Surah 79 of 114
النازعات
An-Nazi'at · Those who drag forth
46 verses · Revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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79:1
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا ١
WannaziAAati gharqa
QaraiBy those [angels] who wrest [the soul] violently,
Saheeh InternationalBy those [angels] who extract with violence
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79:2
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا ٢
Wannashitati nashta
Qaraiby those who draw [it] out gently,
Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] those who remove with ease
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79:3
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا ٣
Wassabihati sabha
Qaraiby those who swim smoothly,
Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
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79:4
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا ٤
Fassabiqati sabqa
Qaraiby those who, racing, take the lead,
Saheeh InternationalAnd those who race each other in a race
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79:5
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا ٥
Falmudabbirati amra
Qaraiby those who direct the affairs [of creatures]:
Saheeh InternationalAnd those who arrange [each] matter,
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79:6
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦
Yawma tarjufu arrajifa
Qaraithe day when the Quaker quakes
Saheeh InternationalOn the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
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79:7
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧
TatbaAAuha arradifa
Qaraiand is followed by the Successor,
Saheeh InternationalThere will follow it the subsequent [one].
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79:8
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨
Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifa
Qaraihearts will be trembling on that day,
Saheeh InternationalHearts, that Day, will tremble,
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79:9
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ ٩
Absaruha khashiAAa
Qaraibearing a humbled look.
Saheeh InternationalTheir eyes humbled.
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79:10
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ١٠
Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona feealhafira
QaraiThey will say, ‘Are we being returned to our earlier state?
Saheeh InternationalThey are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
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79:11
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً ١١
A-itha kunna AAithamannakhira
QaraiWhat, even after we have been decayed bones?!’
Saheeh InternationalEven if we should be decayed bones?"
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79:12
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ١٢
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasira
QaraiThey will say, ‘This is, then, a ruinous return!’
Saheeh InternationalThey say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
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79:13
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ١٣
Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahida
QaraiYet it will be only a single shout,
Saheeh InternationalIndeed, it will be but one shout,
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79:14
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤
Fa-itha hum bissahira
Qaraiand behold, they will be awake.
Saheeh InternationalAnd suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
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79:15
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
QaraiDid you receive the story of Moses,
Saheeh InternationalHas there reached you the story of Moses? -
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79:16
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bilwadialmuqaddasi tuwa
Qaraiwhen his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa?
Saheeh InternationalWhen his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,
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79:17
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧
Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
Qarai[And said,] ‘Go to Pharaoh, for indeed he has rebelled,
Saheeh International"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
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79:18
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨
Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
Qaraiand say, ‘‘Would you purify yourself?
Saheeh InternationalAnd say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
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79:19
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ١٩
Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
QaraiI will guide you to your Lord, that you may fear [Him]?’’ ’
Saheeh InternationalAnd let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
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79:20
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلَْٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ٢٠
Faarahu al-ayata alkubra
QaraiThen he showed him the greatest sign.
Saheeh InternationalAnd he showed him the greatest sign,
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79:21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١
Fakaththaba waAAasa
QaraiBut he denied, and disobeyed.
Saheeh InternationalBut he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.
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79:22
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ٢٢
Thumma adbara yasAAa
QaraiThen he turned back, walking swiftly,
Saheeh InternationalThen he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].
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79:23
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣
Fahashara fanada
Qaraiand gathered [the people] and proclaimed,
Saheeh InternationalAnd he gathered [his people] and called out
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79:24
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ٢٤
Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla
Qaraisaying, ‘I am your exalted lord!’
Saheeh InternationalAnd said, "I am your most exalted lord."
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79:25
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥
Faakhathahu Allahu nakalaal-akhirati wal-oola
QaraiSo Allah seized him with the punishment of this life and the Hereafter.
Saheeh InternationalSo Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..
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79:26
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ٢٦
Inna fee thalika laAAibratan limanyakhsha
QaraiThere is indeed a moral in that for someone who fears!
Saheeh InternationalIndeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].
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79:27
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧
Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami assamaobanaha
QaraiIs your creation more prodigious or that of the heaven He has built?
Saheeh InternationalAre you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
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79:28
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨
RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha
QaraiHe raised its vault and fashioned it,
Saheeh InternationalHe raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
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79:29
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩
Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha
Qaraiand darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon.
Saheeh InternationalAnd He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
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79:30
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠
Wal-arda baAAda thalikadahaha
QaraiThereafter He spread out the earth,
Saheeh InternationalAnd after that He spread the earth.
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79:31
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ٣١
Akhraja minha maahawamarAAaha
Qaraibrought forth from it its water and pastures,
Saheeh InternationalHe extracted from it its water and its pasture,
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79:32
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ٣٢
Waljibala arsaha
Qaraisetting firm the mountains,
Saheeh InternationalAnd the mountains He set firmly
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79:33
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ٣٣
MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum
Qaraias a [place of] sustenance for you and your livestock.
Saheeh InternationalAs enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
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79:34
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ٣٤
Fa-itha jaati attammatualkubra
QaraiWhen the Greatest Catastrophe befalls
Saheeh InternationalBut when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
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79:35
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥
Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu masaAAa
Qarai—the day when man will remember his endeavours
Saheeh InternationalThe Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
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79:36
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦
Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara
Qaraiand hell is brought into view for those who can see—
Saheeh InternationalAnd Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
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79:37
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧
Faamma man tagha
Qaraias for him who has been rebellious
Saheeh InternationalSo as for he who transgressed
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79:38
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ٣٨
Waathara alhayata addunya
Qaraiand preferred the life of this world,
Saheeh InternationalAnd preferred the life of the world,
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79:39
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ٣٩
Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa
Qaraihis refuge will indeed be hell.
Saheeh InternationalThen indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
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79:40
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ٤٠
Waama man khafa maqamarabbihi wanaha annafsa AAani alhawa
QaraiBut as for him who is awed to stand before his Lord and restrains his soul from [following] desires,
Saheeh InternationalBut as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
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79:41
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ٤١
Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa
Qaraihis refuge will indeed be paradise.
Saheeh InternationalThen indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
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79:42
يَسَْٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ٤٢
Yas-aloonaka AAani assaAAatiayyana mursaha
QaraiThey ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it set in,
Saheeh InternationalThey ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
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79:43
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ٤٣
Feema anta min thikraha
Qaraiconsidering your frequent mention of it?”
Saheeh InternationalIn what [position] are you that you should mention it?
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79:44
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤
Ila rabbika muntahaha
QaraiIts outcome is with your Lord.
Saheeh InternationalTo your Lord is its finality.
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79:45
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ٤٥
Innama anta munthiru manyakhshaha
QaraiYou are only a warner for those who are afraid it.
Saheeh InternationalYou are only a warner for those who fear it.
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79:46
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lamyalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
QaraiThe day they see it, it shall be as if they had not stayed [in the world] except for an evening or forenoon.
Saheeh InternationalIt 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.