

اَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَٓاءَهَا وَمَرْعٰيهَاۖ

Akhraja minha maahawamarAAaha

He brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-31.md_

## Verse 32

وَالْجِبَالَ اَرْسٰيهَاۙ

Waljibala arsaha

And the mountains He set firmly

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-32.md_

## Verse 33

مَتَاعاً لَكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْۜ

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

As enjoyment for you and for your cattle.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-33.md_

## Verse 34

فَاِذَا جَٓاءَتِ الطَّٓامَّةُ الْكُبْرٰىۘ

Fa-itha jaati attammatualkubra

Then, when the Greatest Calamity comes:

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-34.md_

## Verse 35

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا سَعٰىۙ

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu masaAAa

The day man will remember for what he strove,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-35.md_

## Verse 36

وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَح۪يمُ لِمَنْ يَرٰى

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

And Hell will be made manifest to him who sees: —

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-36.md_

## Verse 37

فَاَمَّا مَنْ طَغٰىۙ

Faamma man tagha

Then as for him who transgressed,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-37.md_

## Verse 38

وَاٰثَرَ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَاۙ

Waathara alhayata addunya

And preferred the life of this world:

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-38.md_

## Verse 39

فَاِنَّ الْجَح۪يمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوٰىۜ

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

Hell will be the shelter.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-39.md_

## Verse 40

وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّه۪ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوٰىۙ

Waama man khafa maqamarabbihi wanaha annafsa AAani alhawa

And as for him who feared the station of his Lord and restrained his soul from vain desire:

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-40.md_

## Verse 41

فَاِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوٰىۜ

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

The Garden will be the shelter.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-41.md_

## Verse 42

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَيَّانَ مُرْسٰيهَاۜ

Yas-aloonaka AAani assaAAatiayyana mursaha

They ask thee about the Hour: “When is its arrival?”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-42.md_

## Verse 43

ف۪يمَ اَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرٰيهَاۜ

Feema anta min thikraha

What is any reminder thereof to thee?

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-43.md_

## Verse 44

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهٰيهَاۜ

Ila rabbika muntahaha

To thy Lord is the finality thereof.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-44.md_

## Verse 45

اِنَّمَٓا اَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَخْشٰيهَاۜ

Innama anta munthiru manyakhshaha

Thou art but the warner of him who fears it.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-45.md_

## Verse 46

كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُٓوا اِلَّا عَشِيَّةً اَوْ ضُحٰيهَا

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lamyalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

It will be, the day they see it, as though they had not tarried save a day’s end or a morning thereof.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-46.md_

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