Surah An-Naazi'aat

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 79:1

   وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا﴿١﴾

   wa-n-nāziʿāti ġarqan

   By those [angels] who wrest [the soul] violently,

2. 79:2

   وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا﴿٢﴾

   wa-n-nāšiṭāti našṭan

   by those who draw [it] out gently,

3. 79:3

   وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا﴿٣﴾

   wa-s-sābiḥāti sabḥan

   by those who swim smoothly,

4. 79:4

   فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا﴿٤﴾

   fa-s-sābiqāti sabqan

   by those who, racing, take the lead,

5. 79:5

   فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا﴿٥﴾

   fa-l-mudabbirāti ˈamran

   by those who direct the affairs [of creatures]:

6. 79:6

   يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ﴿٦﴾

   yawma tarǧufu r-rāǧifatu

   the day when the Quaker quakes

7. 79:7

   تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ﴿٧﴾

   tatbaʿuhā r-rādifatu

   and is followed by the Successor,

8. 79:8

   قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ﴿٨﴾

   qulūbun yawmaˈiḏin wāǧifatun

   hearts will be trembling on that day,

9. 79:9

   أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ﴿٩﴾

   ˈabṣāruhā ḫāšiʿatun

   bearing a humbled look.

10. 79:10

    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ﴿١٠﴾

    yaqūlūna ˈa-ˈinnā la-mardūdūna fī l-ḥāfirati

    They will say, ‘Are we being returned to our earlier state?

11. 79:11

    أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً﴿١١﴾

    ˈa-ˈiḏā kunnā ʿiẓāman naḫiratan

    What, even after we have been decayed bones?!’

12. 79:12

    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ﴿١٢﴾

    qālū tilka ˈiḏan karratun ḫāsiratun

    They will say, ‘This is, then, a ruinous return!’

13. 79:13

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ﴿١٣﴾

    fa-ˈinnamā hiya zaǧratun wāḥidatun

    Yet it will be only a single shout,

14. 79:14

    فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ﴿١٤﴾

    fa-ˈiḏā hum bi-s-sāhirati

    and behold, they will be awake.

15. 79:15

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ﴿١٥﴾

    hal ˈatāka ḥadīṯu mūsā

    Did you receive the story of Moses,

16. 79:16

    إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى﴿١٦﴾

    ˈiḏ nādāhu rabbuhū bi-l-wādi l-muqaddasi ṭuwan-i

    when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa?

17. 79:17

    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ﴿١٧﴾

    iḏhab ˈilā firʿawna ˈinnahū ṭaġā

    [And said,] ‘Go to Pharaoh, for indeed he has rebelled,

18. 79:18

    فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ﴿١٨﴾

    fa-qul hal laka ˈilā ˈan tazakkā

    and say, ‘‘Would you purify yourself?

19. 79:19

    وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ﴿١٩﴾

    wa-ˈahdiyaka ˈilā rabbika fa-taḫšā

    I will guide you to your Lord, that you may fear [Him]?’’ ’

20. 79:20

    فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ﴿٢٠﴾

    fa-ˈarāhu l-ˈāyata l-kubrā

    Then he showed him the greatest sign.

21. 79:21

    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ﴿٢١﴾

    fa-kaḏḏaba wa-ʿaṣā

    But he denied, and disobeyed.

22. 79:22

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ﴿٢٢﴾

    ṯumma ˈadbara yasʿā

    Then he turned back, walking swiftly,

23. 79:23

    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ﴿٢٣﴾

    fa-ḥašara fa-nādā

    and gathered [the people] and proclaimed,

24. 79:24

    فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ﴿٢٤﴾

    fa-qāla ˈana rabbukumu l-ˈaʿlā

    saying, ‘I am your exalted lord!’

25. 79:25

    فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ﴿٢٥﴾

    fa-ˈaḫaḏahu llāhu nakāla l-ˈāḫirati wa-l-ˈūlā

    So Allah seized him with the punishment of this life and the Hereafter.

26. 79:26

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ﴿٢٦﴾

    ˈinna fī ḏālika la-ʿibratan li-man yaḫšā

    There is indeed a moral in that for someone who fears!

27. 79:27

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا﴿٢٧﴾

    ˈa-ˈantum ˈašaddu ḫalqan ˈami s-samāˈu banāhā

    Is your creation more prodigious or that of the heaven He has built?

28. 79:28

    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا﴿٢٨﴾

    rafaʿa samkahā fa-sawwāhā

    He raised its vault and fashioned it,

29. 79:29

    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا﴿٢٩﴾

    wa-ˈaġṭaša laylahā wa-ˈaḫraǧa ḍuḥāhā

    and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon.

30. 79:30

    وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ﴿٣٠﴾

    wa-l-ˈarḍa baʿda ḏālika daḥāhā

    Thereafter He spread out the earth,

31. 79:31

    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا﴿٣١﴾

    ˈaḫraǧa minhā māˈahā wa-marʿāhā

    brought forth from it its water and pastures,

32. 79:32

    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا﴿٣٢﴾

    wa-l-ǧibāla ˈarsāhā

    setting firm the mountains,

33. 79:33

    مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ﴿٣٣﴾

    matāʿan lakum wa-li-ˈanʿāmikum

    as a [place of] sustenance for you and your livestock.

34. 79:34

    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ﴿٣٤﴾

    fa-ˈiḏā ǧāˈati ṭ-ṭāmmatu l-kubrā

    When the Greatest Catastrophe befalls

35. 79:35

    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ﴿٣٥﴾

    yawma yataḏakkaru l-ˈinsānu mā saʿā

    —the day when man will remember his endeavours

36. 79:36

    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ﴿٣٦﴾

    wa-burrizati l-ǧaḥīmu li-man yarā

    and hell is brought into view for those who can see—

37. 79:37

    فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ﴿٣٧﴾

    fa-ˈammā man ṭaġā

    as for him who has been rebellious

38. 79:38

    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا﴿٣٨﴾

    wa-ˈāṯara l-ḥayāta d-dunyā

    and preferred the life of this world,

39. 79:39

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ﴿٣٩﴾

    fa-ˈinna l-ǧaḥīma hiya l-maˈwā

    his refuge will indeed be hell.

40. 79:40

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

    wa-ˈammā man ḫāfa maqāma rabbihī wa-nahā n-nafsa ʿani l-hawā

    But as for him who is awed to stand before his Lord and restrains his soul from [following] desires,

41. 79:41

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ﴿٤١﴾

    fa-ˈinna l-ǧannata hiya l-maˈwā

    his refuge will indeed be paradise.

42. 79:42

    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا﴿٤٢﴾

    yasˈalūnaka ʿani s-sāʿati ˈayyāna mursāhā

    They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it set in,

43. 79:43

    فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ﴿٤٣﴾

    fī-ma ˈanta min ḏikrāhā

    considering your frequent mention of it?”

44. 79:44

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ﴿٤٤﴾

    ˈilā rabbika muntahāhā

    Its outcome is with your Lord.

45. 79:45

    إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا﴿٤٥﴾

    ˈinnamā ˈanta munḏiru man yaḫšāhā

    You are only a warner for those who are afraid it.

46. 79:46

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

    ka-ˈannahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbaṯū ˈillā ʿašiyyatan ˈaw ḍuḥāhā

    The day they see it, it shall be as if they had not stayed [in the world] except for an evening or forenoon.