Surah An-Naziat - English Translation by Abdul Hye
وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا
By those (angels) who violently pull out (the souls of the disbelievers)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 1
وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا
by those (angels) who gently draw out (the souls of the believers)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 2
وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا
by those (angels) who swim swiftly (through space)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 3
فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا
by those (angels) who press forward in a race (to fulfill Allah’s orders)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 4
فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا
by those (angels) who arrange to execute the commands (of their Lord)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 5
يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
On the Day when the first blowing of the trumpet will shake (the earth, the mountains, and everybody will die)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 6
تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
the second blowing of the trumpet will follow it (everybody will raise up)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 7
قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ
On that Day, hearts will beat (with fear and anxiety)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 8
أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ
their eyes will be downcast
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 9
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ
They (disbelievers) say: “Shall we really be returned to the former state of life
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 10
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ
when we will become crumbled bones?”
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 11
قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ
They say: “In that case, it would be a return with loss!”
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 12
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
But it will be only a single shout (the second blowing of the trumpet)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 13
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
when they will be awakened (alive after death)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 14
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Have you heard the story of Moses
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 15
إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 16
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
and said: “Go to Pharaoh, surely he has transgressed all bounds
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 17
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
and say to him: ‘Do you have the desire to purify yourself (from sins)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 18
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
I will guide you to your Lord, so that you may fear (Him).’”
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 19
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
Then he (Moses) showed him (Pharaoh) the great sign (miracles)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 20
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
but he (Pharaoh) denied and disobeyed
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 21
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
Then he turned his back and strive (against Allah)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 22
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
gathered his people and cried aloud
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 23
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
saying: “I am your Lord, most high.”
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 24
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
So Allah seized him with punishment for the Hereafter and this life
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 25
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
Surely, in this, there is an admonition for those who fear (Allah)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 26
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you (O mankind) more difficult to create or the heaven that He constructed
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 27
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its canopy and perfected it
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 28
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
He covers its night with darkness and brings out light in its forenoon
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 29
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And after that, He spreads out the earth
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 30
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
and brings out its water and its pasture from there
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 31
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا
fixed the mountains firmly
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 32
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
made a provision and benefit for you and for your cattle
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 33
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
But when the greatest catastrophe (the Day of recompense) will strike
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 34
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
the Day when people will remember what they had striven for
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 35
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
When hellfire shall be made apparent in full view for those who see
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 36
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
then, those who transgressed all bounds (evil deeds)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 37
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
and preferred the worldly life
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 38
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
surely, will have their abode in hell
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 39
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
But those who feared standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from evil desires
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 40
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
then surely, will have their homes in Paradise
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 41
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا
They ask you (O Muhammad) about the Hour: “When will be its appointed time?”
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 42
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ
But you have no knowledge to say anything about it
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 43
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
Only your Lord (has knowledge of) the term of it
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 44
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا
You (O Muhammad) are only a Warner for those who fear it
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 45
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا
On that Day, when they will see it, it will be as if they had not stayed (in this world) only an afternoon or one morning
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 46