Surah An-Nazi’at (79): Arabic, Transliteration and English

Full text of Surah An-Nazi’at, verse by verse

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا ﴿١﴾

Wan naazi 'aati gharqa

1 By those [angels] who extract with violence

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا ﴿٢﴾

Wan naa shi taati nashta

2 And [by] those who remove with ease

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا ﴿٣﴾

Wass saabi-haati sabha

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

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا ﴿٤﴾

Fass saabi qaati sabqa

4 And those who race each other in a race

فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا ﴿٥﴾

Fal mu dab-bi raati amra

5 And those who arrange [each] matter,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ﴿٦﴾

Yawma tarjufur raajifa

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

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ﴿٧﴾

Tatba'u har raadifa

7 There will follow it the subsequent [one].

قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ ﴿٨﴾

Quloobuny-yau maaiziw-waaji-fa

8 Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ ﴿٩﴾

Absaa ruhaa khashi'ah

9 Their eyes humbled.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ﴿١٠﴾

Ya qoo loona a-inna lamar doo doona fil haafirah

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

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ ﴿١١﴾

Aizaa kunna 'izaa man-nakhirah

11 Even if we should be decayed bones?

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ ﴿١٢﴾

Qaalu tilka izan karratun khaasirah.

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

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ ﴿١٣﴾

Fa inna ma hiya zajratuw-waahida

13 Indeed, it will be but one shout,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ﴿١٤﴾

Faizaa hum biss saahirah

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

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ﴿١٥﴾

Hal ataaka hadeethu Musaa

15 Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿١٦﴾

Iz nadaahu rabbuhu bil waadil-muqad dasi tuwa

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

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

Izhab ilaa fir'auna innahu taghaa.

17 "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

Faqul hal laka ilaa-an tazakka.

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

وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

Wa ahdi yaka ila rabbika fatakh sha

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

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾

Fa araahul-aayatal kubra.

20 And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾

Fa kazzaba wa asaa.

21 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٢٢﴾

Thumma adbara yas'aa.

22 Then he turned his back, striving.

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾

Fa hashara fanada.

23 And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾

Faqala ana rabbu kumul-a'laa.

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

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ﴿٢٥﴾

Fa-akha zahul laahu nakalal aakhirati wal-oola.

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

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ﴿٢٦﴾

Inna fee zaalika la'ibratal limaiy-yaksha

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

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٢٧﴾

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

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

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٢٨﴾

Raf'a sam kaha fasaw waaha

28 He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٢٩﴾

Wa aghtasha lailaha wa akhraja duhaaha.

29 And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ﴿٣٠﴾

Wal arda b'ada zaalika dahaaha.

30 And after that He spread the earth.

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ﴿٣١﴾

Akhraja minha maa-aha wa mar 'aaha.

31 He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٣٢﴾

Wal jibala arsaaha.

32 And the mountains He set firmly

مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mataa'al lakum wali an 'aamikum.

33 As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾

Fa-izaa jaaa'atit taaam matul kubraa.

34 But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ﴿٣٥﴾

Yauma Yata zakkarul insaanu ma sa'aa.

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

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾

Wa burrizatil-jaheemu limany-yaraa.

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

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾

Fa ammaa man taghaa.

37 So as for he who transgressed

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿٣٨﴾

Wa aasaral hayaatad dunyaa

38 And preferred the life of the world,

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٣٩﴾

Fa innal jaheema hiyal maawaa.

39 Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

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

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

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

فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٤١﴾

Fa innal jannata hiyal maawaa

41 Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٤٢﴾

Yas'aloonaka 'anis saa'ati ayyaana mursaahaa

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

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٣﴾

Feema anta min zikraahaa

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٤﴾

Ilaa Rabbika muntahaa haa

44 To your Lord is its finality.

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤٥﴾

Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa

45 You are only a warner for those who fear it.

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

Ka annahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasooo illaa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa

46 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.

Sources: Arabic text in Uthmani script (Tanzil edition); English translation: Saheeh International; transliteration in standard Latin letters. Transliteration helps with pronunciation but cannot render every Arabic letter.