Surah 79 · Makkah · 46 verses

An-Naazi'aat

Those who drag forth

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

  1. 79:1

    وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

    By those [angels] who extract with violence

  2. 79:2

    وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا

    And [by] those who remove with ease

  3. 79:3

    وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

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

  4. 79:4

    فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا

    And those who race each other in a race

  5. 79:5

    فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا

    And those who arrange [each] matter

  6. 79:6

    يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ

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

  7. 79:7

    تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ

    There will follow it the subsequent [one]

  8. 79:8

    قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

    Hearts, that Day, will tremble

  9. 79:9

    أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ

    Their eyes humbled

  10. 79:10

    يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ

    They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]

  11. 79:11

    أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَخِرَةً

    Even if we should be decayed bones

  12. 79:12

    قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

    They say, "That, then, would be a losing return

  13. 79:13

    فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

    Indeed, it will be but one shout

  14. 79:14

    فَإِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

    And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface

  15. 79:15

    هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ

    Has there reached you the story of Moses

  16. 79:16

    إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

    When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa

  17. 79:17

    اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ

    Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed

  18. 79:18

    فَقُلْ هَلْ لَكَ إِلَىٰ أَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ

    And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

  19. 79:19

    وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

    And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]

  20. 79:20

    فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

    And he showed him the greatest sign

  21. 79:21

    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

    But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed

  22. 79:22

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

    Then he turned his back, striving

  23. 79:23

    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

    And he gathered [his people] and called out

  24. 79:24

    فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ

    And said, "I am your most exalted lord

  25. 79:25

    فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

    So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]

  26. 79:26

    إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَىٰ

    Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah]

  27. 79:27

    أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا

    Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it

  28. 79:28

    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

    He raised its ceiling and proportioned it

  29. 79:29

    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا

    And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness

  30. 79:30

    وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

    And after that He spread the earth

  31. 79:31

    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا

    He extracted from it its water and its pasture

  32. 79:32

    وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا

    And the mountains He set firmly

  33. 79:33

    مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

    As provision for you and your grazing livestock

  34. 79:34

    فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ

    But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity

  35. 79:35

    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ

    The Day when man will remember that for which he strove

  36. 79:36

    وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَنْ يَرَىٰ

    And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see

  37. 79:37

    فَأَمَّا مَنْ طَغَىٰ

    So as for he who transgressed

  38. 79:38

    وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

    And preferred the life of the world

  39. 79:39

    فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

    Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge

  40. 79:40

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

    But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination

  41. 79:41

    فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ

    Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge

  42. 79:42

    يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

    They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival

  43. 79:43

    فِيمَ أَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرَاهَا

    In what [position] are you that you should mention it

  44. 79:44

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهَاهَا

    To your Lord is its finality

  45. 79:45

    إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَخْشَاهَا

    You are only a warner for those who fear it

  46. 79:46

    كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

    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

English translation: Saheeh International.