النازعات An-Nazi'at

79:1

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا ۝١

WannaziAAati gharqa

I swear by those angels who pluck out wicked souls vehemently,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

By those [angels] who wrest [the soul] violently,Ali Quli Qarai

By those [angels] who extract with violenceSaheeh International

79:2

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا ۝٢

Wannashitati nashta

and by those angels who draw out blessed souls gently,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

by those who draw [it] out gently,Ali Quli Qarai

And [by] those who remove with easeSaheeh International

79:3

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا ۝٣

Wassabihati sabha

and by those angels who swim in space smoothly;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

by those who swim smoothly,Ali Quli Qarai

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimmingSaheeh International

79:4

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا ۝٤

Fassabiqati sabqa

and then by those angels who are efficient in following commands;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

by those who, racing, take the lead,Ali Quli Qarai

And those who race each other in a raceSaheeh International

79:5

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا ۝٥

Falmudabbirati amra

and by those angels who regulate the affair—I swear by these angels that day of resurrection will happen.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

by those who direct the affairs [of creatures]:Ali Quli Qarai

And those who arrange [each] matter,Saheeh International

79:6

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ۝٦

Yawma tarjufu arrajifa

The day of resurrect will be the day on which the quaking earth shall shiver,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

the day when the Quaker quakesAli Quli Qarai

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],Saheeh International

79:7

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ۝٧

TatbaAAuha arradifa

and then the second earthquake will follow it.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and is followed by the Successor,Ali Quli Qarai

There will follow it the subsequent [one].Saheeh International

79:8

قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ ۝٨

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifa

On that day, people’s hearts shall be throbbing,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

hearts will be trembling on that day,Ali Quli Qarai

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,Saheeh International

79:9

أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ ۝٩

Absaruha khashiAAa

and their eyes shall be cast down with humility.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

bearing a humbled look.Ali Quli Qarai

Their eyes humbled.Saheeh International

79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ۝١٠

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona feealhafira

They, the unbelievers, say, “Shall we indeed be restored to our first state?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

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

79:11

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ ۝١١

A-itha kunna AAithamannakhira

What, when we are rotten bones?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

Even if we should be decayed bones?"Saheeh International

79:12

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ ۝١٢

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasira

Then sarcastically, they say, “That then would be a losing return!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."Saheeh International

79:13

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ ۝١٣

Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahida

But they don’t realize that it shall be only a single cryS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Yet it will be only a single shout,Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, it will be but one shout,Saheeh International

79:14

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ۝١٤

Fa-itha hum bissahira

and, behold, they shall be wakeful.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and behold, they will be awake.Ali Quli Qarai

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

79:15

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ۝١٥

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

Has not there come to you the story of Mūsā?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Did you receive the story of Moses,Ali Quli Qarai

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -Saheeh International

79:16

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ۝١٦

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bilwadialmuqaddasi tuwa

When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, Ṭuwa:S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,Saheeh International

79:17

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ۝١٧

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

“Go to Firʿawn, he surely has rebelled.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.Saheeh International

79:18

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ۝١٨

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

Then say to him: ‘Do you have the desire to purify yourself?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and say, ‘‘Would you purify yourself?Ali Quli Qarai

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

79:19

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ۝١٩

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

If so, then I shall guide you to your Lord so that you may fear displeasing Him.’”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"Saheeh International

79:20

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلَْٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ۝٢٠

Faarahu al-ayata alkubra

So Mūsā went to Firʿawn and showed him the great sign of his truth—the staff which could turn into a serpent.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then he showed him the greatest sign.Ali Quli Qarai

And he showed him the greatest sign,Saheeh International

79:21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ۝٢١

Fakaththaba waAAasa

But Firʿawn rejected the message of Mūsā and disobeyed;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

But he denied, and disobeyed.Ali Quli Qarai

But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.Saheeh International

79:22

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ۝٢٢

Thumma adbara yasAAa

then, he turned against Mūsā and tried his best to promote his image:S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then he turned back, walking swiftly,Ali Quli Qarai

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].Saheeh International

79:23

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ۝٢٣

Fahashara fanada

he gathered the people and made the announcement.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and gathered [the people] and proclaimed,Ali Quli Qarai

And he gathered [his people] and called outSaheeh International

79:24

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۝٢٤

Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla

He said, “I am your supreme Lord!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

saying, ‘I am your exalted lord!’Ali Quli Qarai

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."Saheeh International

79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ۝٢٥

Faakhathahu Allahu nakalaal-akhirati wal-oola

So Allāh seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and this life.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..Saheeh International

79:26

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ۝٢٦

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan limanyakhsha

Most surely, there is in this a lesson to him who fears.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].Saheeh International

79:27

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ۝٢٧

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami assamaobanaha

What! Are you harder to create or the heaven which He has made?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.Saheeh International

79:28

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ۝٢٨

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

He raised high its roof, and then He perfected it;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He raised its vault and fashioned it,Ali Quli Qarai

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.Saheeh International

79:29

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٢٩

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

He made dark its night and brought forth its lightS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon.Ali Quli Qarai

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.Saheeh International

79:30

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ۝٣٠

Wal-arda baAAda thalikadahaha

And as for the earth: after that, He expanded it;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Thereafter He spread out the earth,Ali Quli Qarai

And after that He spread the earth.Saheeh International

79:31

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ۝٣١

Akhraja minha maahawamarAAaha

He brought forth from it its water and its pastures.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

brought forth from it its water and pastures,Ali Quli Qarai

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,Saheeh International

79:32

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ۝٣٢

Waljibala arsaha

And the mountains, He made them firm—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

setting firm the mountains,Ali Quli Qarai

And the mountains He set firmlySaheeh International

79:33

مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ۝٣٣

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

a provision for you and your cattle.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.Saheeh International

79:34

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ۝٣٤

Fa-itha jaati attammatualkubra

But when the great predominating calamity comes—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When the Greatest Catastrophe befallsAli Quli Qarai

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -Saheeh International

79:35

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ۝٣٥

Yawma yatathakkaru al-insanu masaAAa

the day on which man shall recollect what he strove after;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

—the day when man will remember his endeavoursAli Quli Qarai

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,Saheeh International

79:36

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ۝٣٦

Waburrizati aljaheemu liman yara

and the Hell shall be made manifest to him who sees.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

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

79:37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ۝٣٧

Faamma man tagha

As for him who is inordinateS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

as for him who has been rebelliousAli Quli Qarai

So as for he who transgressedSaheeh International

79:38

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۝٣٨

Waathara alhayata addunya

and prefers the life of this world,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and preferred the life of this world,Ali Quli Qarai

And preferred the life of the world,Saheeh International

79:39

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ۝٣٩

Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa

then surely the Hell is the abode for him.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

his refuge will indeed be hell.Ali Quli Qarai

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.Saheeh International

79:40

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ۝٤٠

Waama man khafa maqamarabbihi wanaha annafsa AAani alhawa

As for him who fears the status of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

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

79:41

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ۝٤١

Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa

then surely the Garden that is the abode for him.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

his refuge will indeed be paradise.Ali Quli Qarai

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.Saheeh International

79:42

يَسَْٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۝٤٢

Yas-aloonaka AAani assaAAatiayyana mursaha

They ask you about the Hour, when it will come?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?Saheeh International

79:43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ۝٤٣

Feema anta min thikraha

Since when are you to know of it?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

considering your frequent mention of it?”Ali Quli Qarai

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?Saheeh International

79:44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ۝٤٤

Ila rabbika muntahaha

It is sufficient to know that to your Lord is its goal.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Its outcome is with your Lord.Ali Quli Qarai

To your Lord is its finality.Saheeh International

79:45

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ۝٤٥

Innama anta munthiru manyakhshaha

You, O Muḥammad, are only a warner to him who would fear it; it is not your responsibility to let them know of the time of resurrection.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

You are only a warner for those who are afraid it.Ali Quli Qarai

You are only a warner for those who fear it.Saheeh International

79:46

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ۝٤٦

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lamyalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early of it.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

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.Saheeh International