Surah An-Nazi'at
سورة النازعات · Those who drag forth · 46 verses · Meccan
Surah An-Nazi'at (النازعات, "Those who drag forth") is chapter 79 of the Quran. It has 46 verses, was revealed in Mecca and is found in juz 30. Here you can read the complete Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen verse by verse.
Also written as: Naziat
- Number
- 79
- Arabic
- النازعات
- Meaning
- Those who drag forth
- Verses
- 46
- Revealed in
- Mecca
- Juz
- 30
- Mushaf page
- 583–584
Surah An-Nazi'at in Arabic and English
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ﴿١﴾
Waalnnaziʿati gharqan
By those [angels] who extract with violence
وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ﴿٢﴾
Waalnnashitati nashtan
And [by] those who remove with ease
وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ﴿٣﴾
Waalssabihati sabhan
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ﴿٤﴾
Faalssabiqati sabqan
And those who race each other in a race
فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ﴿٥﴾
Faalmudabbirati amran
And those who arrange [each] matter
يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ﴿٦﴾
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation]
تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ﴿٧﴾
Tatbaʿuha alrradifatu
There will follow it the subsequent [one]
قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ﴿٨﴾
Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun
Hearts, that Day, will tremble
أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ﴿٩﴾
Absaruha khashiʿatun
Their eyes humbled
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ﴿١٠﴾
Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ﴿١١﴾
Aitha kunna ʿithaman nakhiratan
Even if we should be decayed bones
قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ﴿١٢﴾
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ﴿١٣﴾
Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun
Indeed, it will be but one shout
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ﴿١٤﴾
Faitha hum bialssahirati
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ﴿١٥﴾
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Has there reached you the story of Moses
إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿١٦﴾
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾
Ithhab ila firʿawna innahu tagha
Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾
Faarahu alayata alkubra
And he showed him the greatest sign
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾
Fakaththaba waʿasa
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ﴿٢٢﴾
Thumma adbara yasʿa
Then he turned his back, striving
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾
Fahashara fanada
And he gathered [his people] and called out
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾
Faqala ana rabbukumu alaʿla
And said, "I am your most exalted lord
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ﴿٢٥﴾
Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ﴿٢٦﴾
Inna fee thalika laʿibratan liman yakhsha
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah]
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٢٧﴾
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٢٨﴾
Rafaʿa samkaha fasawwaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٢٩﴾
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ﴿٣٠﴾
Waalarda baʿda thalika dahaha
And after that He spread the earth
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ﴿٣١﴾
Akhraja minha maaha wamarʿaha
He extracted from it its water and its pasture
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ﴿٣٢﴾
Waaljibala arsaha
And the mountains He set firmly
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ﴿٣٣﴾
Mataʿan lakum walianʿamikum
As provision for you and your grazing livestock
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾
Faitha jaati alttammatu alkubra
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ﴿٣٥﴾
Yawma yatathakkaru alinsanu ma saʿa
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾
Faamma man tagha
So as for he who transgressed
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ﴿٣٨﴾
Waathara alhayata alddunya
And preferred the life of the world
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ﴿٣٩﴾
Fainna aljaheema hiya almawa
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa ʿani alhawa
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ﴿٤١﴾
Fainna aljannata hiya almawa
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ﴿٤٢﴾
Yasaloonaka ʿani alssaʿati ayyana mursaha
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٣﴾
Feema anta min thikraha
In what [position] are you that you should mention it
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٤﴾
Ila rabbika muntahaha
To your Lord is its finality
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ﴿٤٥﴾
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
You are only a warner for those who fear it
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٤٦﴾
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa ʿashiyyatan aw duhaha
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
Translation: Saheeh International. Transliteration: Tanzil.net. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy (EveryAyah.com). A translation conveys the meaning and does not replace the Arabic text.
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surah An-Nazi'at?
Surah An-Nazi'at has 46 verses.
Where was Surah An-Nazi'at revealed?
Surah An-Nazi'at is a Meccan surah; it was revealed in Mecca.
Which juz is Surah An-Nazi'at in?
Surah An-Nazi'at is in juz 30, on pages 583–584 of the standard Madinah mushaf.
What does An-Nazi'at mean?
النازعات means "Those who drag forth".