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

Meccan · 46 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.

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Verses

  1. وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا

    By those who drag forth to destruction

    79:1
  2. وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا

    By the meteors rushing

    79:2
  3. وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا

    By the lone stars floating

    79:3
  4. فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا

    By the angels hastening

    79:4
  5. فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا

    And those who govern the event

    79:5
  6. يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

    On the day when the first trump resoundeth

    79:6
  7. تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

    And the second followeth it

    79:7
  8. قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ

    On that day hearts beat painfully

    79:8
  9. أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ

    While eyes are downcast

    79:9
  10. يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ

    (Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

    79:10
  11. أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ

    Even after we are crumbled bones

    79:11
  12. قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ

    They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding

    79:12
  13. فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ

    Surely it will need but one shout

    79:13
  14. فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

    And lo! they will be awakened

    79:14
  15. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

    Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses

    79:15
  16. إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

    How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa

    79:16
  17. ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

    (Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled

    79:17
  18. فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)

    79:18
  19. وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ

    Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him)

    79:19
  20. فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

    And he showed him the tremendous token

    79:20
  21. فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

    But he denied and disobeyed

    79:21
  22. ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ

    Then turned he away in haste

    79:22
  23. فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

    Then gathered he and summoned

    79:23
  24. فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ

    And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest

    79:24
  25. فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ

    So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former

    79:25
  26. إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ

    Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth

    79:26
  27. ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا

    Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built

    79:27
  28. رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

    He raised the height thereof and ordered it

    79:28
  29. وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

    And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof

    79:29
  30. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

    And after that He spread the earth

    79:30
  31. أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا

    And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof

    79:31
  32. وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا

    And He made fast the hills

    79:32
  33. مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ

    A provision for you and for your cattle

    79:33
  34. فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

    But when the great disaster cometh

    79:34
  35. يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

    The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour

    79:35
  36. وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

    And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth

    79:36
  37. فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

    Then, as for him who rebelled

    79:37
  38. وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا

    And chose the life of the world

    79:38
  39. فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ

    Lo! hell will be his home

    79:39
  40. وَأَمَّا 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

    79:40
  41. فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ

    Lo! the Garden will be his home

    79:41
  42. يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا

    They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port

    79:42
  43. فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ

    Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof

    79:43
  44. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

    Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof

    79:44
  45. إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا

    Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it

    79:45
  46. كَأَنَّهُمۡ 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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