79:1
وَالنّٰزِعٰتِ غَرْقًا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
Surah 79 of 114 · Makkah · Juz 30
Surah An-Nazi'at
Those who drag forth
النازعات46 ayahs
Revealed in Makkah
Translation: Saheeh International
About Surah An-Nazi'at
The title of this Makkan surah comes from its first word, in oaths sworn by those who drag forth violently and those who draw out gently, most commonly explained as angels taking souls at death. The dispute it addresses is quoted directly at 79:10 to 79:12, where people ask whether they will really be brought back to their former state once they are decayed bones, and call such a return a losing bargain. The answer given is that it takes one shout, and they will be standing on the surface of the earth.
The middle of the surah leaves the subject and tells the story of Moses, called in the sacred valley of Tuwa and sent to Pharaoh with an offer rather than a threat: would you be willing to purify yourself (79:16, 79:18). Pharaoh denied, turned away, gathered his people and declared himself their most exalted lord (79:24), and was seized as an example. The argument then widens. Is your making harder than the heaven, whose ceiling was raised, whose night was darkened, after which the earth was spread with its water, pasture and mountains (79:27 to 79:33). Two destinies are set out plainly for the one who transgressed and preferred this life, and for the one who feared his Lord and held the self back (79:37 to 79:41). When asked when the Hour will come, the Prophet is told that its knowledge rests with God and that he is only a warner (79:42 to 79:45).
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
79:2
وَّالنّٰشِطٰتِ نَشْطًا
And [by] those who remove with ease
79:3
وَّالسّٰبِحٰتِ سَبْحًا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
79:4
فَالسّٰبِقٰتِ سَبْقًا
And those who race each other in a race
79:5
فَالْمُدَبِّرٰتِ اَمْرًا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
79:6
یَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
79:7
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ۟ؕ
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
79:8
قُلُوْبٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّاجِفَةٌ
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
79:9
اَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
Their eyes humbled.
79:10
یَقُوْلُوْنَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرْدُوْدُوْنَ فِی الْحَافِرَةِ ۟ؕ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
79:11
ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً ۟ؕ
Even if we should be decayed bones?"
79:12
قَالُوْا تِلْكَ اِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
79:13
فَاِنَّمَا هِیَ زَجْرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
79:14
فَاِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ۟ؕ
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
79:15
هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِیْثُ مُوْسٰی
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
79:16
اِذْ نَادٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًی
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,
79:17
اِذْهَبْ اِلٰی فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰی ۟ؗۖ
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
79:18
فَقُلْ هَلْ لَّكَ اِلٰۤی اَنْ تَزَكّٰی
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
79:19
وَاَهْدِیَكَ اِلٰی رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشٰی
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
79:20
فَاَرٰىهُ الْاٰیَةَ الْكُبْرٰی ۟ؗۖ
And he showed him the greatest sign,
79:21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰی ۟ؗۖ
But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.
79:22
ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ یَسْعٰی ۟ؗۖ
Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].
79:23
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٰی ۟ؗۖ
And he gathered [his people] and called out
79:24
فَقَالَ اَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْاَعْلٰی ۟ؗۖ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
79:25
فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَكَالَ الْاٰخِرَةِ وَالْاُوْلٰی ۟ؕ
So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..
79:26
اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَنْ یَّخْشٰی ۟ؕ۠
Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].
79:27
ءَاَنْتُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقًا اَمِ السَّمَآءُ ؕ بَنٰىهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
79:28
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوّٰىهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
79:29
وَاَغْطَشَ لَیْلَهَا وَاَخْرَجَ ضُحٰىهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
79:30
وَالْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰىهَا ۟ؕ
And after that He spread the earth.
79:31
اَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعٰىهَا
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
79:32
وَالْجِبَالَ اَرْسٰىهَا
And the mountains He set firmly
79:33
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْ ۟ؕ
As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
79:34
فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الْكُبْرٰی ۟ؗۖ
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
79:35
یَوْمَ یَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا سَعٰی
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
79:36
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِیْمُ لِمَنْ یَّرٰی
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
79:37
فَاَمَّا مَنْ طَغٰی
So as for he who transgressed
79:38
وَاٰثَرَ الْحَیٰوةَ الدُّنْیَا
And preferred the life of the world,
79:39
فَاِنَّ الْجَحِیْمَ هِیَ الْمَاْوٰی ۟ؕ
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
79:40
وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ وَنَهَی النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوٰی
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
79:41
فَاِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِیَ الْمَاْوٰی ۟ؕ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
79:42
یَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَیَّانَ مُرْسٰىهَا ۟ؕ
They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
79:43
فِیْمَ اَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرٰىهَا ۟ؕ
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
79:44
اِلٰی رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهٰىهَا ۟ؕ
To your Lord is its finality.
79:45
اِنَّمَاۤ اَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ یَّخْشٰىهَا ۟ؕ
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
79:46
كَاَنَّهُمْ یَوْمَ یَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ یَلْبَثُوْۤا اِلَّا عَشِیَّةً اَوْ ضُحٰىهَا
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.
Surah An-Nazi'at in the Quran, with the Arabic in IndoPak Nastaleeq, 46 ayahs, translation, word by word meaning and recitation. Recite it offline on your phone with the free Android app.