Surah An-Nazi'at (Those who drag forth)

سُورَةُ النازعات

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ﴿١﴾

   79:1 By those [angels] who extract with violence[1833]

   Notes

   [1833] i.e., those who tear out the souls of those destined for Hell.

2. وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ﴿٢﴾

   79:2 And [by] those who remove with ease[1834]

   Notes

   [1834] i.e., those angels who ease out the souls of those destined for Paradise.

3. وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ﴿٣﴾

   79:3 And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming[1835]

   Notes

   [1835] Speeding to execute Allāh's commands.

4. فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ﴿٤﴾

   79:4 And those who race each other in a race[1836]

   Notes

   [1836] Racing to deliver the souls of the believers to Paradise.

5. فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ﴿٥﴾

   79:5 And those who arrange [each] matter,[1837]

   Notes

   [1837] According to Allāh's decree.

6. يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ﴿٦﴾

   79:6 On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

7. تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ﴿٧﴾

   79:7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

8. قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ﴿٨﴾

   79:8 Hearts,[1838] that Day, will tremble,

   Notes

   [1838] Those of the disbelievers who denied the Resurrection.

9. أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ﴿٩﴾

   79:9 Their eyes[1839] humbled.

   Notes

   [1839] Those of the disbelievers.

10. يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ﴿١٠﴾

    79:10 They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

11. أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ﴿١١﴾

    79:11 Even if we should be decayed bones?"[1840]

    Notes

    [1840] The disbelievers say this in ridicule of the warning.

12. قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ﴿١٢﴾

    79:12 They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."[1841]

    Notes

    [1841] i.e., "If that were so, we would not be able to escape punishment."

13. فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ﴿١٣﴾

    79:13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

14. فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ﴿١٤﴾

    79:14 And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

15. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ﴿١٥﴾

    79:15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

16. إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿١٦﴾

    79:16 When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

17. ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

    79:17 "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

18. فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

    79:18 And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

19. وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

    79:19 And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

20. فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾

    79:20 And he showed him the greatest sign,[1842]

    Notes

    [1842] i.e., the miracle of his staff becoming a great snake.

21. فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾

    79:21 But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

22. ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ﴿٢٢﴾

    79:22 Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].[1843]

    Notes

    [1843] An alternative meaning is "running [from the snake]."

23. فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾

    79:23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

24. فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾

    79:24 And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

25. فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ﴿٢٥﴾

    79:25 So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].[1844].

    Notes

    [1844] i.e., for Pharaoh's setting himself up as a deity and for his previous oppression of the people and denial of Moses.

26. إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ﴿٢٦﴾

    79:26 Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

27. ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٢٧﴾

    79:27 Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

28. رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٢٨﴾

    79:28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

29. وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٢٩﴾

    79:29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.[1845]

    Notes

    [1845] i.e., created the day from within the surrounding darkness.

30. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ﴿٣٠﴾

    79:30 And after that He spread the earth.

31. أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ﴿٣١﴾

    79:31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

32. وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ﴿٣٢﴾

    79:32 And the mountains He set firmly

33. مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ﴿٣٣﴾

    79:33 As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

34. فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾

    79:34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity[1846] -

    Notes

    [1846] i.e., the Day of Resurrection.

35. يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ﴿٣٥﴾

    79:35 The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

36. وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾

    79:36 And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

37. فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾

    79:37 So as for he who transgressed

38. وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ﴿٣٨﴾

    79:38 And preferred the life of the world,

39. فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ﴿٣٩﴾

    79:39 Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

40. وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾

    79:40 But as for he who feared the position of his Lord[1847] and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

    Notes

    [1847] See footnote to 55:46.

41. فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ﴿٤١﴾

    79:41 Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

42. يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ﴿٤٢﴾

    79:42 They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?[1848]

    Notes

    [1848] Literally, "resting" or "establishment."

43. فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٣﴾

    79:43 In what [position] are you that you should mention it?[1849]

    Notes

    [1849] Meaning that Muḥammad (ﷺ) had no knowledge of it, so how could he inform them?

44. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٤﴾

    79:44 To your Lord is its finality.[1850]

    Notes

    [1850] i.e., its destination and termination. And to Him belongs ultimate knowledge of it.

45. إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ﴿٤٥﴾

    79:45 You are only a warner for those who fear it.

46. كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٤٦﴾

    79:46 It will be, on the Day they see it,[1851] as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

    Notes

    [1851] i.e., the Hour, the Resurrection.