Surah An-Nazi'at (Those Who Pull Out)

Topics in Surah An-Nazi'at

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir) (14 verses)
• Role Model (Qudwah) (10 verses)
• Injustice (Zulm) (10 verses)
• Divinity (Uluhiyyah) (9 verses)
• Creation (Khalq) (8 verses)
• Understanding (Fiqh) (7 verses)
• The Earth (Ard) (6 verses)
• Faith (Iman) (6 verses)
• Daytime (Nahar) (6 verses)
• Subservience (Taskhir) (4 verses)
• The Unseen (Ghayb) (4 verses)
• Prophet Moses (Musa) (4 verses)
• Tyranny (Tughyan) (4 verses)
• Appointed Term (Ajal) (3 verses)
• Seeking Aid (Isti'anah) (3 verses)

Read Surah An-Nazi'at with English translation

1. 79:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا

   By the forceful chargers

2. 79:2

   وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا

   raring to go,

3. 79:3

   وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا

   sweeping ahead at full stretch,

4. 79:4

   فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا

   overtaking swiftly

5. 79:5

   فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا

   to bring the matter to an end,

6. 79:6

   يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

   on the Day when the blast reverberates

7. 79:7

   تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

   and the second blast follows,

8. 79:8

   قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ

   hearts will tremble

9. 79:9

   أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ

   and eyes will be downcast.

10. 79:10

    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

    They say, ‘What? shall we be brought back to life,

11. 79:11

    أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ

    after we have turned into decayed bones?’ and they say,

12. 79:12

    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ

    ‘Such a return is impossible!’

13. 79:13

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ

    But all it will take is a single blast,

14. 79:14

    فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

    and they will be back above ground.

15. 79:15

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

    Have you [Prophet] heard the story of Moses?

16. 79:16

    إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

    His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:

17. 79:17

    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

    ‘Go to Pharaoh, for he has exceeded all bounds,

18. 79:18

    فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    and ask him, “Do you want to purify yourself [of sin]?

19. 79:19

    وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

    Do you want me to guide you to your Lord, so that you may hold Him in awe?” ’

20. 79:20

    فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    Moses showed him the great sign,

21. 79:21

    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

    but he denied it and refused [the faith].

22. 79:22

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

    He turned away and hastily

23. 79:23

    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

    gathered his people, proclaiming,

24. 79:24

    فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

    ‘I am your supreme lord,’

25. 79:25

    فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

    so God condemned him to punishment in the life to come as well as in this life:

26. 79:26

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

    there truly is a lesson in this for anyone who stands in awe of God.

27. 79:27

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

    Which is harder to create: you people or the sky that He built,

28. 79:28

    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

    raising it high and perfecting it,

29. 79:29

    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

    giving darkness to its night and bringing out its morning brightness,

30. 79:30

    وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

    and the earth, too, He spread out,

31. 79:31

    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

    bringing waters and pastures out of it,

32. 79:32

    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

    and setting firm mountains [in it]

33. 79:33

    مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ

    for you and your animals to enjoy?

34. 79:34

    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    When the great overwhelming event arrives

35. 79:35

    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

    on the Day that man remembers what he has done

36. 79:36

    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

    and Hell is there for all to see,

37. 79:37

    فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

    for anyone who has transgressed

38. 79:38

    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    and preferred the present life

39. 79:39

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

    Hell will be home;

40. 79:40

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

    for anyone who feared the meeting with his Lord and restrained himself from base desires,

41. 79:41

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

    Paradise will be home.

42. 79:42

    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

    They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour,

43. 79:43

    فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

    saying, ‘When will it arrive?’, but how can you tell [them that]?

44. 79:44

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

    Its time is known only to your Lord;

45. 79:45

    إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

    you are only sent to warn those who fear it.

46. 79:46

    كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

    On the Day they see it, it will seem they lingered [in this life] an evening [at most,] or its morning.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.