Surah An-Naziat - English Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 1
وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 2
وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 3
فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا
Then press forward as in a race
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 4
فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 5
يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 6
تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Followed by oft-repeated (commotions)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 7
قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ
Hearts that Day will be in agitation
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 8
أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 9
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 10
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ
What! - when we shall have become rotten bones
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 11
قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 12
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 13
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 14
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Has the story of Moses reached thee
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 15
إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 16
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 17
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 18
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 19
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 20
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 21
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 22
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation
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
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 25
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 26
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 27
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 28
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 29
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 30
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 31
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 32
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
For use and convenience to you and your cattle
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 33
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event)
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 34
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 35
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 36
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 37
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
And had preferred the life of this world
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 38
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
The Abode will be Hell-Fire
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 39
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 40
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Their abode will be the Garden
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 41
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا
They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 42
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 43
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 44
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 45
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 46