Surah 79 · Makkah · 46 verses
An-Naazi'aat
Those who drag forth
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
- 79:1
وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
- 79:2
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا
And [by] those who remove with ease
- 79:3
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
- 79:4
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا
And those who race each other in a race
- 79:5
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا
And those who arrange [each] matter
- 79:6
يَوْمَ 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
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Hearts, that Day, will tremble
- 79:9
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
Their eyes humbled
- 79:10
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]
- 79:11
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَخِرَةً
Even if we should be decayed bones
- 79:12
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return
- 79:13
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Indeed, it will be but one shout
- 79:14
فَإِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface
- 79:15
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
Has there reached you the story of Moses
- 79:16
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
- 79:17
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed
- 79:18
فَقُلْ هَلْ لَكَ إِلَىٰ أَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
- 79:19
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]
- 79:20
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
And he showed him the greatest sign
- 79:21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed
- 79:22
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving
- 79:23
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And he gathered [his people] and called out
- 79:24
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord
- 79:25
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]
- 79:26
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَىٰ
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah]
- 79:27
أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it
- 79:28
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it
- 79:29
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness
- 79:30
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
And after that He spread the earth
- 79:31
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
He extracted from it its water and its pasture
- 79:32
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
And the mountains He set firmly
- 79:33
مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
As provision for you and your grazing livestock
- 79:34
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity
- 79:35
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove
- 79:36
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَنْ يَرَىٰ
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see
- 79:37
فَأَمَّا مَنْ طَغَىٰ
So as for he who transgressed
- 79:38
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
And preferred the life of the world
- 79:39
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge
- 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
- 79:41
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge
- 79:42
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival
- 79:43
فِيمَ أَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرَاهَا
In what [position] are you that you should mention it
- 79:44
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهَاهَا
To your Lord is its finality
- 79:45
إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَخْشَاهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it
- 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.
