Surah An-Nazi'at (undefined)

Surah An-Nazi'at (undefined) is the 79th chapter of the Holy Quran. It was revealed in Mecca and contains 46 verses (ayahs). Read it below with the Arabic text, transliteration, and English translation, or open it as interactive flashcards to memorize it verse by verse.

1. 79:1

   وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا

   Wan naazi 'aati gharqa

   By those [angels] who extract with violence

2. 79:2

   وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا

   Wan naa shi taati nashta

   And [by] those who remove with ease

3. 79:3

   وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا

   Wass saabi-haati sabha

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

4. 79:4

   فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا

   Fass saabi qaati sabqa

   And those who race each other in a race

5. 79:5

   فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا

   Fal mu dab-bi raati amra

   And those who arrange [each] matter,

6. 79:6

   يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

   Yawma tarjufur raajifa

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

7. 79:7

   تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

   Tatba'u har raadifa

   There will follow it the subsequent [one].

8. 79:8

   قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ

   Quloobuny-yau maaiziw-waaji-fa

   Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

9. 79:9

   أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ

   Absaa ruhaa khashi'ah

   Their eyes humbled.

10. 79:10

    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

    Ya qoo loona a-inna lamar doo doona fil haafirah

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

11. 79:11

    أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ

    Aizaa kunna 'izaa man-nakhirah

    Even if we should be decayed bones?

12. 79:12

    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ

    Qaalu tilka izan karratun khaasirah.

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

13. 79:13

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ

    Fa inna ma hiya zajratuw-waahida

    Indeed, it will be but one shout,

14. 79:14

    فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

    Faizaa hum biss saahirah

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

15. 79:15

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

    Hal ataaka hadeethu Musaa

    Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

16. 79:16

    إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

    Iz nadaahu rabbuhu bil waadil-muqad dasi tuwa

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

17. 79:17

    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

    Izhab ilaa fir'auna innahu taghaa.

    "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

18. 79:18

    فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    Faqul hal laka ilaa-an tazakka.

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

19. 79:19

    وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

    Wa ahdi yaka ila rabbika fatakh sha

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

20. 79:20

    فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    Fa araahul-aayatal kubra.

    And he showed him the greatest sign,

21. 79:21

    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

    Fa kazzaba wa asaa.

    But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

22. 79:22

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

    Thumma adbara yas'aa.

    Then he turned his back, striving.

23. 79:23

    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

    Fa hashara fanada.

    And he gathered [his people] and called out

24. 79:24

    فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

    Faqala ana rabbu kumul-a'laa.

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

25. 79:25

    فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

    Fa-akha zahul laahu nakalal aakhirati wal-oola.

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

26. 79:26

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

    Inna fee zaalika la'ibratal limaiy-yaksha

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

27. 79:27

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

    A-antum a shaddu khalqan amis samaa-u banaaha.

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

28. 79:28

    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

    Raf'a sam kaha fasaw waaha

    He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

29. 79:29

    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

    Wa aghtasha lailaha wa akhraja duhaaha.

    And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

30. 79:30

    وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

    Wal arda b'ada zaalika dahaaha.

    And after that He spread the earth.

31. 79:31

    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

    Akhraja minha maa-aha wa mar 'aaha.

    He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

32. 79:32

    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

    Wal jibala arsaaha.

    And the mountains He set firmly

33. 79:33

    مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ

    Mataa'al lakum wali an 'aamikum.

    As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

34. 79:34

    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    Fa-izaa jaaa'atit taaam matul kubraa.

    But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

35. 79:35

    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

    Yauma Yata zakkarul insaanu ma sa'aa.

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

36. 79:36

    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

    Wa burrizatil-jaheemu limany-yaraa.

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

37. 79:37

    فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

    Fa ammaa man taghaa.

    So as for he who transgressed

38. 79:38

    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    Wa aasaral hayaatad dunyaa

    And preferred the life of the world,

39. 79:39

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

    Fa innal jaheema hiyal maawaa.

    Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

40. 79:40

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

    Wa ammaa man khaafa maqaama Rabbihee wa nahan nafsa 'anil hawaa

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

41. 79:41

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

    Fa innal jannata hiyal maawaa

    Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

42. 79:42

    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

    Yas'aloonaka 'anis saa'ati ayyaana mursaahaa

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

43. 79:43

    فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

    Feema anta min zikraahaa

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

44. 79:44

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

    Ilaa Rabbika muntahaa haa

    To your Lord is its finality.

45. 79:45

    إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

    Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa

    You are only a warner for those who fear it.

46. 79:46

    كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

    Ka annahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasooo illaa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa

    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.