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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

79:1

وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ﴿١﴾

Waalnnaziʿati gharqan

By those [angels] who extract with violence

79:2

وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ﴿٢﴾

Waalnnashitati nashtan

And [by] those who remove with ease

79:3

وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ﴿٣﴾

Waalssabihati sabhan

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

79:4

فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ﴿٤﴾

Faalssabiqati sabqan

And those who race each other in a race

79:5

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ﴿٥﴾

Faalmudabbirati amran

And those who arrange [each] matter

79:6

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ﴿٦﴾

Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation]

79:7

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ﴿٧﴾

Tatbaʿuha alrradifatu

There will follow it the subsequent [one]

79:8

قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ﴿٨﴾

Quloobun yawmaithin wajifatun

Hearts, that Day, will tremble

79:9

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".

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