النازعات
Surah An-Naziat (النازعات) - Transliteration and Translation
Chapter 79 of the Quran, 46 verses, "Those Who Drag Forth"
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Surah An-Naziat Transliteration and English Translation
- 1
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا
Wan naazi 'aati gharqa
By those [angels] who extract with violence
- 2
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا
Wan naa shi taati nashta
And [by] those who remove with ease
- 3
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا
Wass saabi-haati sabha
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
- 4
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا
Fass saabi qaati sabqa
And those who race each other in a race
- 5
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا
Fal mu dab-bi raati amra
And those who arrange [each] matter,
- 6
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
Yawma tarjufur raajifa
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
- 7
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Tatba'u har raadifa
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
- 8
قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ
Quloobuny-yau maaiziw-waaji-fa
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
- 9
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ
Absaa ruhaa khashi'ah
Their eyes humbled.
- 10
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
Ya qoo loona a-inna lamar doo doona fil haafirah
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
- 11
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ
Aizaa kunna 'izaa man-nakhirah
Even if we should be decayed bones?
- 12
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ
Qaalu tilka izan karratun khaasirah.
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
- 13
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ
Fa inna ma hiya zajratuw-waahida
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
- 14
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Faizaa hum biss saahirah
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
- 15
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Hal ataaka hadeethu Musaa
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
- 16
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Iz nadaahu rabbuhu bil waadil-muqad dasi tuwa
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
- 17
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Izhab ilaa fir'auna innahu taghaa.
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
- 18
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Faqul hal laka ilaa-an tazakka.
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
- 19
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Wa ahdi yaka ila rabbika fatakh sha
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
- 20
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Fa araahul-aayatal kubra.
And he showed him the greatest sign,
- 21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Fa kazzaba wa asaa.
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
- 22
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Thumma adbara yas'aa.
Then he turned his back, striving.
- 23
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Fa hashara fanada.
And he gathered [his people] and called out
- 24
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
Faqala ana rabbu kumul-a'laa.
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
- 25
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Fa-akha zahul laahu nakalal aakhirati wal-oola.
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
- 26
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Inna fee zaalika la'ibratal limaiy-yaksha
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
- 27
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
A-antum a shaddu khalqan amis samaa-u banaaha.
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
- 28
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Raf'a sam kaha fasaw waaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
- 29
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
Wa aghtasha lailaha wa akhraja duhaaha.
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
- 30
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
Wal arda b'ada zaalika dahaaha.
And after that He spread the earth.
- 31
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
Akhraja minha maa-aha wa mar 'aaha.
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
- 32
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
Wal jibala arsaaha.
And the mountains He set firmly
- 33
مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Mataa'al lakum wali an 'aamikum.
As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
- 34
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Fa-izaa jaaa'atit taaam matul kubraa.
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
- 35
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
Yauma Yata zakkarul insaanu ma sa'aa.
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
- 36
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Wa burrizatil-jaheemu limany-yaraa.
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
- 37
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Fa ammaa man taghaa.
So as for he who transgressed
- 38
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Wa aasaral hayaatad dunyaa
And preferred the life of the world,
- 39
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Fa innal jaheema hiyal maawaa.
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
- 40
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
Wa ammaa man khaafa maqaama Rabbihee wa nahan nafsa 'anil hawaa
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
- 41
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Fa innal jannata hiyal maawaa
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
- 42
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
Yas'aloonaka 'anis saa'ati ayyaana mursaahaa
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
- 43
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
Feema anta min zikraahaa
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
- 44
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
Ilaa Rabbika muntahaa haa
To your Lord is its finality.
- 45
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
- 46
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
Ka annahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasooo illaa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa
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.
About Surah An-Naziat
Surah An-Naziat (Arabic: النازعات), meaning "Those Who Drag Forth", is the 79th chapter of the Quran and has 46 verses. It was revealed in Makkah, when the disbelievers were asking mockingly when the Hour would come. The surah turns on two certainties: resurrection, and the division of people according to whether they followed their desires or feared standing before their Lord.
It opens with oaths by those who drag forth and those who draw out gently, which most commentators understand as the angels who take souls at death. It then describes the Day of the two blasts, when hearts tremble and the deniers ask whether they will really be restored after becoming decayed bones. The story of Musa follows: Allah called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa and sent him to Pharaoh, who denied, gathered his people, proclaimed "I am your most exalted lord", and was seized as an example. The surah asks whether human beings are harder to create than the sky, which Allah raised, and the earth, which He spread out. It states that whoever transgressed and preferred worldly life will have Hell as his refuge, while whoever feared standing before his Lord and restrained the soul from its desires will have Paradise. It ends by leaving the timing of the Hour with Allah alone.
Main Themes of Surah An-Naziat
- The angels who take the souls at death
- Musa's mission to the arrogant Pharaoh
- The creation of the heavens and the earth
- Restraining the soul from its desires
- The Hour, whose timing Allah alone knows
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Frequently Asked Questions About Surah An-Naziat
- What does An-Naziat mean?
- An-Naziat means "those who drag forth", from the oath in the first verse. Most commentators explain it as the angels who pull out the souls of the disbelievers harshly at death, contrasted in the next verse with those who draw out souls gently.
- What does Surah An-Naziat say about controlling desires?
- Verses 40 and 41 promise Paradise as the refuge of whoever feared standing before his Lord and restrained the soul from its desires. They make self-restraint rooted in awareness of Allah a direct path to Paradise, in contrast to the one who transgressed and preferred worldly life.
- When will the Hour come according to Surah An-Naziat?
- Verses 42 to 45 answer those who ask about the Hour by stating that its final knowledge rests with Allah alone, and that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is only a warner for those who fear it. The last verse adds that when people see it, it will feel as though they had remained in the world only an evening or a morning.