Surah An-Nazi'at (Those who drag forth)
Meccan · 46 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.
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وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا
By those who drag forth to destruction
79:1وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا
By the meteors rushing
79:2وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا
By the lone stars floating
79:3فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا
By the angels hastening
79:4فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا
And those who govern the event
79:5يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
On the day when the first trump resoundeth
79:6تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
And the second followeth it
79:7قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ
On that day hearts beat painfully
79:8أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ
While eyes are downcast
79:9يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
79:10أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ
Even after we are crumbled bones
79:11قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding
79:12فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
Surely it will need but one shout
79:13فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
And lo! they will be awakened
79:14هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses
79:15إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa
79:16ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled
79:17فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)
79:18وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him)
79:19فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
And he showed him the tremendous token
79:20فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But he denied and disobeyed
79:21ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
Then turned he away in haste
79:22فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Then gathered he and summoned
79:23فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest
79:24فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former
79:25إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth
79:26ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built
79:27رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised the height thereof and ordered it
79:28وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof
79:29وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And after that He spread the earth
79:30أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof
79:31وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا
And He made fast the hills
79:32مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
A provision for you and for your cattle
79:33فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
But when the great disaster cometh
79:34يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour
79:35وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth
79:36فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Then, as for him who rebelled
79:37وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
And chose the life of the world
79:38فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Lo! hell will be his home
79:39وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust
79:40فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Lo! the Garden will be his home
79:41يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port
79:42فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ
Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof
79:43إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof
79:44إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it
79:45كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof
79:46
Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.
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