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An-Nazi'at

Meccan 46 Ayahs Juz 30
النازعات

Surah An-Nazi'at (النازعات) is chapter 79 of the Holy Quran — a Meccan surah of 46 verses (ayahs). Meccan surahs were revealed before the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) migrated to Medina and most often emphasise faith, the oneness of God and the hereafter.

Bismillah
بِسْمِIn (the) namebis'miٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِthe Most Graciousl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmi
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
79:1
وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِBy those who extractwal-nāziʿātiغَرْقًۭاviolentlygharqan١
By those [angels] who extract with violence
79:2
وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِAnd those who draw outwal-nāshiṭātiنَشْطًۭاgentlynashṭan٢
And [by] those who remove with ease
79:3
وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِAnd those who glidewal-sābiḥātiسَبْحًۭاswimmingsabḥan٣
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
79:4
فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِAnd those who race each otherfal-sābiqātiسَبْقًۭا(in) a racesabqan٤
And those who race each other in a race
79:5
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِAnd those who arrangefal-mudabirātiأَمْرًۭا(the) matteramran٥
And those who arrange [each] matter,
79:6
يَوْمَ(The) Dayyawmaتَرْجُفُwill quaketarjufuٱلرَّاجِفَةُthe quaking onel-rājifatu٦
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
79:7
تَتْبَعُهَاFollows ittatbaʿuhāٱلرَّادِفَةُthe subsequentl-rādifatu٧
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
79:8
قُلُوبٌۭHeartsqulūbunيَوْمَئِذٍۢthat Dayyawma-idhinوَاجِفَةٌwill palpitatewājifatun٨
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
79:9
أَبْصَـٰرُهَاTheir eyesabṣāruhāخَـٰشِعَةٌۭhumbledkhāshiʿatun٩
Their eyes humbled.
79:10
يَقُولُونَThey sayyaqūlūnaأَءِنَّاWill wea-innāلَمَرْدُودُونَindeed be returnedlamardūdūnaفِىtofīٱلْحَافِرَةِthe former statel-ḥāfirati١٠
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
79:11
أَءِذَاWhat! Whena-idhāكُنَّاwe arekunnāعِظَـٰمًۭاbonesʿiẓāmanنَّخِرَةًۭdecayednakhiratan١١
Even if we should be decayed bones?"1
79:12
قَالُوا۟They sayqālūتِلْكَThistil'kaإِذًۭاthenidhanكَرَّةٌ(would be) a returnkarratunخَاسِرَةٌۭlosingkhāsiratun١٢
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."1
79:13
فَإِنَّمَاThen onlyfa-innamāهِىَithiyaزَجْرَةٌۭ(will be) a shoutzajratunوَٰحِدَةٌۭsinglewāḥidatun١٣
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
79:14
فَإِذَاAnd beholdfa-idhāهُمTheyhumبِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ(will be) awakenedbil-sāhirati١٤
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
79:15
هَلْHashalأَتَىٰكَ(there) come to youatākaحَدِيثُ(the) storyḥadīthuمُوسَىٰٓ(of) Musamūsā١٥
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
79:16
إِذْWhenidhنَادَىٰهُcalled himnādāhuرَبُّهُۥhis Lordrabbuhuبِٱلْوَادِin the valleybil-wādiٱلْمُقَدَّسِthe sacredl-muqadasiطُوًى(of) Tuwaṭuwan١٦
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,
79:17
ٱذْهَبْGoidh'habإِلَىٰtoilāفِرْعَوْنَFiraunfir'ʿawnaإِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahuطَغَىٰ(has) transgressedṭaghā١٧
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
79:18
فَقُلْAnd sayfaqulهَلWouldhalلَّكَ[for] youlakaإِلَىٰٓ[to]ilāأَن[that]anتَزَكَّىٰpurify yourselftazakkā١٨
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
79:19
وَأَهْدِيَكَAnd I will guide youwa-ahdiyakaإِلَىٰtoilāرَبِّكَyour Lordrabbikaفَتَخْشَىٰso you would fearfatakhshā١٩
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
79:20
فَأَرَىٰهُThen he showed himfa-arāhuٱلْـَٔايَةَthe signl-āyataٱلْكُبْرَىٰthe greatl-kub'rā٢٠
And he showed him the greatest sign,
79:21
فَكَذَّبَBut he deniedfakadhabaوَعَصَىٰand disobeyedwaʿaṣā٢١
But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.
79:22
ثُمَّThenthummaأَدْبَرَhe turned his backadbaraيَسْعَىٰstrivingyasʿā٢٢
Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].
79:23
فَحَشَرَAnd he gatheredfaḥasharaفَنَادَىٰand called outfanādā٢٣
And he gathered [his people] and called out.
79:24
فَقَالَThen he saidfaqālaأَنَا۠I amanāرَبُّكُمُyour Lordrabbukumuٱلْأَعْلَىٰthe Most Highl-aʿlā٢٤
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
79:25
فَأَخَذَهُSo seized himfa-akhadhahuٱللَّهُAllahl-lahuنَكَالَ(with) an exemplary punishmentnakālaٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ(for) the lastl-ākhiratiوَٱلْأُولَىٰٓand the firstwal-ūlā٢٥
So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..
79:26
إِنَّIndeedinnaفِىinfīذَٰلِكَthatdhālikaلَعِبْرَةًۭsurely (is) a lessonlaʿib'ratanلِّمَنfor whoeverlimanيَخْشَىٰٓfearsyakhshā٢٦
Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].
79:27
ءَأَنتُمْAre youa-antumأَشَدُّa more difficultashadduخَلْقًاcreationkhalqanأَمِoramiٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚthe heavenl-samāuبَنَىٰهَاHe constructed itbanāhā٢٧
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
79:28
رَفَعَHe raisedrafaʿaسَمْكَهَاits ceilingsamkahāفَسَوَّىٰهَاand proportioned itfasawwāhā٢٨
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
79:29
وَأَغْطَشَAnd He darkenedwa-aghṭashaلَيْلَهَاits nightlaylahāوَأَخْرَجَand brought outwa-akhrajaضُحَىٰهَاits brightnessḍuḥāhā٢٩
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
79:30
وَٱلْأَرْضَAnd the earthwal-arḍaبَعْدَafterbaʿdaذَٰلِكَthatdhālikaدَحَىٰهَآHe spread itdaḥāhā٣٠
And after that He spread the earth.
79:31
أَخْرَجَHe brought forthakhrajaمِنْهَاfrom itmin'hāمَآءَهَاits watermāahāوَمَرْعَىٰهَاand its pasturewamarʿāhā٣١
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
79:32
وَٱلْجِبَالَAnd the mountainswal-jibālaأَرْسَىٰهَاHe made them firmarsāhā٣٢
And the mountains He set firmly
79:33
مَتَـٰعًۭا(As) a provisionmatāʿanلَّكُمْfor youlakumوَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْand for your cattlewali-anʿāmikum٣٣
As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
79:34
فَإِذَاBut whenfa-idhāجَآءَتِcomesjāatiٱلطَّآمَّةُthe Overwhelming Calamityl-ṭāmatuٱلْكُبْرَىٰthe greatl-kub'rā٣٤
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
79:35
يَوْمَ(The) Dayyawmaيَتَذَكَّرُwill rememberyatadhakkaruٱلْإِنسَـٰنُmanl-insānuمَاwhatmāسَعَىٰhe strove (for)saʿā٣٥
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
79:36
وَبُرِّزَتِAnd will be made manifestwaburrizatiٱلْجَحِيمُthe Hellfirel-jaḥīmuلِمَنto (him) wholimanيَرَىٰseesyarā٣٦
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
79:37
فَأَمَّاThen as forfa-ammāمَن(him) whomanطَغَىٰtransgressedṭaghā٣٧
So as for he who transgressed
79:38
وَءَاثَرَAnd preferredwaātharaٱلْحَيَوٰةَthe lifel-ḥayataٱلدُّنْيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā٣٨
And preferred the life of the world,
79:39
فَإِنَّThen indeedfa-innaٱلْجَحِيمَthe Hellfirel-jaḥīmaهِىَithiyaٱلْمَأْوَىٰ(is) the refugel-mawā٣٩
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
79:40
وَأَمَّاBut as forwa-ammāمَنْ(him) whomanخَافَfearedkhāfaمَقَامَstandingmaqāmaرَبِّهِۦ(before) his Lordrabbihiوَنَهَىand restrainedwanahāٱلنَّفْسَhis soull-nafsaعَنِfromʿaniٱلْهَوَىٰthe vain desiresl-hawā٤٠
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
79:41
فَإِنَّThen indeedfa-innaٱلْجَنَّةَParadise l-janataهِىَit (is)hiyaٱلْمَأْوَىٰthe refugel-mawā٤١
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
79:42
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَThey ask youyasalūnakaعَنِaboutʿaniٱلسَّاعَةِthe Hourl-sāʿatiأَيَّانَwhenayyānaمُرْسَىٰهَا(is) its arrivalmur'sāhā٤٢
They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
79:43
فِيمَIn whatfīmaأَنتَ(are) youantaمِن[of]minذِكْرَىٰهَآ(to) mention itdhik'rāhā٤٣
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
79:44
إِلَىٰToilāرَبِّكَyour Lordrabbikaمُنتَهَىٰهَآ(is) its finalitymuntahāhā٤٤
To your Lord is its finality.
79:45
إِنَّمَآOnlyinnamāأَنتَyouantaمُنذِرُ(are) a warnermundhiruمَن(for him) whomanيَخْشَىٰهَاfears ityakhshāhā٤٥
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
79:46
كَأَنَّهُمْAs though theyka-annahumيَوْمَ(the) Dayyawmaيَرَوْنَهَاthey see ityarawnahāلَمْnotlamيَلْبَثُوٓا۟they had remainedyalbathūإِلَّاexceptillāعَشِيَّةًan eveningʿashiyyatanأَوْorawضُحَىٰهَاa morning thereofḍuḥāhā٤٦
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.