Surah 79 of 114
Surah An-Nazi'at
سُورَةُ النَّازِعَاتِ
Also written An-Nāziʿāt, An-Naazi'aat.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقࣰا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
79:1 - وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطࣰا
And [by] those who remove with ease
79:2 - وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحࣰا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
79:3 - فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقࣰا
And those who race each other in a race
79:4 - فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرࣰا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
79:5 - يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
79:6 - تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
79:7 - قُلُوبࣱ يَوْمَئِذࣲ وَاجِفَةٌ
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
79:8 - أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةࣱ
Their eyes humbled.
79:9 - يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
79:10 - أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمࣰا نَّخِرَةࣰ
Even if we should be decayed bones?
79:11 - قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذࣰا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةࣱ
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
79:12 - فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
79:13 - فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
79:14 - هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
79:15 - إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
79:16 - ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
79:17 - فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
79:18 - وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
79:19 - فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
And he showed him the greatest sign,
79:20 - فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
79:21 - ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving.
79:22 - فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And he gathered [his people] and called out
79:23 - فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
79:24 - فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
79:25 - إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةࣰ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
79:26 - ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
79:27 - رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
79:28 - وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
79:29 - وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And after that He spread the earth.
79:30 - أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
79:31 - وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
And the mountains He set firmly
79:32 - مَتَـٰعࣰا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
79:33 - فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
79:34 - يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
79:35 - وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
79:36 - فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
So as for he who transgressed
79:37 - وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
And preferred the life of the world,
79:38 - فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
79:39 - وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
79:40 - فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
79:41 - يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
79:42 - فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
79:43 - إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
To your Lord is its finality.
79:44 - إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
79:45 - كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
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.
79:46
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