79th surah of the Quran

Surah An-Nazi'at

Those who drag forth

Meccan 46 verses Juz 30
An-Nazi'at

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا ﴿١﴾

By those who drag forth to destruction,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا ﴿٢﴾

By the meteors rushing,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا ﴿٣﴾

By the lone stars floating,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا ﴿٤﴾

By the angels hastening,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا ﴿٥﴾

And those who govern the event,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ﴿٦﴾

On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ﴿٧﴾

And the second followeth it,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ ﴿٨﴾

On that day hearts beat painfully

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ ﴿٩﴾

While eyes are downcast

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ﴿١٠﴾

(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ ﴿١١﴾

Even after we are crumbled bones?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ ﴿١٢﴾

They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ ﴿١٣﴾

Surely it will need but one shout,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ﴿١٤﴾

And lo! they will be awakened.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ﴿١٥﴾

Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿١٦﴾

How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾

And he showed him the tremendous token.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾

But he denied and disobeyed,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٢٢﴾

Then turned he away in haste,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾

Then gathered he and summoned

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾

And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ﴿٢٥﴾

So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ﴿٢٦﴾

Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٢٧﴾

Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٢٨﴾

He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٢٩﴾

And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ﴿٣٠﴾

And after that He spread the earth,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ﴿٣١﴾

And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٣٢﴾

And He made fast the hills,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٣﴾

A provision for you and for your cattle.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾

But when the great disaster cometh,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ﴿٣٥﴾

The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾

And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾

Then, as for him who rebelled

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿٣٨﴾

And chose the life of the world,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٣٩﴾

Lo! hell will be his home.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾

But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٤١﴾

Lo! the Garden will be his home.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٤٢﴾

They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٣﴾

Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٤﴾

Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤٥﴾

Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٤٦﴾

On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

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Arabic text: Uthmani script. English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall. Audio: everyayah.com.

About Surah An-Nazi'at

Surah An-Nazi'at (النازعات) is the 79th surah of the Quran. It has 46 verses and is found in Juz 30. It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Prophet's migration (Hijra) to Medina.

Its name, النازعات, is commonly translated as “Those who drag forth”.

Questions about Surah An-Nazi'at

How many verses are in Surah An-Nazi'at?

Surah An-Nazi'at (النازعات) has 46 verses. It is the 79th surah of the Quran, after Surah An-Naba and before Surah 'Abasa, and it is found in Juz 30.

Is Surah An-Nazi'at Meccan or Medinan?

It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Hijra. In the traditional order of revelation it is number 81 out of 114. Scholars sometimes differ about the place of revelation of some verses.

What does the name of Surah An-Nazi'at mean?

النازعات is commonly translated as “Those who drag forth”. The surahs are named after a word or a theme that appears in them, and the name is a label rather than a summary of the whole surah.

Which Juz is Surah An-Nazi'at in?

Surah An-Nazi'at is in Juz' 30.

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