# Surah An-Nazi'at (النَّازِعَات) — Those who drag forth

> **Chapter 79 of the Holy Quran** · **46 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

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- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
- **English Translation**: Saheeh International (100+ additional languages available on the interactive web reader)

## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (46 Verses)

### Verse 79:1

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقࣰ ا

By those [angels] who extract with violence

### Verse 79:2

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطࣰ ا

And [by] those who remove with ease

### Verse 79:3

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحࣰ ا

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

### Verse 79:4

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقࣰ ا

And those who race each other in a race

### Verse 79:5

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرࣰ ا

And those who arrange [each] matter

### Verse 79:6

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation]

### Verse 79:7

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

There will follow it the subsequent [one]

### Verse 79:8

قُلُوبࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَاجِفَةٌ

Hearts, that Day, will tremble

### Verse 79:9

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةࣱ‏

Their eyes humbled

### Verse 79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ

They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]

### Verse 79:11

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمࣰ ا نَّخِرَةࣰ‏

Even if we should be decayed bones

### Verse 79:12

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذࣰ ا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةࣱ‏

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return

### Verse 79:13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ‏

Indeed, it will be but one shout

### Verse 79:14

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface

### Verse 79:15

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

Has there reached you the story of Moses

### Verse 79:16

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa

### Verse 79:17

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed

### Verse 79:18

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

### Verse 79:19

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]

### Verse 79:20

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

And he showed him the greatest sign

### Verse 79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed

### Verse 79:22

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ

Then he turned his back, striving

### Verse 79:23

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

And he gathered [his people] and called out

### Verse 79:24

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ

And said, "I am your most exalted lord

### Verse 79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ

So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]

### Verse 79:26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةࣰ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ

Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah]

### Verse 79:27

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it

### Verse 79:28

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it

### Verse 79:29

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness

### Verse 79:30

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

And after that He spread the earth

### Verse 79:31

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا

He extracted from it its water and its pasture

### Verse 79:32

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا

And the mountains He set firmly

### Verse 79:33

مَتَٰعࣰ ا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ

As provision for you and your grazing livestock

### Verse 79:34

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity

### Verse 79:35

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove

### Verse 79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see

### Verse 79:37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

So as for he who transgressed

### Verse 79:38

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا

And preferred the life of the world

### Verse 79:39

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge

### Verse 79:40

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination

### Verse 79:41

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge

### Verse 79:42

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا

They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival

### Verse 79:43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ

In what [position] are you that you should mention it

### Verse 79:44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

To your Lord is its finality

### Verse 79:45

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا

You are only a warner for those who fear it

### Verse 79:46

كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ 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